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I'm not sure but don't be surprised if you see this brown stuff popping up in the next week or two.So, does this discount aeration as the issue?
The plot thickens...
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I'm not sure but don't be surprised if you see this brown stuff popping up in the next week or two.So, does this discount aeration as the issue?
The plot thickens...
I'm not sure but don't be surprised if you see this brown stuff popping up in the next week or two.
No i'm not. Allowing po4 to bottom out can allow other plague type algae. Mix that with an anti bacterial chemical and you can create issues. It's nothing condescending but more so controversial. Methodologies of having po4 vs keeping po4 at 0. Some tanks can withstand it and others cannot. Every tank is different but I have a feeling this tank might have hit that tipping point. To let you know, i've bottomed my po4 out, experienced RTN, and immediately followed up with dinoflagellates.(That's a different tank by the way, and I hope you're not trying to throw other issues I have had in my face)
No i'm not. Allowing po4 to bottom out can allow other plague type algae. Mix that with an anti bacterial chemical and you can create issues. It's nothing condescending but more so controversial. Methodologies of having po4 vs keeping po4 at 0. Some tanks can withstand it and others cannot. Every tank is different but I have a feeling this tank might have hit that tipping point. To let you know, i've bottomed my po4 out, experienced RTN, and immediately followed up with dinoflagellates.
I think he was fine. Some people have lost a coral or two with chemi clean. It could also be possible he got a bad batch. I ran 1.5 times the recommended dose and I was fine and ran 24 hours longer than recommend amount to add. I have about 50 gallons of water volume and dosed for 90 gallons of water, ran it for 72 hours instead of 48. I aso talked to an expert at BRS before I proceeded. I have no explanation for his problem with it. It could be from such a large die off that put toxin in the tank. Doing a water change and running carbon would help with that. I would then order a new batch of chemi clean to be on the safe side. In the meantime, I would try to remove as much as possible my manual methods before treating again.I guarantee it is not a nutrient issue, per se. UNLESS, the chemiclean messes with the nutrients/chemistry there. Before the chemiclean, I had AMAZING growth and colour; I.E. this has been my most successful reef. That said it is a grow out tank, so there is some ugly algae and such. The cyano started to take over my egg crate frag racks, so I had do get aggressive... I've also dealt with nutrient issues before, and this TN is different than I have seen before, the corals died back, this is some crazy full on tissue flaking off...
Lack of aeration is still the running theory, but like I mentioned above two dursos creates a lot of aeration. There was also some foam build up in the sump. I would like to compare some TN photos from a system with low aeration.
The pH was 8. Not sure what it was before the Chemiclean, but it wouldn't have dropped enough (i.e. down to 8) to cause problems, would it? I've read that daily swings could be from 8.2 to below 8 without issue?
Yeah, algae and such on the tips is par for the course with these issues.
So, does this discount aeration as the issue?
The plot thickens...
I think he was fine. Some people have lost a coral or two with chemi clean. It could also be possible he got a bad batch. I ran 1.5 times the recommended dose and I was fine and ran 24 hours longer than recommend amount to add. I have about 50 gallons of water volume and dosed for 90 gallons of water, ran it for 72 hours instead of 48. I aso talked to an expert at BRS before I proceeded. I have no explanation for his problem with it. It could be from such a large die off that put toxin in the tank. Doing a water change and running carbon would help with that. I would then order a new batch of chemi clean to be on the safe side. In the meantime, I would try to remove as much as possible my manual methods before treating again.
Have you tried red slime remover?Thanks, after looking closely now at the tank. The chemiclean didn't really do a whole lot, if anything. It actually looks worse today.
So yeah, bad/toxic batch?
Have you tried red slime remover?