need help!! Someone to test my water

[BellaGabriella]

Over the past 3 days ive noticed a rapid decline in my coral color and alot of sps stn.
Ive brought my water to three different stores for them to test, even though they dont do many tests i figured id get an idea of whats wrong.
No or light detectable ammonia, nitrites, nitrates my calcium is a little below 400 and i have no phos. Everyone basically told me the same story except different saline levels 1.022 - 1.025.

Im willing to pay someone who has the tests and knoledge to throughly test my water and maybe try to help me out.
I just started to be able to keep sps a few months back maintaining steady growth and awesome color, splurged on a ton of expensive pieces. It going to break my Heart if i lose everything i bought. Might just even break down my tanks im honestly getting to frustrated.
Please someone contact me if youre willing to help me out. Ill pay cash or even trade corals for your time.
Thank you​

 

[bertyboy69]

I have api test kits for everything but magnesium your more then welcome to borrow them or bring some water and ill test it for you but im on staten island not sure if that will be much help to you

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[bertyboy69]

And when in doubt a water change will usually help to bring any levels that are out of whack back to normal , it wont fix the problem persay but it will at least give you time to figure it out so everything doesnt die on you

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[BellaGabriella]

I did a 20g water change, also I have 2 API test kits, reef master and saltwater. Id like a different brand test run preferable. I would like someone else to do it for me since I feel like I may be at fault. Want different people's perspectives. Thank you for the advise thought

 

[cmantis]

What salt are you using is it RC?

 

[charliethetuna88]

I use salifert and hanna

 

[LongIslandAndy]

Test your dkh or alk, sps is very sensitive to changes.

 

[D1J8Z]

How's your temperate ?

Make sure your heaters are working properly it's getting cold.

 

[kres1024]

API is the worst for alk,calcium ,magnesium,phosphate
Salifert,elos, Red Sea much more reliable Hanna for phosphate

 

[ajk'sReef]

API is the worst for alk,calcium ,magnesium,phosphate
Salifert,elos, Red Sea much more reliable Hanna for phosphate

+1
Your cal should be 450

Salinity I run at 1.026

 

[mbg75]

I use salifert and hanna

+1.

Need to post some cal alk mag #'s from a reliable kit.

Also. A true 0 phos and 0 nitrate is not good

 

[BellaGabriella]

The stores I brought my water to said my calcium is a little under 400 like I said my my mag was at around 1200-1400 when I tested with Red Sea, my dkh was 9 when they tested my tank temp swings from 77.4-78.5 my saline is somewhere between 1.022-1.026 getting different readings on everything I try. I have a reef octopus skimmer that's working. I run my lights from 11-7.

 

[pkane11384]

Need to keep that water a little dirty Gab.

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[mbg75]

The stores I brought my water to said my calcium is a little under 400 like I said my my mag was at around 1200-1400 when I tested with Red Sea, my dkh was 9 when they tested my tank temp swings from 77.4-78.5 my saline is somewhere between 1.022-1.026 getting different readings on everything I try. I have a reef octopus skimmer that's working. I run my lights from 11-7.

Do you know if your alk is stable? What method do you use to maintain it?

Everyday stability is important with SPS. More so than the numbers. (As long as they are with range)

 

[BellaGabriella]

I dose 2 part alk cal everyday, it's always 8 or 9 when I test API and when I bring my water to a lfs periodically .

 

[kres1024]

The stores I brought my water to said my calcium is a little under 400 like I said my my mag was at around 1200-1400 when I tested with Red Sea, my dkh was 9 when they tested my tank temp swings from 77.4-78.5 my saline is somewhere between 1.022-1.026 getting different readings on everything I try. I have a reef octopus skimmer that's working. I run my lights from 11-7.

What kit was used to test dkh.?
What are you using to test salinity?1.022 can cause certain sps to rtn

 

[BellaGabriella]

I use API. And I have a refractometer that's tests 1.024 a mercury saline tester that's reading 1.022ish and 2 different lfs told me different things .

 

[pkane11384]

Gab what kind Salt are you using?

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[cryptics]

Check also for stray voltage.

 

[BellaGabriella]

I don't mix my own water I buy nutrisea water and Carib seawater .