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    Mysterious coral deaths

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    Thanks for all the help.  I’ll start major water changes tomorrow.  I will also check for rust in power heads etc.  
     

    in terms of fish no new additions and the corals that are dying showed no sighs of stress.  Just withered away sadly. Updated my refractometer a few months ago and found out I was a little high then. I also calibrated it.  I’m sitting at 1.26 salinity. I also have an electronic tester I use just to confirm.  
     

    Based on you guys ideas I’m going to check my apex temp probes for accuracy. 

     

     

    Mysterious coral deaths

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    My current tank has been up for a few years (Upgraded from another 2 yr old tank I had).  Everything has been growing great.  It's a Mixed reef so I have pretty much every type of coral.  But recently I have been loosing some of my acans, trumpet corals and I think one expensive mushroom unless that thing floated off somewhere else in the tank as I have seen before.  Colors are the best they have ever been for everything else.  Even some pieces that didn't have the greatest color in the past look great.  Help me find the problem please.

     

    Recent changes: 

    Switched from Radion light schedule to similar Apex Schedule

    Switched from ESV to Tropic Marin Parts A/B/C (Stopped C after 2 weeks in case that was the problem)

     

     

    Tank: 8' 350gal system running an Apex controller

    Sump: Basement with skimmer and Chaeto, carbon

    Lighting: Gen 4 Radions ran off Apex Schedule

    Flow: Medium to High

    Dosing: Tropic Marin A/B, Amino

    Running Carbon

    Run GFO occasionally

     

    Temp: 78

    Ph: 7.88

    Alk: 8.5

    Calc: 430

    Mag: 1350

    Phos .07 (try to keep it under .05)

    Nitrate: 0

     

    I think that is everything

     

    Hippo tang will not eat. Help

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    I’ve tried everything. Nori, romaine lettuce, pellets soaked in garlic, black worms, live misis shrimp, frozen misis and brine shrimp. Nothing it will not eat anything. Was in QT and did not eat. Looks great minus the sunk in stomach. No spots etc. Treated with prozipro prior to hitting DT. Water is perfect. Please help as I feel he will not last much longer.

    Noisy return help needed

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    I installed a reefsavy ghost overflow on my new 240 build. But the problem is how LOUD the water is flowing down the drain pipe down to the basement sump. I also installed a 1” tube in the hole in the main overflow pipe. Please help as this thing is LOUD. I have a valve on the drain line

    Happy Thanksgiving,Need help. Major TDS issues.

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    Setting up my new 340 gallon system. Over the last week I’ve been making RO/DI water and it’s been coming out at zero. Once it hits one I change out the DI resin and it goes right back to zero. But for some reason I tested the water in the tank just for kicks (It’s 85% full now) and it’s reading 666. what the heck. The water coming out my home only reads 189. The water I’ve put in the sump so far from the RO holding tank that hasn’t gone up to the tank is reading 95. Last the water again is coming out the RO/DI at 0 and as of this morning the water in the Holding tank is at 1.

     

    I have not mixed in the salt at of yet. I’ve just taken a few heaters and pumps out my salt mixing bin and put them into the tank.

     

    Here is the sequence

     

    House: 189 —> Coming out RO/DI: 0 —> Holding tank: 0/1 —> Sump: 95 —> —>Tank: 666

     

    This is a brand new setup on the second floor of my home with a basement sump and about 40ft of PVC plumbing.

     

    I do not understand how this has gone up so high.

     

    Please help. I REALLY DO NOT WANT TO DRAIN THE TANK

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    One way valve leak?

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    Thanks Tom. I think the silicone lubricant is the only thing that will work. As I have now tried everything else you mentioned. But in the end I think it’s the part as I have one on my smaller tank with the same problem. I just ignored it as it sat right over the sump.

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