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https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ee2aqau7p...gZdnzSiZa?dl=0

I hope that helps

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Have you double checked salinity with another refractometer? I've almost wiped out a tank slowly with a broken refractometer, Just a guess. looks like something is irritating everything as even the trumpet coral looks to be receding.
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Old 04-22-2017, 12:19 AM
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Sure hope you figure it out tanks beautiful.
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Your tank setup looks fine, but your tank has been through a lot of changes in the last 6 months including light changes, changing from dosing to a calcium reactor, alk fluctuations and the use of carbon dosing plus you have a mixture of lps and sps. You didn't mention if you were using activated carbon, so that may be a good idea to compensate for the allelopathy (chemical warfare) between your corals.
Bottom line I think your tank needs some stability, but start with a regular water change schedule.
Turn down the lights and increase water circulation. Water circulation is as important, if not more important than lighting.
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Have you double checked salinity with another refractometer? I've almost wiped out a tank slowly with a broken refractometer, Just a guess. looks like something is irritating everything as even the trumpet coral looks to be receding.

I just recalibrated the refractometer and the tank is sitting at 1.024
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Old 04-22-2017, 02:37 AM
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Iceman you said you neglected the RO filters my guess is chorine got into the tank.
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Iceman you said you neglected the RO filters my guess is chorine got into the tank.
Just what I was thinking... How aggressively were u dosing AF? And what products?
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Just what I was thinking... How aggressively were u dosing AF? And what products?
I was dosing aquaforest reef salt
aquaforest calcium
Aquaforest magnesium
Aquafores component strong
Aquaforest reef mineral salt
Aquaforest amino acids
Aquaforest bacteria

I followed the directions for all of them and never had an issue before.
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Old 04-22-2017, 07:37 PM
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Was using the same things at full ( recommended) doses... Had a similar issue which resulted in the loss of all my sps... i think the corals got stressed and stopped using all the micro elements which then built up to toxic levels. Tank is recovering now... I think I will start at 10% of recommended doses...
I would encourage u to do as large a water change as is possible... I did 4 50g changes... Water volume is ~220g
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Old 04-23-2017, 01:18 AM
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Are you carbon dosing at all. I almost wiped my tank with a nopox overdose and experienced losses in the same manner you describe.
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