About to Quit

[BostonReefer300]

I was using a brand new Hanna checker. I hadn’t even gone above 2.0 when the fish died.

OK. I also read your separate thread on the dead QT fish. Sounds like they had a disease and were too far gone for your copper treatment to matter. In any case, that sucks and I'm sorry. I hate losing fish.
Let's see what the ICP testing shows. Maybe one of your pieces of DT equipment is leaching something into the water.

 

[srobertb]

Yeah, I have a little cheap Coralife light in my DT and two AI Prime 16HD's in my display. I turned them down to 15% when I added the corals and put them on acclimation for 30 days to try and keep them from burning.

That may not be enough light. They may be starving. If the sun corals thrived, I’d look at the lighting.

I’m still reading through here but Xenia? GSP? Do they grow.

 

[Rmckoy]

That may not be enough light. They may be starving. If the sun corals thrived, I’d look at the lighting.

I’m still reading through here but Xenia? GSP? Do they grow.

One of the first comments being the sun coral open all the time .

and why I assumed the difference being the lighting .

 

[CanuckReefer]

One of the first comments being the sun coral open all the time .

and why I assumed the difference being the lighting .

Keep seeing this thread come up....and assuming somebody is no longer quiting, so I guess that is very good....

 

[Danroo]

One of the first comments being the sun coral open all the time .

and why I assumed the difference being the lighting .

Lights being that harsh that it pretty much sterilized the tank. Op probably created global warming in her tank

 

[Apollo7235]

OK. I also read your separate thread on the dead QT fish. Sounds like they had a disease and were too far gone for your copper treatment to matter. In any case, that sucks and I'm sorry. I hate losing fish.
Let's see what the ICP testing shows. Maybe one of your pieces of DT equipment is leaching something into the water.

I really think it’s aluminum from my MarinePure Cubes. They are swollen and mushy, nothing like the MarinePure Gems I have which are still the same shape and hardness as they were originally.

 

[Apollo7235]

That may not be enough light. They may be starving. If the sun corals thrived, I’d look at the lighting.

I’m still reading through here but Xenia? GSP? Do they grow.

One of the first comments being the sun coral open all the time .

and why I assumed the difference being the lighting .

Lights being that harsh that it pretty much sterilized the tank. Op probably created global warming in her tank

No, I don’t think this is the case. My photosynthetic corals also began to die even while in the sand bed of the tank with the lights at 20%. I run the Saxby program, 2 AI Prim 16HD Reefs. Nothing amazingly fancy or ridiculously high in par. I am more interested in LPS and NPS, so I don’t run any super high intensity lighting programs. Just a typical 12-hour photo-period, 10AM-10-PM.

My NPS also closed up and began to die in this tank even though they were all placed in caves and under overhangs, so I think that indicates a water quality/contaminant issue.

 

[Apollo7235]

Keep seeing this thread come up....and assuming somebody is no longer quiting, so I guess that is very good....

No, I am still hanging on. But I would change the title to ‘About to Quit, But Still Hanging On’ if I could, in your honor

 

[Apollo7235]

Good news!!!

I just received an e-mail from ATI saying my test has been received and I will have my rsults in up to 2 days!! Yayyyyyyy!

Fingers crossed for some potential answers!!

If I can fix whatever this is, I will be ordering some Grunge Plus from Garf to try and boost the biodiversity in my display. I’m itching to get a move on!

Anyway, I will post the results as soon as I have them.

Thank you all again for following along!!

 

[Uncle99]

I was using a brand new Hanna checker. I hadn’t even gone above 2.0 when the fish died.

You mean 0.2ppm in copper not 2.0ppm, that level can kill.
It will be interesting to see your test results.

 

[BostonReefer300]

You mean 0.2ppm in copper not 2.0ppm, that level can kill.
It will be interesting to see your test results.

Therapeutic copper levels start at 2.0 ppm according to what I've seen

 

[Shirak]

I really think it’s aluminum from my MarinePure Cubes. They are swollen and mushy, nothing like the MarinePure Gems I have which are still the same shape and hardness as they were originally.

Have you pulled them from the system?

 

[Troyer15]

I noticed your pictures of your DT and the lights looked like they we set on all white and no blues. Did you change the light spectrum for the photos? I also run the saxby settings and its not that white. Your Qt tank with the coralife light seemed to be pretty blue. Sorry if this has already been brought to your attention.

 

[Apollo7235]

Have you pulled them from the system?

No, not yet. I have heard mixed opinions and experiences on whether or not they actually do leach aluminum, so I want to leave them in there until I get the test results. That way, the water chemistry will still have remained constant and I can take the necessary measures to correct it according to the results….if that makes any sense.

 

[Apollo7235]

I noticed your pictures of your DT and the lights looked like they we set on all white and no blues. Did you change the light spectrum for the photos? I also run the saxby settings and its not that white. Your Qt tank with the coralife light seemed to be pretty blue. Sorry if this has already been brought to your attention.

Yeah, I turn the lights to white any time I take photos. The reason why the Coralife light looks more blue is because the white setting basically just turns on the whites with the blues instead of turning the blues off and the whites on.

 

[Shirak]

No, not yet. I have heard mixed opinions and experiences on whether or not they actually do leach aluminum, so I want to leave them in there until I get the test results. That way, the water chemistry will still have remained constant and I can take the necessary measures to correct it according to the results….if that makes any sense.

Makes sense. Looking forward to the results!

 

[Apollo7235]

Makes sense. Looking forward to the results!

As am I!

 

[Danroo]

As am I!

Good luck. I’m more intrigued so I can learn from your bad experiences. So I don’t make the same mistake. I’m sorry if it sounds shallow.

 

[Apollo7235]

Good luck. I’m more intrigued so I can learn from your bad experiences. So I don’t make the same mistake. I’m sorry if it sounds shallow.

No, I’m glad you’re going to take something positive out of all of this. That’s the whole reason I’ve kept this thread active!

 

[Calm Blue Ocean]

Good news!!!

I just received an e-mail from ATI saying my test has been received and I will have my rsults in up to 2 days!! Yayyyyyyy!

Fingers crossed for some potential answers!!

If I can fix whatever this is, I will be ordering some Grunge Plus from Garf to try and boost the biodiversity in my display. I’m itching to get a move on!

Anyway, I will post the results as soon as I have them.

Thank you all again for following along!!

Hopefully you get something helpful from your test results. Keep watching your email because I got my notice from ATI that the sample was received just after midnight on Tues and had a notice that my results were ready 5 hours later!