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I've had good luck with the API Master Kit. The strips can be sketchy, especially for nitrates. How often are you testing? I check mine every few days since my boy's in a planted 10 gallon with shrimp.

Humblevibe wrote: ↑Sat Jun 21, 2025 5:05 pm Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. Gonna try Anubias and Bolbitis tied to rocks. Hopefully my cichlids chill out.

Good call. Just be patient—they might still mess with it at first. Cichlids are stubborn.

Seconding Anubias. Also, try Cryptocoryne Wendtii. It's got a strong root system once established. Mine survived a pair of digging Geophagus. Just give it time to settle.

Thanks for the advice, everyone. It's a torch coral, and the clowns are hosting in a nearby anemone. I'll test phosphates tonight and maybe move the torch to a higher flow area. Appreciate the help!

My coral is turning brown and I'm not sure why. Tank's been stable for months, 75 gallons, running a Reef Octopus skimmer. Params are 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 5 nitrate, 8 dKH alk, 420 calcium. Lighting is AI Prime 16HD, 10 hours a day. Only change was adding a new clownfish pair last week. They're not ...

dazed_knots wrote: ↑Wed May 07, 2025 2:19 am Had the same thing happen last month. Turned out my filter was due for a cleaning. Gonna sound weird, but have you added any new fish or plants recently? Sometimes they bring in extra organics.

That's a good point. New additions can throw things off. How long has the tank been set up?