rasguedo
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Originally Posted by DeMartini
Just because you don't have an all in one nano doesn't mean you can't get your tank to work out. All in one tanks are no different, they just hide the stuff to make a cleaner look. It sounds like you are doing everything right, but there has to be something wrong since your corals are dieing.
What are all of your parameters?
What lighting fixture do you have? t-5s aren't really that good unless they have individual reflectors.
I would just try to get a better clean up crew to clean up the algae.
I feed frozen mysis, cyclopeeze, phytoplankton, and ORA Glow for dry food. I add calcium and dKH buffer, but only when needed. Everything else is taken care of with water changes.
Thanks! My T5 set up does have individual reflectors, I think my Zoo's have a disease of some type. As far as the algea is concerned I think I originaly added too many phosphates by using all tap water for the initial fill of course de-chlorinated but at that time I had no choice. My tank is at
Ammonia = 0
Nitrite = 0
Nitrate = 0
Ph = 8.4
Salinity = 1.025
It could probably stand some more cleaners however my local lfs never seems to have the ones I want or I think will help. One thing I never added was Calcium and never needed to buffer. With the Nano what I was hoping to accomplish is getting the lights stronger and closer to the water. Getting rid of the ugly looks of my current tank, HOB.. huge Remora Skimmer. Wires coming from all sides. And my current tank has no top, evaporation is killing me. How is the evap. on yours with that Sunpod?
Just because you don't have an all in one nano doesn't mean you can't get your tank to work out. All in one tanks are no different, they just hide the stuff to make a cleaner look. It sounds like you are doing everything right, but there has to be something wrong since your corals are dieing.
What are all of your parameters?
What lighting fixture do you have? t-5s aren't really that good unless they have individual reflectors.
I would just try to get a better clean up crew to clean up the algae.
I feed frozen mysis, cyclopeeze, phytoplankton, and ORA Glow for dry food. I add calcium and dKH buffer, but only when needed. Everything else is taken care of with water changes.
Thanks! My T5 set up does have individual reflectors, I think my Zoo's have a disease of some type. As far as the algea is concerned I think I originaly added too many phosphates by using all tap water for the initial fill of course de-chlorinated but at that time I had no choice. My tank is at
Ammonia = 0
Nitrite = 0
Nitrate = 0
Ph = 8.4
Salinity = 1.025
It could probably stand some more cleaners however my local lfs never seems to have the ones I want or I think will help. One thing I never added was Calcium and never needed to buffer. With the Nano what I was hoping to accomplish is getting the lights stronger and closer to the water. Getting rid of the ugly looks of my current tank, HOB.. huge Remora Skimmer. Wires coming from all sides. And my current tank has no top, evaporation is killing me. How is the evap. on yours with that Sunpod?
