Just a small update.
1. Very disappointed in myself right now. Half of my SPS are going through STN (not sure if I got this one right? SDN? STD? either way..the slow death kind). They are starting from the the base of the coral and moving their way up. I am now down to 5 SPS that are hanging on. Really debating bringing those over to my nano. Probably going to hang up my dancing shoes on SPS for a while. I have not had a lot of luck. My LPS are doing great.
2. The kalk stirrer has being doing well. I used the reef calculator to help me figure out my dosing from two part to Kalk. So far, I have been able to keep my Calcium and Alk within my normal ranges.
3. As i stated earlier, I have been battling dinos for a while because I had a number of times that my nutrients dipped down to zero. I kept trying to dose Potassium Nitrate and Trisodium phosphate through the ATO...but I never was able to get that down. I moved over the the Kamoer with a dosage of both in one container and my levels have been consistent. Although my Dinos appear to be not taking over, I do have a small outbreak of GHA. My tuxedos are working their way through it..but probably going to be a few weeks before this gets under control. I am sure this is a big contributor to my SPS deaths
4. Just put in an order for some Acans. Going to try my hand at these for a while and deal with LPS only. They seem to be more forgiving.
5. Finally, I never realized how under powered my CUC was. I order 50 hermits and 30'ish variety of snails that I put in the tank on Friday. Although I have not seen a direct benefit of the snails yet, the hermits are going to town on the algae outbreak. There is a methodical movement from area to area where they all congregate and strip all life from that area. It is fantastic to watch. At this pace, I am expecting to have my algae issue under control in a few weeks.
I might need to get my tank under control before I do my 'mandatory' two month record my reef. It really isn't fair to NP that my tank went all haywire at almost the same time i received their lights. To be clear, it started going south the week prior and I don't think this has anything to do with my new NPs. I just introduced a lot of changes in a very short period of time. I did myself no favors. With that being said, I will do another recording video later as per rules of the contest.
1. Very disappointed in myself right now. Half of my SPS are going through STN (not sure if I got this one right? SDN? STD? either way..the slow death kind). They are starting from the the base of the coral and moving their way up. I am now down to 5 SPS that are hanging on. Really debating bringing those over to my nano. Probably going to hang up my dancing shoes on SPS for a while. I have not had a lot of luck. My LPS are doing great.
2. The kalk stirrer has being doing well. I used the reef calculator to help me figure out my dosing from two part to Kalk. So far, I have been able to keep my Calcium and Alk within my normal ranges.
3. As i stated earlier, I have been battling dinos for a while because I had a number of times that my nutrients dipped down to zero. I kept trying to dose Potassium Nitrate and Trisodium phosphate through the ATO...but I never was able to get that down. I moved over the the Kamoer with a dosage of both in one container and my levels have been consistent. Although my Dinos appear to be not taking over, I do have a small outbreak of GHA. My tuxedos are working their way through it..but probably going to be a few weeks before this gets under control. I am sure this is a big contributor to my SPS deaths
4. Just put in an order for some Acans. Going to try my hand at these for a while and deal with LPS only. They seem to be more forgiving.
5. Finally, I never realized how under powered my CUC was. I order 50 hermits and 30'ish variety of snails that I put in the tank on Friday. Although I have not seen a direct benefit of the snails yet, the hermits are going to town on the algae outbreak. There is a methodical movement from area to area where they all congregate and strip all life from that area. It is fantastic to watch. At this pace, I am expecting to have my algae issue under control in a few weeks.
I might need to get my tank under control before I do my 'mandatory' two month record my reef. It really isn't fair to NP that my tank went all haywire at almost the same time i received their lights. To be clear, it started going south the week prior and I don't think this has anything to do with my new NPs. I just introduced a lot of changes in a very short period of time. I did myself no favors. With that being said, I will do another recording video later as per rules of the contest.