Hey guys! What a ride this time...
Tank's looking uglier and uglier. I removed all of the SPS except the big green one on the top. The zoas are being covered with dinos, and aren't opening unless I keep blowing them off with a baster.
Dosing 1 oz of Phyto twice/day every day, and I'm now dosing Neophos and Potassium Nitrate to raise nutrients. I've left the fuge running, but i've removed all of the ChemiPure Blue, filter floss/pads and purigen. I'm also running the skimmer super dry.
Nothing looks happy, but it does seem like the duncan and frogspawn are doing okay. The leathers get covered and close up, but if I blow them off they seem okay as well.
Foster son (10yo) pulled off the MP10 motor and sand must have gotten into the wet side, so it's broken [tried soaking/cleaning it etc. but it still makes crazy amounts of noise]. Going to get some more phyto, a new wetside and maybe some chemiclean from the local store this evening.
Not sure what else to do. My next step might be to start over, but I don't want to trade in the fish I currently have as they all do very well together [think I got lucky on the wrasse and the regal]. If I could feel confident in starting new with all of the fish from the start, I would consider draining, cleaning and putting it back up with dry rock.
I'm sure it'll get back on track at some point, but for now i'm just riding it out...
Tank's looking uglier and uglier. I removed all of the SPS except the big green one on the top. The zoas are being covered with dinos, and aren't opening unless I keep blowing them off with a baster.
Dosing 1 oz of Phyto twice/day every day, and I'm now dosing Neophos and Potassium Nitrate to raise nutrients. I've left the fuge running, but i've removed all of the ChemiPure Blue, filter floss/pads and purigen. I'm also running the skimmer super dry.
Nothing looks happy, but it does seem like the duncan and frogspawn are doing okay. The leathers get covered and close up, but if I blow them off they seem okay as well.
Foster son (10yo) pulled off the MP10 motor and sand must have gotten into the wet side, so it's broken [tried soaking/cleaning it etc. but it still makes crazy amounts of noise]. Going to get some more phyto, a new wetside and maybe some chemiclean from the local store this evening.
Not sure what else to do. My next step might be to start over, but I don't want to trade in the fish I currently have as they all do very well together [think I got lucky on the wrasse and the regal]. If I could feel confident in starting new with all of the fish from the start, I would consider draining, cleaning and putting it back up with dry rock.
I'm sure it'll get back on track at some point, but for now i'm just riding it out...