Acro STN?

[Jaybeastin]

Alrighty
If I was forced to make a $100 bet then I would go with stn over the next 2-3 weeks. Even though it won’t be true “stn” I most of the ppl here will call it that. The polyps will start to retract, then the tissue will look dull and dried out. At that point the coral will be dead but look like theres tissue. Lastly that remaining tissue will start to flake off.

Like I said earlier…stable means nothing if you don’t have the right system foundation. Fish poop is part of that foundation.

No offense. I hope I’m wrong

1 more week you owe me $100

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

1 more week you owe me $100

Hahaha
I said “if I was forced” to make a bet….but I’m not a betting man…..for good reason so it seems. Good luck with it.

Can you show us a current pic?

 

[Jaybeastin]

Hahaha
I said “if I was forced” to make a bet….but I’m not a betting man…..for good reason so it seems. Good luck with it.

Can you show us a current pic?

I know I was jk lol took this last night. I did do a water change yesterday so I’m kind of scared

 

[Tbg299]

Here’s an update
I tested my nitrate .25 a little high and phosphate 1.8 again a little high.
2 weeks and here’s an update of it

Did you mix up nitrate and phosphate here? If not, then it's definitely very bad to have a negative nitrate to phosphate ratio and that needs to be corrected.

 

[Jaybeastin]

Did you mix up nitrate and phosphate here? If not, then it's definitely very bad to have a negative nitrate to phosphate ratio and that needs to be corrected.

Your right lol nitrate is 25 and phosphate is .27 with Hanna checke just now. Just added rowa

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

Your right lol nitrate is 25 and phosphate is .27 with Hanna checke just now. Just added rowa

Added rowa?????
Why?

 

[Jaybeastin]

Added rowa?????
Why?

Help lower phosphate? So I can get into the minimum range ?

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

Help lower phosphate? So I can get into the minimum range ?

 

[Jaybeastin]

Dam I guess my parameters are fine! Thank you!! Omg so beautiful too!

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

Dam I guess my parameters are fine! Thank you!! Omg so beautiful too!

Thanks but….
Pull the rowa asap
Or I’ll win that bet after all

 

[Tbg299]

How do you get this color out of your acros with 0.2-0.3 phosphates? Any higher than 0.05 and mine just brown out.

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

How do you get this color out of your acros with 0.2-0.3 phosphates? Any higher than 0.05 and mine just brown out.

Mine look the same at 0.40 as they have at 0.04. I don’t think po4 means anything….good or bad. Same with no3. Ppl kill more acros worrying about those numbers than climate change

 

[Jaybeastin]

Mine look the same at 0.40 as they have at 0.04. I don’t think po4 means anything….good or bad. Same with no3. Ppl kill more acros worrying about those numbers than climate change

Its pulled out, but you’re right about the numbers. My tank colors looks good , shouldn’t have tried to lower it.

 

[AstroMelly]

Following along. We are getting STN at the base of a purple stag horn after it has been in the tank for about 10 weeks. No idea what caused it - it was doing really well and growing fast.

I started to run UV about a week ago which coincides with the (visible) start of the troubles. The water is crystal clear now - was getting quite cloudy before on occasion - but I am worried about a bacterial imbalance this may have brought about.

Should I frag it above the STN at the base? It looks like the STN will continue to climb the stalk or maybe it's already too late. Good polyp extension still. PO4 is 0.17 - dropped rapidly from a steady 0.25-0.3 from the start about 2 weeks ago - no idea why. Nitrate is always about 20 since we started - first fish was 7 months ago. The tank is pretty stable wrt Calcium/MG which are ~450/1300 respectively. I'm not dosing anything apart from Alk which I am trying to raise very slowly (it is about 7.0 dKh and I am raising 0.5 dKh at a time - maybe dose once a week or 2). No detectable Ammonia or Nitrite - I admit I have stopped testing for these regularly unless I see an obvious bloom (which has happened just once about 2 months ago - it was nitrite 0.17 max for a week I think - I cleaned the filter floss in tap ).

The frag was a freebie so no great loss apart from the frustration - we have also purchased a birds nest and a beautiful white SPS with gold/yellow/bright green polyps which are both doing well but only been in a week so...

Sorry to hijack your thread but I am interested in your situation. Great pics btw - looks amazing and good luck!

 

[Jaybeastin]

1 month Acro in my 5 month old tank update. Seems extremely happen even after a phosphate outbreak .

 

[chipchipbro]

are your po4 levels now lower or what happened to your po4?

 

[Jaybeastin]

are your po4 levels now lower or what happened to your po4?

its at .48 and i only feed my tank once a week.

 

[chipchipbro]

an you have no issues with coloration and/or anything else?
Whats your Alk?

 

[Jaybeastin]

an you have no issues with coloration and/or anything else?
Whats your Alk?

Slight brownish on my corals . My alk stabled at 10 . Haven’t retested my nitrate but it was at .25

 

[homer1475]

its at .48 and i only feed my tank once a week.

Absolutely worst thing you can do to your tank, and it's inhabitants. Feed your tank, and if your having nitrate/phosphate issues, up the filtration game.