HELP MY OCTO SPAWN DOES NOT LOOK GOOD HELLLLLPPPPPP!!!

[MERKEY]

A whole tank picture might help us get a better idea.

 

[Damian reef boi]

A whole tank picture might help us get a better idea.

I still need to add more rock to the other part of the tank
But basically that's where everything is

 

[Damian reef boi]

I still need to add more rock to the other part of the tank
But basically that's where everything is

Sorry the lights are turning off

 

[Damian reef boi]

I'm also working on a sump

 

[Terri Caton]

Hey Damian

You’re doing great. We all have issues especially at the beginning.

Since you are going to your LFS to get a refractometer get a huge amount of saltwater and some RO if you don’t have any. Plus a bag of salt if you don’t have any of that. TEST the saltwater from the LFS! Theirs can be off. Adjust salinity if needed. Do as large a water change as possible. A small water change will not help.

This will kind of hit a reset button. Remember, the absolute most important thing in your tank is the water!

After the water change take things slowly. I suggest you do a build thread on here and ask for basic advise along the way. You have so few fish and corals you shouldn’t have any problems learning how to test and keep the parameters stable. Once that happens add things slowly. Much easier to keep things stable with small changes (I need to remember that advise for myself frequently)

Also, get opinions on here about equipment, tests, etc. This will save you a lot of money in the long run. Your LFS has no incentive to give you good advise. They just want to sell you things. And if those things don’t work out they’ll be happy to sell you more!

I saw my first saltwater tank outside of an aquarium at age 17 and fell in love. I waited until 56 to get one! Good for you for jumping in and doing it!

 

[Damian reef boi]

Hey Damian

You’re doing great. We all have issues especially at the beginning.

Since you are going to your LFS to get a refractometer get a huge amount of saltwater and some RO if you don’t have any. Plus a bag of salt if you don’t have any of that. TEST the saltwater from the LFS! Theirs can be off. Adjust salinity if needed. Do as large a water change as possible. A small water change will not help.

This will kind of hit a reset button. Remember, the absolute most important thing in your tank is the water!

After the water change take things slowly. I suggest you do a build thread on here and ask for basic advise along the way. You have so few fish and corals you shouldn’t have any problems learning how to test and keep the parameters stable. Once that happens add things slowly. Much easier to keep things stable with small changes (I need to remember that advise for myself frequently)

Also, get opinions on here about equipment, tests, etc. This will save you a lot of money in the long run. Your LFS has no incentive to give you good advise. They just want to sell you things. And if those things don’t work out they’ll be happy to sell you more!

I saw my first saltwater tank outside of an aquarium at age 17 and fell in love. I waited until 56 to get one! Good for you for jumping in and doing it!

Thank you very much

 

[Topekoms]

Checking in on how things are.

 

[Damian reef boi]

They are good I bought the refractometer
And also my phosphates were a bit too high so I'm putting phosphate E from bright well aquatics

 

[Topekoms]

what was your salinity at on the refractometer?

 

[Damian reef boi]

They are good I bought the refractometer
And also my phosphates were a bit too high so I'm putting phosphate E from bright well aquatics

Dis thing

what was your salinity at on the refractometer?

.27

 

[Topekoms]

So it was low then that might be part of the problem with your octo

 

[Damian reef boi]

So it was low then that might be part of the problem with your octo

Yeah

 

[TheShrimpNibbler]

I’m in a similar position to you. I have a 1 year old reef and I’m 14. Because of this, I’m also on a pretty tight budget. The best advice I can give you is to take it slow and make sure that you don’t do anything that could cause problems. When you see anything go wrong, always test. When you add anything or take anything out (i.e. water changes). With that said, your params are off. Alk is way too high and salinity is quite low. I would lower alk to around 8 and slowly raise salinity to about .35. Water changes are your friend. Try to drop the alk pretty quick, but go a little slower when raising the salinity. Just be sure to test all water before adding it in water changes.

 

[Damian reef boi]

Wait so .27 is too low?

 

[Damian reef boi]

Wait so .27 is too low?

Never mind

 

[Topekoms]

Yes your salinity should be 35 if you are looking at the right side of the refractometer

 

[Damian reef boi]

Oh ok so more salt got it

 

[MERKEY]

Oh ok so more salt got it

27 on the hydrometer is good

27 on refractometer is bad

 

[John08007]

They are good I bought the refractometer
And also my phosphates were a bit too high so I'm putting phosphate E from bright well aquatics

FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS on this! Do not overdose this because it will cause a lot bigger problems if you do. Its probably best to slowly add the dose over the course of a day.

 

[Damian reef boi]

FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS on this! Do not overdose this because it will cause a lot bigger problems if you do. Its probably best to slowly add the dose over the course of a day.

Ok got it