NotIt was flucanazole.
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NotIt was flucanazole.
Still dealing with the fall out. Should have shut the tank down and reboot it but I am carrying on. The acros that were not impacted are fine. The ones that were damaged by the flux have not recovered and continue down the STN/RTN path.
Love the tank!Once again the Flux stuff you scoop with the tiny spoon it comes with tends to be much tougher to gauge the proper amount you need to dose as I have friends that had negative effects using that and they believe either its got some added ingredients not good for coral or its overdosed. I told them to switch to the pill form which is the type I use and they have not had any negative effects from the pill form. Have no idea if there is some type of ingredient difference between the two but I've had no issues with the pill form and they haven't either. I think I mentioned I have alot of different types of corals and it hasn't affected any type in my tank. Here's a few pics for reference of my tank today and a white light pic from a couple months ago if I haven't posted any fts's. Clearly no issues from using the pill form of fluconazole.
I'm still feeling the after effects months later and it's not just acros. I'll never use it again on a reef tank.For those that fell for Flucanazole being Acro safe how long did it take for your tank to recover. I am over 2 weeks out and Alk consumption still hasn't returned to pre levels.
I was thinking of doing the same thing, but sending it out before turning the skimmer and carbon back on.I did an icp test the day before I dosed the reef flux, in a month I will have to do another and see the changes. This has to have been done before?
I've used it successfully in the past on an acro dominant tank. Same tank and same treatment but I'm hesitant to try it again. I've been going heavy in and heavy out so my nutrients are bottomed out but my colors and growth are still good. Overall the tank is as healthy as ever.
The zero nutrients has me worried, I'm sure there will be a spike and I wonder if thats part of what upsets uptake/stresses the acropora and potentially cause multiple little swings at once.
This last outbreak was also caused my my TDS creeping up in my RODI. I feel like the algae could have consumed some unwanted elements in the water and I'm worried if I kill it all off it will be released back into the tank possible causing a spike it metals, silicates ect.
If i do dose, I'll be removing as much as humanly possible prior and taking my refugium off line just to be safe. I do wonder if that's part of the "randomness" - what the algae originally started to consume and that being released back into the water when it dies off, nutrients and/or whatever is in the TDS.
I did ICP on an SPS Fluconazole catastrophe tank and measures were nominal. (Triton always measure low Iodine.) I am far from the first. We should look elsewhere.I did an icp test the day before I dosed the reef flux, in a month I will have to do another and see the changes. This has to have been done before?
Sorry to hear the losses continue.
I did ICP on an SPS Fluconazole catastrophe tank and measures were nominal. (Triton always measure low Iodine.) I am far from the first. We should look elsewhere.
It is something Fluc attacks/kills that releases nasties. Some tanks have those "somethings" and most do not.
For some it might be a paly -- certainly a suspect in one tank I tested.
For others, maybe a fungi (this is an anti-fungal medication) that stores nasties and releases when assaulted.
Lastly, for me, it is all about bacteria and their place in feeding acropora. Acros need to eat some PO4, but can only do so indirectly by eating bacteria that eat PO4. My own personal pet theory.
Sorry to hear the losses continue.
I did ICP on an SPS Fluconazole catastrophe tank and measures were nominal. (Triton always measure low Iodine.) I am far from the first. We should look elsewhere.
It is something Fluc attacks/kills that releases nasties. Some tanks have those "somethings" and most do not.
For some it might be a paly -- certainly a suspect in one tank I tested.
For others, maybe a fungi (this is an anti-fungal medication) that stores nasties and releases when assaulted.
Lastly, for me, it is all about bacteria and their place in feeding acropora. Acros need to eat some PO4, but can only do so indirectly by eating bacteria that eat PO4. My own personal pet theory.