Witch salt mix are you using?
Tropic Marin Pro is what I currently have in my mixing garbage can but I started the tank with Red Sea Coral Pro so that's most of what's in there at this point.
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Witch salt mix are you using?
Thanks Frank. I was running a big reactor full of carbon until a few days ago when I dosed some fluconazole for bryopsis so it has been offline for 2 days.Hello,
This is Frank from Frag farm, sorry to hear about your issues going on. Let’s see if we can tackle it in stages.
First, are you currently running a carbon to neutralize toxic warfare in a mixed reef tank?
Second, from reading your prior comment, it seems like you put a lot in the tank within a three and half month period. When it comes to reefing stability is key, and slow and steady wins the race. If this is an emergency, I recommend you send your water out for an ICP test, but if you want a quick solution I would run a poly filter in case there is toxic metal in there. It won’t hurt to run the filter.
Third, please check your ammonia, nitrite, and nitrates.
Good luck
Do you know what product / brand you used?125mg pill diluted in small amount of tank water. Dose after lights out. Remove carbon but skimmer can run. 3 doses over 6 days then 20% water change. I have an 80g total system
Stressors such as increased temperature either modify the structure of the coral microbial symbiotic community or trigger the production of virulence factors. Temperature stress can increase chances of coral disease development in several ways by creating stress in the coral zooxanthellae and decreasing its resistance to infection, increasing growth and virulence of opportunistic coral pathogens, and decreasing the production of antimicrobials by symbiotic bacteria in the coral mucus, thereby facilitating the growth of opportunistic and potentially pathogenic bacteria.
Some possible triggers of infection are:
- Alkalinity spike or sudden change in alk or running low often
- Temperature spike or swings
- Salinity spike or sudden change
- Bacteria such as Philaster Guamense
- Low dissolved oxygen
- Poor water quality related with phosphate levels up to 5 ppm
- Change in water flow
- Additions of sand
- Changes in brand of salt
- Bad test kits giving faulty results
- Levels of minor elements such as Iodine, Potassium, Strontium
- Light intensity
- - Changes in water flow
- Addition of new corals
- - Pesticides
- Airborne Contaminants or sprays
WHICH Tropic Marine Pro? German or Turkish?Tropic Marin Pro is what I currently have in my mixing garbage can but I started the tank with Red Sea Coral Pro so that's most of what's in there at this point.
Frank did address this in post 13, and in a much nicer wayI'm surprised no one has given this answer yet.. but you added way too much way too fast. You have an immature tank regardless of what you're doing to it and adding that many coral and fish is going to cause a variety of issues. At this point you're just going to be putting band-aids on and losing things slowly. I would suggest removing half of your stock and praying for some stabilization
That was mentioned on my listI'm surprised no one has given this answer yet.. but you added way too much way too fast. You have an immature tank regardless of what you're doing to it and adding that many coral and fish is going to cause a variety of issues. At this point you're just going to be putting band-aids on and losing things slowly. I would suggest removing half of your stock and praying for some stabilization.
Have you recently changed your flow rate? Do you notice any of the fish seeming stressed out or sick? Is it just the coral?
I ordered online from alivetDo you know what product / brand you used?
How long have you been doing thisI use 2 of the 500mg Cipro pills in my 80gal tank (it has a sump). I imagine that it is 100 total gallons. I do it maybe once a month.
I was thinking possible Coral Warfare, aerosol sprays near the tank getting in, perfumes, ect...I was running the larger BRS reactor full of BRS carbon. I wondered if I didn't pull too much out, but still seemed like a radical shift for a deficiency. What are you thinking?
+1 with this post.I have to agree that it’s most likely just tank immaturity. Regardless of whether you added some rock from another tank or have coralline growing, a 3 month old tank just isn’t mature, it doesn’t have a diverse and balanced biome. My advice would be to wait for the ICP test results, hold off on dosing anything but a basic two part and do 20% weekly water changes. I do not think you have some widespread bacterial infection affecting multiple different species, beyond brown jelly disease, I’m not even sure such a thing exists (brown jelly does not present as slow tissue recession). I don’t say this to call you out, but it seems like you’ve glossed over the few people that have mentioned tank maturity and have instead focused on suggestions that involve dosing something. IMO, you don’t need to dose anything, you need to slow down and give your tank time to mature. Adding 40+ frags and 12 fish in the first 2-3 months is just moving way, way too fast.
I have to agree that it’s most likely just tank immaturity. Regardless of whether you added some rock from another tank or have coralline growing, a 3 month old tank just isn’t mature, it doesn’t have a diverse and balanced biome. My advice would be to wait for the ICP test results, hold off on dosing anything but a basic two part and do 20% weekly water changes. I do not think you have some widespread bacterial infection affecting multiple different species, beyond brown jelly disease, I’m not even sure such a thing exists (brown jelly does not present as slow tissue recession). I don’t say this to call you out, but it seems like you’ve glossed over the few people that have mentioned tank maturity and have instead focused on suggestions that involve dosing something. IMO, you don’t need to dose anything, you need to slow down and give your tank time to mature. Adding 40+ frags and 12 fish in the first 2-3 months is just moving way, way too fast.
Nothing that has touched any of the coral that I've seen and most of it has been in there for awhile now, predating any issues.What kind of animals did you add? Anything with a taste for coral? As far as tank maturity goes, 8 dkh today is the same as 8dkh in 6 months. If the tank is successfully completing its nitrogen cycle, and parameters are stable, then it shouldn't matter how long its been operating. I would not start throwing a bunch of chemicals at the tank.