Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone had any ideas on what might be causing this. This is the third time in a month or so that I've experienced this. Seemingly overnight my coraline algae has bleached out in dots (trochus snail is a good example). Pics taken under whites.
I cant put my finger on any changes apart from starting vodka dosing (2ml in 250L per day, pretty low dose) to try and get some microfauna for the corals to consume (not doing it for nitrate reduction). That doesnt directly line up to seeing these issues and the coraline die off appears to be accute (ie happening all at once on three occasions).
Params:
PH: 8.4
ALK: 7.7 (stable)
Nitrate: 10
PO4: 0.07
Salinity: 1.025
Mag: 1360
Cal: 420
Popbloom RS90 lights at around 60% and running a refugium in sump with reverse photoperiod (growing chaeto like a boss too!).
I'm a bit worried this might be affecting the corals in the tank but its a bit hard to say without a root cause.
Just wondering if anyone had any ideas on what might be causing this. This is the third time in a month or so that I've experienced this. Seemingly overnight my coraline algae has bleached out in dots (trochus snail is a good example). Pics taken under whites.
I cant put my finger on any changes apart from starting vodka dosing (2ml in 250L per day, pretty low dose) to try and get some microfauna for the corals to consume (not doing it for nitrate reduction). That doesnt directly line up to seeing these issues and the coraline die off appears to be accute (ie happening all at once on three occasions).
Params:
PH: 8.4
ALK: 7.7 (stable)
Nitrate: 10
PO4: 0.07
Salinity: 1.025
Mag: 1360
Cal: 420
Popbloom RS90 lights at around 60% and running a refugium in sump with reverse photoperiod (growing chaeto like a boss too!).
I'm a bit worried this might be affecting the corals in the tank but its a bit hard to say without a root cause.