imnotmike
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Something is killing my montiporas this started about two weeks ago I'm not sure what's going on. The only thing I've done it changed is that I added a Black comb tooth blenny and used Reef Rx about two weeks ago
Help! Something is killing my montiporas
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Your Phosphate and Nitrate are both very low (Phosphate is Zero)
They may be starving!
I would suggest dosing some Reef Roids to bring the phosphate up a little - perhaps look into Ammonium dosing?
They may be starving!
I would suggest dosing some Reef Roids to bring the phosphate up a little - perhaps look into Ammonium dosing?
Yep, that zero phosphate is likely the key.
Raise phosphates before raising nitrates is my recommendation. The other way is not good.
Raise phosphates before raising nitrates is my recommendation. The other way is not good.
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That is a great question.
imnotmike
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I feed reef roids mixed with fuel and frozen food once a week. I have hair algae issue but when I completely whipped it my phoa stayed at zero and my nitrate went to 10. Not sure where to starrted
i have a issue with green hair algae I posted something in the past on reef2reef about using chemiclean to get rid of some
Cyno i had and it killed all of my gha at the same time I tested my water after this happened ny nitrate went up to 10 but my phos stayed at zero.
Reading that you have dosed both Reef RX and Chemiclean recently...i think they may also have contrubuted.
As tempting as it is to dose things to control algae, its not a great long term solution, and dead coral can be a side affect of messing with the reef biome/symbiosis.
Easiest way to raise phosphate is to dose Reef Roids, but i would also suggest that you might need to boost the bacteria in your tank as it may have taken a hit.
As tempting as it is to dose things to control algae, its not a great long term solution, and dead coral can be a side affect of messing with the reef biome/symbiosis.
Easiest way to raise phosphate is to dose Reef Roids, but i would also suggest that you might need to boost the bacteria in your tank as it may have taken a hit.
Just go with the recommended amount per volume of tank - but keep an eye on it as it will jack them up fast!
Best maybe doing it once then measuring how long it lasts over x amount of days.
Your not running any Phosphate removal at the moment also? Rowaphos/lanthanum etc?
Reef roids because you have it.
Just feed more than you are now, like double until you get readings.
Stop microbactor. It's not helping nutrients.
SaltyBlue
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When my monti-dominated tank had an STN crash a year ago (believe starting NoPox caused it), I could not get the STN to stop - and I tried hard with amoxicillin and then cipro. The only fix was fragging healthy parts of the colony and discarding the sick parts of the colony. I dipped the healthy cuts in iodine and they’ve grown back.
BriDroid
I glue animals to rocks.
Trisodium or monosodium phosphate will work wonders!
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