Signs your tanks nutrient levels are dropping

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  1. silor

    silor Sea Dragon

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    This macro is turning white
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    Xenia is dying and sps is getting colors
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    Finally getting it after years of reefing lol
     
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  2. Mr. Bill

    Mr. Bill Native Floridian

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    Looking great, silor! Keep up the good work. :)
     
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  3. sticksmith23

    sticksmith23 Giant Squid

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    Very interesting. I've subscribed. I'm curious to as other experienced reefers have to say.
     
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  4. silor

    silor Sea Dragon

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    Thanks guys .. As of march 2011 I was able to start to kept sps alive but brown :/

    As of a month ago I started to get color I have been running ecopak pellets the last few weeks and this started a few days ago also my macro in my sump is turning white

    Hanna says I'm .002 po4 today, I have never had any po3 I can remember
    Good stuff :)
     
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  5. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    Cool thread topic.
    I tend to see 'tells' in the live rock... when a blue/white rocks start turning brown and you get the sludgy algae on it.. check the big three, usually alk is low and calcium is off due to really low magnesium. Get that up to stop the swings then adjust the others. For me... it starts with my live rock... if you let that go far, then the SPS coral starts to fade and then RTN.
     
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  6. silor

    silor Sea Dragon

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    I agree 100% I had a battle with alk not to long ago.. Funny thing is it only affected my sps and I lost a few to STN it's the only thing I could point to :confused: or po4 but was low just not great for sps, after I got that in check all has been good except the small patch of macro in the display tank and some brown sps and I never had access to a Hanna till this last week.
    I never had hair Algae or any other kind till 6 weeks ago I got some nasty red slime in the sand and started my mb7 and vodka and ordered my pellets
    Now I have no slime my macro is dying and my xenia in fading away lol

    I guess that statement of every tank is different is very true ;)
    One thing I have learned is to take it slow UNLESS it's husbandry and that's one thing you can't be slow on:p
     
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  7. silor

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    Mhhhh I just noticed my stupid iPad changed Level to leaves :/ how do I change that?
     
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  8. Mr. Bill

    Mr. Bill Native Floridian

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    Edit your first post, and "Go Advanced" in the editor; that will allow you to change the thread title.
     
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  9. silor

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    Got it,
    Thanks Bill..
     
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  10. malac0da13

    malac0da13 Torch Coral

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    Levels is still spelled wrong...should of bought an android tablet instead of an ipad ;)

    Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk
     
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