pipe organ falling apart help !!!!!!!!!!!

My pipe organ coral is looking not good. It has not opened in a wile and I just noticed it is falling apart a little.

Tank salona 34 g w built in sump skimmer , I only use filter material no carbon.
150w MH 20K
I tested my water no changes
ammo 0
nitri 0
nitrates 20
phos .03
cal 450
ph 8.2
thats all I have been testing right now.

There are no signs of stress to any othe corals in the tank
I have a few paly col and zoo col, frags pipe organ, gorgonian thats it.
2 maroon clowns, 1 cardnal, 1 flame goby, banded coral shrimp
like 2 hermits and 2 snails thats it !
oh yeh 30 lbs LR
and 1 1/2" LS

My temp has been like 80 in morn and up to 83 end of day sometimes 84
is that too much of a temp swing or is it too high I dont use a heater or a fan. Should I use a fan to keep temp down ????
cant aford a chiller right now .....


please help
Thanks ,
Howie

 

that just makes me cringe

whats your dKH, and Mg?

 

Can you take a pic of it?


Luna

 

i am trying to take pick now. I am not getting a good shot.
and as far as my perams this tank has been consistant with no
dkh or ph shifts I use a testr strip and the dkh is 350 I dont know how to convert
those reedings but it is what the strip says is good.
And I think my mag was 1350

 

Can I give you some good advice? If your going to start a Reef tank, your going to need better test kits. Those test strips are garbage IMO. What kind of lighting do you have and how old are your bulbs?


Luna

 

I use salifert test kits I only use the strips as a guide because I dont allways have time to take to do those longer tests. I test once a month with the kits and twice a week with the strips and have never had a problem. My tank is a year old my bulbs are about
5 mo old I use aqua medic fixture and ballist and XM 150w 20K bulbs.
I will test in morn I have to goto airport to drop off aunt at 5am so I am beet!!!!
My last tests are
ammo 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 35
PH 8.2
salt 1025
alk 11 ( I found the chart and my good kit will test in morning)
phos .03
cal 450
mag 1290
iodine .03
strontium 10

 

I dont see aproblem with your paras, your Mag can be a little higher. What about flow? What kind of flow are they getting?


Luna

 

athe flow is kinda high I added 2 power heads to the tank setup.
a 250gph and a 100gph and I alternate them.
They were great before I moved aroud the rock work
I didnt move them but there was a curved rock next to it blocking some of the light

 

gott sleep thank you very much I*ll check back in the morn

 

Try to put them back where they were before and lower the flow a bit on them.


Luna