radion help

i redid my tank and restarted it with new rock and new sand i used dr tims one and only bacteria

also i changed the lights from halides and t5s to 2 radion gen 2 lights
i am using the new software on acclimation mode


now the trouble i am loosing all my coral nothing looks good at all
question is too little light or too much light

please help

 

How long did you cycle your tank before adding corals and or fish?

This may not even be a lighting problem but a n00b issue.

 

its now been 4 weeks it was 2 weeks when i added stuff


according to mr saltwater and dr tims after a week the tank is cycled

 

Did you test before you added? Still might be cycling, or maybe they're just struggling with acclimating to such a young tank? Either way, from what I've read the radions need to be cranked way down and slowly brought up....

 

i did tests for first week
nitrates were 0
phosphate went up to .3 but back down to 0

 

tank size?

 

90 gal

 

How far from the water are your lights? When you started fresh you used dry rock/ dry sand? at what point did you add your corals/fish?

 

lights are about 7-8 inches off the water and have lexan covers over the tank
dry marco rock and wet live sand
i added a few fish a week after added the rest of the fish a week later
then about a week after that added the coral

 

You probably should test again...ammonia, nitrite, nitrate. How much rock and sand do you have? Seems like too much bioload too quickly. But if all your params are good then it could be just an acclimation issue with the lights.

However, what sort of flow do you have?

And what types of corals do you have?