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Hi guys,
1st reef tank, 220 gal, had it running 6years. This is my 2nd massive GHA outbreak in 6 years but this time ive tried it all. 1st time i did all the things and then tried vibrant and it blasted the gha in no time. This time ive been treating for months and its only getting worse. PLease help. Round 1 was pulling gha, increasing cuc, decreasing light nutrients etc. Tangs already in there, rabit fish etc. Theyve never eaten gha and dont seem to want to start. Urchins in there, crabs, snails etc. The slugs just die so I refuse to buy mroe. Maxpect gyre, 3 power heads, 4 overflows etc for flow. Ive been dosing vibrant and dr tims for 2-3 months now, the gha is only getting worse. Corals are dying. It stinks. Biweekly water changes. Fluconozle didnt work the 1st time, not planning on bothering with it again. Switched the lights to blues only to give the coral some benefit- gha still getting worse by the week. Current schedule is 1ml per gallon Vibrant 2x a week. 3x a week dr tims on altertntaing days.
Thoughts?
temp 77/78
alk 8.5-8ish
mag 1350
ca 430
phos 0 on hanna
nitrates 2 on nyos
ph 8.2
carbon on a reactor. just ordered bio pellets to try in a reactor. I dont even know why, I just feel like ive exhausted everything else.
Im so frustrated. It was fine the last 2 years or so after the last outbreak and then it blew up again. I cant keep phos up in the tank or nitrates naturally. It bottomed out when i got lazy with it and I got dinos. To counter the dinos i added neo phos and neo nitrate until i resolved the dino issue and then the GHA snowballed out of control.
1st reef tank, 220 gal, had it running 6years. This is my 2nd massive GHA outbreak in 6 years but this time ive tried it all. 1st time i did all the things and then tried vibrant and it blasted the gha in no time. This time ive been treating for months and its only getting worse. PLease help. Round 1 was pulling gha, increasing cuc, decreasing light nutrients etc. Tangs already in there, rabit fish etc. Theyve never eaten gha and dont seem to want to start. Urchins in there, crabs, snails etc. The slugs just die so I refuse to buy mroe. Maxpect gyre, 3 power heads, 4 overflows etc for flow. Ive been dosing vibrant and dr tims for 2-3 months now, the gha is only getting worse. Corals are dying. It stinks. Biweekly water changes. Fluconozle didnt work the 1st time, not planning on bothering with it again. Switched the lights to blues only to give the coral some benefit- gha still getting worse by the week. Current schedule is 1ml per gallon Vibrant 2x a week. 3x a week dr tims on altertntaing days.
Thoughts?
temp 77/78
alk 8.5-8ish
mag 1350
ca 430
phos 0 on hanna
nitrates 2 on nyos
ph 8.2
carbon on a reactor. just ordered bio pellets to try in a reactor. I dont even know why, I just feel like ive exhausted everything else.
Im so frustrated. It was fine the last 2 years or so after the last outbreak and then it blew up again. I cant keep phos up in the tank or nitrates naturally. It bottomed out when i got lazy with it and I got dinos. To counter the dinos i added neo phos and neo nitrate until i resolved the dino issue and then the GHA snowballed out of control.