My frogspawn is falling apart

[dogfaceman]

580 is that high, have you checked for infections? or predators?

 

[acroaddict]

hmmmm. well i suggest not adding any chemicals n just do small water changes. maybe 5 gallon every otherday. it should help in bringing your calcium down n lower your nitrate. my 2 cents

 

[awilson500]

The only thing to ever go into my tank was Sea-Lab No. 28 Automatic Replenisher. It claims to have all the things found in the sea.

 

[awilson500]

Went out and bought a API saltwater master test kit. So I got some new readings today.
pH 7.8
nitrate 40
nitrite 0
amonia 0
1.023

 

[awilson500]

pH is low what should I do to bring it back up???

 

[jaymz]

What kind of salt are you using? sorry if you have said what kind already.
but using a higher quality salt can fix things like ph, all the trace elements so you wouldnt have to dose anything like sea lab..
I would say a combo of dosing the sea lab creating high levels of calcium and who knows what else and a low pH will really mess with corals.

 

[awilson500]

I've been using instant ocean reef crystals

 

[stdreb27]

580 is really high for not adding any cal. I use oceanic which is very high in cal. And never get above 500. You might try and retest it.