Our 75 gal build

[Oldsman]

Nice paint work on the stand

 

[Dani305]

Nice paint work on the stand

Thanks I taped it off and sanded everything under the supervision of my construction superintendent boyfriend lol. I felt all the judgment ha ha

 

[Dani305]

Still not really sure what’s going on with my hammer coral. I made a Facebook post hoping for some insight and or advice. Someone suggested that it may be a bacteria. So here I am now going to CVS to get some iodine.

Hi thought that the coral had almost a flash on there. But the person mentioned a bacterial film. I’m going to upload a little video that I took yesterday of it

 

[Dani305]

 

[Dani305]

The white flesh(?) looks worse and the tentacles retracted a bit.

I hope it will be okay after the dip.

 

[Rmckoy]

Also I finally completed the painting of the cabinet.

Before

after

Looks great…
Good job !

 

[Rmckoy]

LOL, good to see that my missus and I aren't the only crazy ones calling their Blue Tang Dory.

Ours is called blue fish .

 

[Rmckoy]

Todays testing of phos is reading at .19

…is this too high?!

alk is at 8.2. So I think I will dose 5ml of Alk in the tank with should raise it at Wendy bit. I want to try to keep it at 8.5.

Attached is a handy dosing calculator .
Enter your tank volume , choose the product and your desired vs current values and dose accordingly.

https://reef.diesyst.com/chemcalc/chemcalc.html

But other than that . Your numbers are not too bad . Phosphates might need to be addressed soon but even those
Numbers are not too bad .

 

[Dani305]

I just injured my coral. :( I popped one of the bubbles. Now it’s angry.

 

[Dani305]

update: looks okay(?) today. I am not really so sure anymore. Lol Just sad. I looked at my candy cane and it looks like it’s flesh is coming off too. I just did a lm iodine dip in that one as well.

 

[Oldsman]

Biggest thing to watch for is brown jelly ..hopefully that won't happen. If it starts to , pull the coral asap it spreads like wildfire

 

[Dani305]

Biggest thing to watch for is brown jelly ..hopefully that won't happen. If it starts to , pull the coral asap it spreads like wildfire

What is brown jelly?!?!

 

[Rmckoy]

What is brown jelly?!?!

Worse than the devil .
It’s a bacteria almost like a infection that effects some euphillia corals . Torches are most common ime
once it starts it will spread to others in the system

 

[Dani305]

Worse than the devil .
It’s a bacteria almost like a infection that effects some euphillia corals . Torches are most common ime
once it starts it will spread to others in the system

Will spread to other euphillia? Or other corals in general?

 

[Dani305]

 

[Rmckoy]

Will spread to other euphillia? Or other corals in general?

I’m not 100% sure if it’s only euphillia or if other species can become infected .
most common is torch , hammers etc

 

[Rmckoy]

Fingers crossed it’s not bjd and you’re able to make them happy again .
they could be just ticked off perhaps something in the water changed ?
something picking on them ,

 

[Dani305]

Fingers crossed it’s not bjd and you’re able to make them happy again .
they could be just ticked off perhaps something in the water changed ?
something picking on them ,

There was a white film coming off of the hammer after the dip. Looked angry!

I hope the dip was enough. I only dipped for a few minutes. Do you think it should be longer?

 

[Dani305]

I feel defeated a bit, a lotta bit.

Its like my tank is going to be a coral cemetery!

 

[Rmckoy]

There was a white film coming off of the hammer after the dip. Looked angry!

I hope the dip was enough. I only dipped for a few minutes. Do you think it should be longer?

The instructions on the dip I believe is specific per product .

perhaps it’s just stress .