What nitrate and phosphate levels are your running? My first thought is bottomed out po4 giving that thin skin unhealthy look to some of your pieces. Running levels around .1 always gave me better PE
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It's in my OP.What nitrate and phosphate levels are your running? My first thought is bottomed out po4 giving that thin skin unhealthy look to some of your pieces. Running levels around .1 always gave me better PE
It's in my OP.
8 and .05 when i posted.
I test at various times, not sure when i tested that time. Tested it yesterday morning and it was .08Gotcha, missed that . Are your po4 test results first thing in morning before any feedings?
I test at various times, not sure when i tested that time. Tested it yesterday morning and it was .08
I've been adding NeoPhos by hand to keep it elevated since it had gotten too low at one point. So it will vary a little. Just bought a new bottle yesterday and going to put it into the last spot on my doser next to the Nitrate for better consistency.
Thanks, I'll grab some.Reason why I ask is because my po4 will swing .05 in a day. It’s always lowest in the morning before feedings so I consider that the base. If you find yourself needing po4 addition, try reef roids over liquid po4.. It makes sps very shaggy IME.
I've been struggling with low nutrients but hair algae issues.Like Rich said use Reefroids and heavily feed the fish. Liquid P04 and N03 should only be short term fixes.
I didn't see your fish load but if you can add more fish do it. Fish poop is the best P04 and the corals need ammonium and urea from the fish (gills).
Another way you can do this is to control your export system. I doubt you need an algae filter if you have one on the tank................it is just going to compete with the corals. You can also play with reducing the hours you run a skimmer.
God questions but I haven't seen any pests and it's not like this is a new thing so if I had something like red bugs they'd have been in there for the past year. lol
And no bite marks or other tissue damage.
Same answer pretty much with the only fish that I would say would be prone to nipping which is my coral beauty, one of the first fish in the tank.
Yeah, it's not a bad theory, but in a year I've never actually seen that fish (or any fish) bothering any of my corals.
And FWIW, all my LPS torches, hammers, octos, dendro, all look fantastic.
Sucks that you have bugs, but at least you know what you are fighting . Good luck with the treatment!!@Max93 @SamMule @Troylee @ArachnoJoozt
Well, i found them! Definitely bugaboos. Could see them crawling around.
Just ordered a few tabs of Interceptor 51-100 lb. Should be plenty for my 60g!
Thanks! Hopefully shipping from CanadaPetCare doesn't take too long so I can get to treating soon.Sucks that you have bugs, but at least you know what you are fighting . Good luck with the treatment!!
success!!So I dosed the second tab of Interceptor yesterday.
Here's a screenshot of the same coral above... before on the left with the bugaboos, and today on the right.
Bugs are gone. Looks like there are some other differences in overall texture of the coral.
Extremely detailed photos! Looks great!So I dosed the second tab of Interceptor yesterday.
Here's a screenshot of the same coral above... before on the left with the bugaboos, and today on the right.
Bugs are gone. Looks like there are some other differences in overall texture of the coral.
Just did the 3rd and final dose this afternoon!How’d it go?