Anyone have issues with their nems from carbon dosing?
I have 5 BTA's that shriveled up once I started carbon dosing. I have a mostly softy tank and the nems were big and splitting here and there. The corals look better than ever though. PH, Alc and Calc are all the same as before I started dosing. I started the carbon dosing with Biopellets for about 2 months - nems shrank after about the second week. I was using a DIY reactor that seemed to work the pellets with a nice slow tumble. Started out using about 25% the recommended amount of pellets and increased slowly every couple weeks to 80% by week 8. But...my DIY reactor filter would clog about once a week and it seemed more work that dosing. I switched to vinegar about a week ago starting with 20ml for ~150 gal water volume best guess for my 180 gal. Nems are still shriveled up but corals still looking great.
I have 5 BTA's that shriveled up once I started carbon dosing. I have a mostly softy tank and the nems were big and splitting here and there. The corals look better than ever though. PH, Alc and Calc are all the same as before I started dosing. I started the carbon dosing with Biopellets for about 2 months - nems shrank after about the second week. I was using a DIY reactor that seemed to work the pellets with a nice slow tumble. Started out using about 25% the recommended amount of pellets and increased slowly every couple weeks to 80% by week 8. But...my DIY reactor filter would clog about once a week and it seemed more work that dosing. I switched to vinegar about a week ago starting with 20ml for ~150 gal water volume best guess for my 180 gal. Nems are still shriveled up but corals still looking great.