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Hello, Could someone please help me out here? Thank you!
My tank was doing quite well until about 9/27 and I noticed that my corals have been coming out less and less. I'm pretty sure I have an uptick in the amount of pods, they are all over the coral and rocks... and sand. I was wondering if they were bothering the coral. My Duncan hasn't been as open in a while but I figured it may be flow or light related so I have been moving it around since this all started.
I don't know of any single event or anything out of the ordinary happening. The last "live" addition was my wall hammer on 9/15 and it seemed pretty happy. All of my coral gets dipped and blasted off with a baster and no other additions since 7/12. I do notice a green hue on the top sides of my live rock, a less than 1" patch of what I believe to be turf algae, and the glass gets slightly green. The sand has stayed pretty clean other than when I feed the hemits an occasional algae wafer to keep them off my coral.
Other than the stuff listed on my chart, I have 2 clowns and a blue chromis.
I have a ULR PO4 checker on the way as I suspect my Salifert kit may be inaccurate.
Thank you!
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My tank was doing quite well until about 9/27 and I noticed that my corals have been coming out less and less. I'm pretty sure I have an uptick in the amount of pods, they are all over the coral and rocks... and sand. I was wondering if they were bothering the coral. My Duncan hasn't been as open in a while but I figured it may be flow or light related so I have been moving it around since this all started.
I don't know of any single event or anything out of the ordinary happening. The last "live" addition was my wall hammer on 9/15 and it seemed pretty happy. All of my coral gets dipped and blasted off with a baster and no other additions since 7/12. I do notice a green hue on the top sides of my live rock, a less than 1" patch of what I believe to be turf algae, and the glass gets slightly green. The sand has stayed pretty clean other than when I feed the hemits an occasional algae wafer to keep them off my coral.
Other than the stuff listed on my chart, I have 2 clowns and a blue chromis.
I have a ULR PO4 checker on the way as I suspect my Salifert kit may be inaccurate.
Thank you!
Date | Temp F | SG | pH | dKH | (NO3) ppm | (PO4) ppm | (Ca) ppm | (Mg) ppm | (NH3) ppm | (NO2) ppm | Notes |
7/12/2020 | 78 | 1.024 | 8 | 8.9 | 5 | 0.03 | 370 | 1200 | 0 | 0 | Day after vacation, prior to adding frogspawn, GSP, zoas, duncans, 12 trochous, 6 nassarius, 12 red leg crabs |
7/14/2020 | 78 | 1.024 | 8 | 8.9 | 5 | 0.03 | 370 | 1200 | 0 | 0 | Tested and then dosed 10ml |
7/14/2020 | 78 | 8 | 9.4 | 400 | 0 | Tested 1h after dosing | |||||
7/16/2020 | 78 | 8 | 9.4 | 5 | 0.03 | 400 | 1150 | Tested and then dosed 9ml + 5ml Mg | |||
7/20/2020 | 78 | 1.024 | 8 | 9.8 | 5 | 0.03 | 380 | 1170 | 0 | Tested and then dosed 15ml Ca only + 9ml Mg | |
7/21/2020 | 78 | 8 | 9.8 | 390 | 1180 | Tested and then dosed 15ml Ca, 9 ALK, 9ml Mg | |||||
7/23/2020 | 78 | 1.024 | 8 | 10.2 | 395 | 1200 | Tested and then dosed 18ml Ca only + 9ml Mg | ||||
7/28/2020 | 78 | 1.024 | 8 | 10.1 | 7 | 400 | 1200 | ||||
8/3/2020 | 78 | 1.024 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 400 | 1200 | Changed filter floss and PolyPad | |||
8/4/2020 | 78 | 1.024 | 8 | 9.9 | 10 | 0.25 | 405 | 1215 | Dosed Ca, Mg before testing, added Chemi-Pure Blue 5.5 | ||
8/5/2020 | 78 | 1.024 | 8 | 10.1 | 7 | 0.1 | 410 | 1275 | |||
8/7/2020 | 78 | 1.024 | 8 | 10.2 | 7 | 0.1 | 405 | 1180 | Had a polyp eject. 10%WC, dosed 12ml Mg | ||
8/10/2020 | 78 | 1.024 | 8 | 9.9 | 7 | 0.1 | 405 | 1200 | 0 | Last Frogspawn polyps ejected. | |
8/16/2020 | 78 | 1.024 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0.1 | 400 | 1185 | 0 | 0 | |
8/28/2020 | 78 | 1.024 | 8 | 10.3 | 7 | 0.03 | 405 | 1185 | 0 | 0 | |
9/14/2020 | 78 | 1.025 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | New gate valve and 5g WC, swept sand. | ||
9/15/2020 | 78 | 1.024 | 8 | 10.1 | 7 | 0.03 | 400 | 1200 | 0 | 0 | Removed Chemi-Pure Blue. Added wall hammer. |
9/25/2020 | 78 | 1.025 | 8 | 9.9 | 10 | 0.03 | 400 | 1215 | 0 | 0.05 | Replaced Chemi-Pure Blue and PolyPad. |
10/1/2020 | 78 | 1.025 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0.03 | 400 | 1200 | 0 | 0.05 | Cleaned sand bed, changed floss. 30% WC |
10/4/2020 | 78 | 1.025 | 8 | 9.9 | 7 | 0.03 | 400 | 1215 | 0 | 0.05 | |
10/5/2020 | Dipped Zoas and Duncans in CoralRx Pro. |
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