Lapenewell953

[Lapenewell953]

Hi everyone, I having problems with brown striny algae, this morning found my blood shrimp dead. I have already lost the xenia. I have been dosing with Dino x. Water changes ever week. Tank was doing awesome until January i was sick for that month and didn't get water changes done, I know that's bad. I have added pictures of tests and tank. I also removed about half of the rock, the coral bed wasn't getting clean under the rock. Please let me know what I'm doing wrong or what I need to add. Thank you

 

[JTP424]

How long has your tank been running ??
I'd stop dosing as your phosphates are zero. Start feeding more. Your corals need nutrients to survive.
What are you testing with?
Also what Is your clean up crew like.

 

[Lapenewell953]

How long has your tank been running ??
I'd stop dosing as your phosphates are zero. Start feeding more. Your corals need nutrients to survive.
What are you testing with?
Also what Is your clean up crew like.

Hi it's been running 1 year, I am using phosphate pads, I'm feeding one cube of food for all three tanks( I also have 2 32 gal cubes) I'm testing with API . Just about all of my cleaning crew has died i had turbo, red and blue hermits,nassarius, astrea. My conch is still alive, my nassarius seen to be alive, when I move the substrate I can find them, they sometimes climb the glass. I only have 4 fish in this tank. I'm running a fx6 filter and a fluval 407. So is my tank to clean?

 

[JTP424]

How long has your tank been running ??
I'd stop dosing as your phosphates are zero. Start feeding more. Your corals need nutrients to survive.
What are you testing with?
Also what Is your clean up crew like.

Hi it's been running 1 year, I am using phosphate pads, I'm feeding one cube of food for all three tanks( I also have 2 32 gal cubes) I'm testing with API . Just about all of my cleaning crew has died i had turbo, red and blue hermits,nassarius, astrea. My conch is still alive, my nassarius seen to be alive, when I move the substrate I can find them, they sometimes climb the glass. I only have 4 fish in this tank. I'm running a fx6 filter and a fluval 407. So is my tank to clean?

Yea i would think its too clean. id remove the phosphate pad. You want detectable nutrients. I would also investigate a different testing system. API isnt really accurate enough.

 

[Lapenewell953]

These are the 2 32 gal cubes

Hi it's been running 1 year, I am using phosphate pads, I'm feeding one cube of food for all three tanks( I also have 2 32 gal cubes) I'm testing with API . Just about all of my cleaning crew has died i had turbo, red and blue hermits,nassarius, astrea. My conch is still alive, my nassarius seen to be alive, when I move the substrate I can find them, they sometimes climb the glass. I only have 4 fish in this tank. I'm running a fx6 filter and a fluval 407. So is my tank to clean?

 

[Lapenewell953]

Yea i would think its too clean. id remove the phosphate pad. You want detectable nutrients. I would also investigate a different testing system. API isnt really accurate enough.

Okay thank you

 

[Lapenewell953]

Okay thank you

What testing kit do you recommend?