Good Morning RTN

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I sure wish i had more RO water kicking around tho, this waiting period for my 50gpd really sucks!

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Ok so while im waiting for my ro to brew and my other water to temp i have been trying to analize why such a high NO3 spike. Is it possible that after adding two vortech mp10s to my reef last week-which created a bit of a stir up including the sandbed, could this have caused a nutrient boost???

Just took out four more bigger frags and clipped the healthy branches off, i now have all sps in a bucket with safe water and a small pump running until i can get the levels down in the tank. Thanks for your advice!

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1245pm update
Well almost 7hrs of making and performing water changes i have the NO3 levels down from 40ppm to 5ppm, with hopefully only two more pails to go! I have 8 frags drying in the sun but things are looking better. My small open brain looks better already, gorgonian is fully open again, and the remaining sps are starting to shows signs of polyp extension.
I lost a large piece of pocillipora, 4 small bottlebrush/milli of varying colors, an ultra green bali, a poker star monti, and a bright red cap.

Still no idea as to the cause of the NO3 spike?
All i did was replace to korallia pumps with two mp10's last weekend, so do you guys think this added flow could have stirred up my tank enough to cause the nutrient spike?

Thanks for the support this am,
i was loosing it-literally

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Problems after changing something are usually the thing you changed causing the problem.so my guess is yes your pumps kicked up something from somewhere unless you just had something die. How deep is you sand bed must be more than an inch.

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I have about an inch an a half of sugar sand. I think i know what might have died, its a sand sifting invert i got a few months back. Just wish i could remember what the da%n thing is called, about two inches in oval lenght pale white in color and feelers like that of a small tuxedo?