How is your tank doing today? Honest answers only...

[jermzisurmom]

For me, I pulled out what I could, reduced nitrates in my tank, and then had a trochus snail take care of the rest.

Ty for ur response!!! I am currently working it out, I just want it gone now. But I know nothing good happens fast in a reef!

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Ty for ur response!!! I am currently working it out, I just want it gone now. But I know nothing good happens fast in a reef!

For sure! Don't rush into any fixes; you'll end up causing more issues! Just take your time, and you will get rid of it

 

[jermzisurmom]

For sure! Don't rush into any fixes; you'll end up causing more issues! Just take your time, and you will get rid of it

Thank u bud!!

 

[Dragen Fiend]

My 15G...Not very good. Neglected for 2 weeks. Its been cloudy. But I could see my coral mostly. Well I was WRONG. Ran UV sterilizer for 3 days plus swapped carbon out. Cleared up a bit. Started seeing bad things once getting a bit clearer. Did 40% wc. Water was clear and things looked gruesome.

Torch had some receding flesh band. My 4 headed duncan coral had 3 bail outs. (none of my ducans have been happy lately in that tank) I pulled out a single head one a month ago and put into another tank which is happy now. I never figured out what the cause was since all my other coral were happy at the time. Anyways that 4 headed duncan is now down to 1 that is likely not surviving.

I have 3 zoas that gave two craps and flourished.
My Blastomussa was deflated during those 2 weeks of cloudiness. Defiantly not happy but now are fluffed up after the wc.
Litho couldn't be found until I did the wc. Found it burred in the sand. Danm urchin!!
Cloves are doing what they do. Taking over my rock...

Found a bristle worm too! Sucker is 5 inches at least. First time seeing it lol. Also apstasia took over my tank. At least 7 and 2 were big. One had tentacles at least 6 inches long. Slapped some asptasia x on those suckers yesterday.

Overall its been 2 days after the water change. And all my corals are looking happier again. So time to get back on testing every other day.

 

[apb03]

I was considering a change in the opposite direction but I'm hesitant to change anything and I like ESV.... I thought I was having issues with the cost until I actually priced out the balling light and AFR for my consumption. In your opinion, what is it about the ESV that's giving your tank a boost?

I think it's the pH boost I get, and my Alkalinity is far more stable using ESV. AFR served me well when my tank was young, but over time, I noticed some drawbacks (SPS dominant).

The main drawback is that alkalinity was challenging to keep stable due to the Formate metabolization time. Under high demand, this felt like a moving target I could never get quite right. With ESV, it's rock solid.

There were some other issues with AFR, too, like the bacterial goo growing in my containers, which clogged my RODI lines over time, requiring me to recalibrate and flush the lines periodically.

 

[Paul B]

Mine looks like it always does. Not as good as last year when I had to trim all my corals to eliminate invasive sponge, but it is growing back.

 

[Kathy Floyd]

Well, my trident has fallen apart, literally again. Woke up and three tubes in the back had come off and one of the buttons will not push. Neptune will send out number 4 soon.
I can't seem to get the flow on one of my wavemakers right, and still facing some diatoms. Other than that, everything is great!

 

[BubblesandSqueak]

Mine looks like it always does. Not as good as last year when I had to trim all my corals to eliminate invasive sponge, but it is growing back.

wish I had something that "Always looks like that"!

 

[Paul B]

No, it looked better a year ago but I wanted to eliminate a tankful of beautiful, but invasive sponge that covered many of my corals especially gorgonians so I had to severly trim everything. They are coming back but it took decades to grow some of them.

 

[littlefoxx]

Been fighting green water for a week now… cant figure out what the heck happened. Woke up last sunday to it and its been a PITA all week!!!

 

[Koty]

I did lose my scopes (after three years) and my giant Cynarina (after over two years). Otherwise, all fish corals and nuisance algae look good.

 

[mucky1957]

my GSP is receeding a lot..and I still have a bit of hair algae..other than that..doing really well