Fudsey's 135.4 Box of Water

Fudsey · Feb 1, 2019

@GoVols They are pretty much gone from the sand. The only thing I am not seeing is my zoas, gorgonian, gsp and nems fully recovered. I think I need to do a 25% water change to help. I might also replace my ROX as well. I hope to do that this weekend if I can. I am still dosing phyto too.

I added 2 tiger conchs today to help stir the sand too. We'll see if they help keep it clean.

GoVols · Feb 1, 2019

Fudsey said:
@GoVols They are pretty much gone from the sand. The only thing I am not seeing is my zoas, gorgonian, gsp and nems fully recovered. I think I need to do a 25% water change to help. I might also replace my ROX as well. I hope to do that this weekend if I can. I am still dosing phyto too.

I added 2 tiger conchs today to help stir the sand too. We'll see if they help keep it clean.

I'm tagging as you go... ;Writing

Used Dino-X one time when it was called Ultra Algae-X.
Got the job done, but smoked... ;Dead all my inverts except BTA's...

You and @Jason mack seem to have a redish strain. I had that snot green thick bubble dino's.

hdsoftail1065 · Feb 1, 2019

Fudsey said:
@GoVols They are pretty much gone from the sand. The only thing I am not seeing is my zoas, gorgonian, gsp and nems fully recovered. I think I need to do a 25% water change to help. I might also replace my ROX as well. I hope to do that this weekend if I can. I am still dosing phyto too.

I added 2 tiger conchs today to help stir the sand too. We'll see if they help keep it clean.

I have to back up and re-read how you delt with your dino's so I can start gearing up for my battle. Ugh...

Fudsey · Feb 2, 2019

Well I looked really hard at my Gorgonian today and took a pic and it looks like GHA has completely covered it. It doesn't blow off and is hard to even pull off. What ever I do remove it it seems to come back daily. Not sure this will make it.... Basically the only spot in the tank with GHA too.

Before

After

Skin is still purple and I think it is trying to survive, I just don't know what to do. Remove it and try to clean it out of the tank???
#reefsquad any ideas?

saltyfilmfolks · Feb 2, 2019

Fudsey said:
Well I looked really hard at my Gorgonian today and took a pic and it looks like GHA has completely covered it. It doesn't blow off and is hard to even pull off. What ever I do remove it it seems to come back daily. Not sure this will make it.... Basically the only spot in the tank with GHA too.

Before

After

Skin is still purple and I think it is trying to survive, I just don't know what to do. Remove it and try to clean it out of the tank???
#reefsquad any ideas?

Uggg.
Well, personally I’m thinking (sorry ) the gorg has been dying and it attracted algae to the decomposition.
Move it Scrub it dip it and hope for the best is all I could think of.

Fudsey · Feb 2, 2019

@saltyfilmfolks Dip it in Bayer?

saltyfilmfolks · Feb 2, 2019

Fudsey said:
@saltyfilmfolks Dip it in Bayer?

Nooo. That’s for Bugs. Light peroxide , coral rx , revive.
Once you get it out of the tank and a gentle scrub you’ll be able to see the extent of the damage before dipping.

Big G · Feb 2, 2019

Yikes! One of mine have looked sorta like that. Soft toothbrush. Gentle brushing everyday. Increased flow. It's almost like you can't throw enough flow at them. They like it. And it's coming around nicely now.

Fudsey · Feb 2, 2019

Just took it out and placed it an a shallow bowl of tank water. Softly scrubbed it with a tooth brush and got 99% of the gha off. Looks much better now and didn't see much damage at all to the flesh. Will see if the polyps decide to make a return.

Big G · Feb 2, 2019

Mine slowly started popping polyps a few more each day. Still recovering. Doesn't hurt to give it a bit of phyto every couple of days and boost the water flow to it. They really like to kinda whip around a bit.

Fudsey · Feb 2, 2019

Will do

Thanks @Big G and @saltyfilmfolks ! ! !

Scurvy · Feb 2, 2019

Thats quite a turn around, Good work!

Fudsey · Feb 2, 2019

I actually think I see some polyps trying to come out too. If you look at the image of it covered, you can see where I got some off and the polyps were trying to extend. They are returning as well as more in different places. Sorry for the blues in the 2nd pic, lights already ramping down. I hope by tomorrow it looks even better

crazysun · Feb 3, 2019

Fudsey said:
Well I looked really hard at my Gorgonian today and took a pic and it looks like GHA has completely covered it. It doesn't blow off and is hard to even pull off. What ever I do remove it it seems to come back daily. Not sure this will make it.... Basically the only spot in the tank with GHA too.

Before

After

Skin is still purple and I think it is trying to survive, I just don't know what to do. Remove it and try to clean it out of the tank???
#reefsquad any ideas?

That's a sad sight, keep up the fight. Good Luck

najer · Feb 3, 2019

Simon's tip of the day, buy cheap make up brushes, they need to be plastic encapsulated ones, way gentler on corals and can be used in the tank for little patches!

Scurvy · Feb 3, 2019

Any improvement from the zoa’s?

Fudsey · Feb 3, 2019

crazysun said:
That's a sad sight, keep up the fight. Good Luck

Looks so much better today ! !

najer said:
Simon's tip of the day, buy cheap make up brushes, they need to be plastic encapsulated ones, way gentler on corals and can be used in the tank for little patches!

I like that idea

Scurvy said:
Any improvement from the zoa’s?

A little... More are opening but some still refuse. I'll take some pics when the lights come up.

Doing a 25gal water change today and hope it will help improve things too. Water has been a little cloudy the past couple days. Hard to get a pic of it. Might need to get polisher running....

Fudsey · Feb 3, 2019

About to do water change but wanted to post these pics....

Scurvy · Feb 3, 2019

Fudsey said:
About to do water change but wanted to post these pics....

Oh definitely, definitely better than a week ago!!

RichtheReefer21 · Feb 5, 2019

Fudsey said:
@GoVols They are pretty much gone from the sand. The only thing I am not seeing is my zoas, gorgonian, gsp and nems fully recovered. I think I need to do a 25% water change to help. I might also replace my ROX as well. I hope to do that this weekend if I can. I am still dosing phyto too.

I added 2 tiger conchs today to help stir the sand too. We'll see if they help keep it clean.

The 2 tiger conches I put in mine are machines. Never see them stop. Sand has never looked better.