Need HELP, trouble keeping corals, sps and lps

[Jessie55]

no expert but my sps is growing and from what you posted i would agree phos is high and you need more light also imo higher quality bulbs than the stock ones seems to have made a difference for me

[Marlin65]

Thats a lot of fish for a 90 are you sure you have no NO3
I only have 3 fish small ones in my 75 and I show 0.2 of NO3

[burrows14]

Are you sure your lights are T5's? 65w sounds like PC to me.

[Marlin65]

Originally Posted by burrows14

Are you sure your lights are T5's? 65w sounds like PC to me.

If they are PC's you don't have enough light.

[azulikit]

PC I'm assuming that this is power compact. This is what I have. Sorry for misleading everyone quoting T5's. I though there were the same.

[mark]

Originally Posted by Marlin65

If they are PC's you don't have enough light.

plus 2 being actinic doesn't help

[Marlin65]

Does not look like bleaching to me it looks like a water quality issue.
How old and what kind of test kits do you run? I think your problem is there it is unusual to have that high a PO4 and no NO3

[azulikit]

I'm running API Test Kits I have had them for 8 months plus however long they were on the shelf. I re-tested P04 and NO3 and have the same results. So is this a lighting issue, water quality or both?

[Marlin65]

You don't have enough lights for SPS and barely enough for LPS especially if your bulbs are older than 6 months. Looks like an excuse to upgrade T5's or M/H

[azulikit]

Ok, thanks for your help on this........ Next one........please. I attached another pic of the lighting area I have (in original post). It is very limited as the aquarium is built in to a finished cabinet. There is a measurement for height, total length available is 48 inches. Is there something I can put in this space that will work or should I just tear everything down and start over with a proper sump, tank, complete entire set-up, build a new cabinet, LOL!!