Algae reactor added, leather closed

saltyfilmfolks · Jul 30, 2017

I wouldn't turn it on and off honestly unless we're talking about the light.

I had the lovely experience , even though I had high phosphates , that every time I used even a tablespoon of gfo in my 30 gal the candycanes would shrivel up. I did it four times. And no idea actually why it happened.
Was there a sponge in the reactor ? Was it a new reactor? Are you running carbon?

Buzzaro problem.

slipknotgrrl83 · Jul 30, 2017

saltyfilmfolks said:
I wouldn't turn it on and off honestly unless we're talking about the light.

I had the lovely experience , even though I had high phosphates , that every time I used even a tablespoon of gfo in my 30 gal the candycanes would shrivel up. I did it four times. And no idea actually why it happened.
Was there a sponge in the reactor ? Was it a new reactor? Are you running carbon?

Buzzaro problem.

Sorry yes I mean the lights, reactor itself runs 24/7 I'm gonna cut lights back, yes there is a sponge, it's new just installed the friday before last ,20th I think. I run carbon 24/7

saltyfilmfolks · Jul 30, 2017

Well, myself, I'd take the thing off line and see if there's any movement just out of curiousity. And clean and rinse the whole thing just out of paranoia.

Is the carbon in a reactor too?

slipknotgrrl83 · Jul 30, 2017

No carbon is in a bag in high flow area of sump, always has been. Yeah maybe I'll turn it off, chaeto hasn't grown much either

saltyfilmfolks · Jul 30, 2017

I'd def try it again later. A few hours isn't going to do to much.

Anyway it's worth a shot just to clean and retest.

slipknotgrrl83 · Jul 30, 2017

saltyfilmfolks said:
I'd def try it again later. A few hours isn't going to do to much.

Anyway it's worth a shot just to clean and retest.

Thank you, fingers crossed he's just grumpy to the max

saltyfilmfolks · Jul 30, 2017

Yea. Leather. Grumpy. Lol.

It'll be fun to see what happens. If it bounces back or not.
Is it science or is it jus messin with ya. Lol.

slipknotgrrl83 · Jul 30, 2017

saltyfilmfolks said:
Yea. Leather. Grumpy. Lol.

It'll be fun to see what happens. If it bounces back or not.
Is it science or is it jus messin with ya. Lol.

Yeah lol. He's not smooshy and is still attached so I know he's alive...will watch closely.

slipknotgrrl83 · Jul 30, 2017

So one test is off... api gave me 20 but red sea is giving 40. Now I'm confused , if it's that high then that means it hasn't dropped from reactor

ourcoralreef · Jul 31, 2017

I would rely on redsea did you test with redsea before was it 40

Are your test kits expired

Do not let chato sit in water if you do you need to rinse it and remove dead pieces

slipknotgrrl83 · Jul 31, 2017

I hadn't tested with red sea kit in a while. Neither are expired but I'm gonna go with the red sea result. I didn't take off line since it obviously didn't lower as much as I thought. I changed to run lights only 4 hours. Fed corals last night and Turkey basted leather again. I may try lightly brushing off it as well to get any shedding off that may be stuck.

slipknotgrrl83 · Jul 31, 2017

I will be using red sea from now on though..

ReefWeeds · Jul 31, 2017

roberthu526 said:
My softies have not been doing well since I added the biopellet reactor. My nitrate is non- detectable and it has been months. I am ready to give up on softies...

Softies, in general, like nutrients so having non-detectable nitrates is most likely why your softies aren't doing well.

Any coral doesn't typically like a fast drop or climb in any parameter (nitrates, phosphates, calcium, alk, magnesium, etc. etc.) so if the biopellet reactor quickly dropped your nitrates, that could've irritated your corals as well.

slipknotgrrl83 · Jul 31, 2017

I noticed early this morning, one of my fairly new snails crawling over his base, probably eating the gha on rock next to him....possible culprit of his closing for now day 9... never though to check out my snails

slipknotgrrl83 · Aug 3, 2017

So the culprit was that dang snail, I moved him far away from leather and he is slowly reopening... I though margarita snails were reef safe....hmmmm maybe he just loved the leather lol