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Dantimdad, your helpful attitude and encouragement is why I like this forum. I'm a newbie and following along to learn. Thanks.Okie dokie. Let's take this one issue at a time.
Do NOT do any drastic measures!
Good call separating the fish for now. We will circle back to them.
The cloudy water could well be a bacterial bloom but I would need pics to help diagnose.
Are you running filter socks? If so, how often to you clean/change them out.
If you have no corals, kill the lights for 5 days.
Get rid of your carbon/gfo and let's hold off on that for a bit.
Try stirring half the sand bed and adjusting your wave pumps. We need to get rid of cyano.
Let's do these simple things first and post a couple pics please.
This may take us a few weeks but I am in it with you for the long haul. Don't get frustrated. I won't leave you hanging. Promise!
Nitrates are at 5ppm. Phosphate is .04. so both went down.
Tank is getting close to 8 months old. (November)
Part of the rock was dry, about half . The other was live .
Patience. Do another water change in a few days. I think your numbers are false. They are higher but the algae and such is using them.
I would keep stirring up the sand to get stuff into your sock, and remove the sock daily
Dantimdad, your helpful attitude and encouragement is why I like this forum. I'm a newbie and following along to learn. Thanks.
That makes sense.. because when the lights were out, both numbers were much higher. I'll do that. Wierd question, but sometimes when I change my filter sock, there's little pill bug looking things in it. Are those copepods? Can I just put them in the sump where the rock is?
That makes sense.. because when the lights were out, both numbers were much higher. I'll do that. Wierd question, but sometimes when I change my filter sock, there's little pill bug looking things in it. Are those copepods? Can I just put them in the sump where the rock is?
Also, try to get a pic of the pill bugs. I may have spoken too soon, but, I would bet that's what they are.
Yes and Yes. Just save them, they are really good.
As directed, do another water change. Don't feed any more than you have to. Siphon algae every water change.
It will subside, I promise.
Every once in a while algea gets on my coral frags. Should I get it off them? Would like a turkey baster thing work? I don't wanna disturb them more than I have to.
I'm about ready to throw in the towel. Water changes are just making things worse by the day. I really don't understand how to do this saltwater thing.
I have no clue if I have too much flow. My zoas are just not looking the best. I have 4. 3 look alright. The other looks terrible. None of the heads open except maybe one. My lighting seems fine for them. My hermits crawl all over them too. Maybe am I getting too worried?
My cuc is extremely active so I guess that's a positive..