Quick question. How do you does the Brightwell AA? Do you just put the drops in the tank in a high flow area or do you target feed with a turey baster or something like that? BTW awesome tank!! Corals look great!
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Thanks, it's a never-ending work in progress. I used to just add the drops in a high flow area, but now I usuallu mix it in with whatever I'm broadcast feeding that day.Quick question. How do you does the Brightwell AA? Do you just put the drops in the tank in a high flow area or do you target feed with a turey baster or something like that? BTW awesome tank!! Corals look great!
Thanks, it's a never-ending work in progress. I used to just add the drops in a high flow area, but now I usuallu mix it in with whatever I'm broadcast feeding that day.
I doubt that overdosing the Aminos would cause RTN. It would probably just cause a spike in excess nutrients and lead to an algae issue. Sometimes pieces will RTN for no known reason, it's seems like it's just a fact of life (this is coming from much more experienced reefers than me), but the fact that you lost two leads me to believe there are other factors at play. Here's a whole slew of questions to help pinpoint your issue:
- What are your parameters?
- How much of the AA did you add and on what size tank?
- How long had you been dosing the AA prior to losing the colonies?
- How long did you have the colonies?
- Is it possible that the corals were stung by anything?
- Did you have a swing in alk, pH, salinity, or temp?
- Did you have any rapid changes to your flow (added, moved, or removed a powerhead)?
- Any changes to lighting (new bulbs, new fixture, raised/lowered fixture, added a form of supplementation)?
- Any new additions to the tank (fish, corals, other inverts, rock)?
- Did you use any cleaning chemicals in the house? Some cleaners will become airborne and make their way into the tank.
- Have you checked for stray current or do you have a grounding probe? (unlikely to cause RTN on 2 colonies without everything looking ticked off, but a possibility)
If you answer those questions then maybe we can pinpoint a possible source of the problem.
Thanks, much appreciated! Hope that the mille does well for you, but if anything happens to it, jut let me know and I'll cut a frag for you.Beautiful tank man. Thought I would show my support here on R2R as well as in CTARS.
BTW- I got a small nub of your pink milli at PC. Hopefully it is as good to me as it is for you.
Here is a link to my thread. If you can help me out with any pointers that would me awesome! It sucks watching my tank just go down hill. My sps were starting to look soo good before this down fall... https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/reef-chemistry-forum/71299-help.html
I'll check it out and post anything that I can think of
I don't see them?
I've been using Coralamino and I've noticed more color and growth. I just broadcast once a week but I'd like to do more and am not sure if there are any adverse affects?
Seeing as I’ve received a couple PMs from the R2R community, I’d like to point out that I’m aware of the red bugs seen on a few of the corals within the pictures. I first noticed their presence while processing this batch of photos and luckily, they show up very well with macro shots, despite being hard to spot with the naked eye. I thank you and applaud you all for the keen eye to notice them on a few of the Acros. I picked up frags from quite a few people over the past month and despite dipping all new aquisitions, I have yet to find a dip that actually kills redbugs other than interceptor. For any of you who are unsure what red bugs look like, you can find a brief summary on Melev’s reef about red bugs and the treatment to eradicate them at the following web address:
www.melevsreef.com/redbugs.html
I dosed my first round of interceptor yesterday and will do the follow-up doses at 3 & 6 weeks. As far as pests go, red bugs are the easiest to beat IME. For any of you who have never dosed interceptor, it’s nothing to fear. As long as you do a bit of research prior to determine your dosage and take the proper steps to remove crabs & shrimp, the treatment works beautifully with no ill effects. I’ve never experienced any problems with fish or corals reacting poorly to the treatment, nor have I had a problem with decimating my pod population. I have a mandarin goby in my tank that has been fat and happy for a few years and he’s survived several interceptor treatments. I’ll post some updated shots today to show that there is no negative impact on coloration and also a few other eye candy shots of some LPS within my tanks.