Has anyone noticed that their leather corals are no looking good after prolonged use of Nopox? I discontinued use a few days ago and am doing water changes daily.
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Yes but I would guess at the recommended dose, or probably less. I am not criticizing nopox; my issue, is that at the normal dose, my nitrates were not budging, so instead of 12 ml, was using 20 every day. The root of my nitrate problems, you may ask? Lots of rock that is almost 30 years old, overstocked fish tank and overfeeding. Funny thing though, the tank looks great, no nuisance algae and the fish are happy. I added a Tunze macro algae reactor and am hoping this makes a difference.I've been using nopox to diy nopox for at least 5 years probably longer and never had an issue with any leathers. My tank is soft coral dominated.
Definitely not. My nitrates are sky high. I am relatively certain that the cause was double dosing nopox for an extended period of time. I ceased nopox the day of this post, did a 20 gallon change-on a 120-for 3 days in a row and everything came back yesterday.
This is the second time I have experienced this in a year or so and the second time that after a few days stopping nopox and some water changes, that the corals came right back. They are 100% now, with no changes, other than ceasing nopox and some small water changes. I blame myself entirely, as I was using twice the dose, every day, for weeks.
Does NoPOx effect fish? I heard it depletes the oxygen in the tank and after a weeks worth of use my nitrates are lowering but my fish are dying ... i lost 3 anthias 2 clowns 2 gobbies 3 cardinals and Duncan’smaybe. I’m not convinced. There is nothing magic about organic carbon doses. People use all sorts of doses without harming leathers.
Does NoPOx effect fish? I heard it depletes the oxygen in the tank and after a weeks worth of use my nitrates are lowering but my fish are dying ... i lost 3 anthias 2 clowns 2 gobbies 3 cardinals and Duncan’s
So that still could be whats killing my fish... my corals seem to be thriving but fish going one by one and the gills seem to be moving in over deiveI seriously doubt it is from lack of O2 if you have decent aeration, but reduced oxygen is a byproduct of organic carbon dosing.