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What type of clean up crew is recommended for that?Yep, keep pulling/toothbrushing off, removing rocks if you can for more thorough cleaning; check nitrate and phosphate ( assume they need to be lowered); consider a blackout for a few days and reducing lighting (corals shouldn't be adversely affected); and add to cuc.
If this strategy doesn't work, I would dip rocks and corals in h202, bleach tank and all equipment and start over.
Good luck
I have loads of crabs and Mexican turbos.. I've added an emerald but now looking at urchinsHere's what Reef Cleaners recommends for GHA: Clean Up Crew: Assorted Hermits, Blue Legs, Florida Ceriths, Chitons, Turbograzers, Sea Hares, Conchs, Emerald Crabs, Urchins and a few others. It is readily accepted by many herbivores, but because it grows quickly it may persist even in a tank with a fair amount of cleaners.
Personally, I've had good luck with margarita and turbo snails as well as tuxedo urchins; be aware that turbos and urchins will bulldoze loose rocks and coral frags.
Numbers are all in checkHi,
My first recommendation, if you have not done so is to test your tank. You may have some high #’s contributing to the outbreak.
U dont need to bleach the tank and start all over!!! Dont do that! It takes a while to get that kind of Coralline build up!. I agree with dipping in h202 but make sure to use only 3%!!!! And some sps. Do not like h202 at all!Yep, keep pulling/toothbrushing off, removing rocks if you can for more thorough cleaning; check nitrate and phosphate ( assume they need to be lowered); consider a blackout for a few days and reducing lighting (corals shouldn't be adversely affected); and add to cuc.
If this strategy doesn't work, I would dip rocks and corals in h202, bleach tank and all equipment and start over.
Good luck
Instant oceanalso what kind lf salt are you using to mix?
I've used it for bryopsis before great success. Hesitant to bring big guns rnI have used FluxRx with success. But other reefers have had issues. I always try to fix naturally first, but the Flux did not kill anything in my tank
It's not crystals purple bucketLots of salts are made with a balance of foundational nutrients and trace elements which in turn just feed the issue
Nitrate is 25 and phosphate is .03 to .1If i had to bet money i bet the phos / nitrate levels are on the high side. Id run some gfo in a bag or reactor (introduce slowly and not too much for a few days to get phos levels in check and get some micro bacter7 and if you can introduce some bio-pellets in a reactor