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Thanks for the suggestions. The bulb is about a year old, and phosphates are at 0.03. I'll try increasing the light intensity and see if that helps. I do weekly 10% water changes, but I'll double-check my routine.

My corals have been fading over the past few weeks. Tank is a 40-gallon with two Clownfish, a Cleaner Shrimp, and some Zoanthids. Parameters are stable, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 5 nitrate, 8.2 pH, 1.025 salinity. Running a Kessil A160 light for 8 hours a day. Any ideas what's going on?

I've also had great results with 3% Hydrogen peroxide, 1:4 ratio works well, 5 minutes is a good timeframe.

Just got my new marine tank up and running, courtesy of a lovely Christmas gift. Currently in the cycling phase with just live rock, sand, and saltwater.

Planning a trip this weekend to get a water test done, and fingers crossed, I'll be able to introduce some new inhabitants. Thinking of ...

Hi Laura, welcome to the SW world. Doing the same as you, got my tank cycling too. Added 6 hermits, 6 turbo snails so far, they're doing their job. Interesting thread, about to add my first fish, couple of clowns this weekend.

Looking forward to hearing about your hardy coflakes, what you end up ...