I believe what has taken over my tank is lyngbya. I originally thought it was gha, but after a dose of flux Rx and no effect on the algae, I am thinking it's lyngbya.
Tank info:
75g
30g sump
50lbs rock
Radio xr30 blue lights, 40% ab+
Reef octopus 110 skimmer
Sump has some caulerpa and the tunze submersible light that runs opposite of display lights
2 octo pulse 2's, run on SPS mode, 15-85%
Tank history:
The tank has been running for 1.5 years. Until July, I had about 25 SPS frags along with the LPS. Around July the SPS started to RTN and STN one by one. The frags had been growing nicely until the summer. I did notice that nitrates were at 0 then once I got nitrates up phosphates went to 0. I've now had measurable nitrate and phosphate for about a month and a half.
Tank params as of last Sunday are:
Temp: 78
Salinity: 1.026
Alk: 9.6
Cal: 485
Mag: 1500
Nitrate: 6.1
Phosphate: 0.07
The algae and cyano the tank is experiencing came about at the same time the corals started dying. A quick timeline from when thing started going south,
June 26th - tank and corals were looking good. I did have a bunch of chrysophytes all over the rocks, but things were going well.
June 28 - Elkhorn and forest fire aren't looking great and some cyano is showing up
July 8 - Corals are losing tissue, chrysophytes are completely gone, cyano has exploded on the rocks and glass
Current tank stock:
1x yellow Tang
1x yellow eye kole tang
2x clown fish
1x long nose hawkfish
6x cerith
2x trochus snails
1x fighting conch
And tons of small/med what look like stomatellas.
I have been trying to scrub the rocks to get rid of it, but it hasn't made a dent so far. I've also been dosing MB7 and live phyto for about 3 weeks now as well.
I have a pod seed pack, 5x cerith, 5x nassarius, maxspect 2k gyre and a second tunze refugium light on order.
I'm hoping that the pods and increased cuc will start to help thing get back on track. After a few water changes I also want to replace the caulerpa in my sump with chaeto.
Anything else I should be doing?
Tank info:
75g
30g sump
50lbs rock
Radio xr30 blue lights, 40% ab+
Reef octopus 110 skimmer
Sump has some caulerpa and the tunze submersible light that runs opposite of display lights
2 octo pulse 2's, run on SPS mode, 15-85%
Tank history:
The tank has been running for 1.5 years. Until July, I had about 25 SPS frags along with the LPS. Around July the SPS started to RTN and STN one by one. The frags had been growing nicely until the summer. I did notice that nitrates were at 0 then once I got nitrates up phosphates went to 0. I've now had measurable nitrate and phosphate for about a month and a half.
Tank params as of last Sunday are:
Temp: 78
Salinity: 1.026
Alk: 9.6
Cal: 485
Mag: 1500
Nitrate: 6.1
Phosphate: 0.07
The algae and cyano the tank is experiencing came about at the same time the corals started dying. A quick timeline from when thing started going south,
June 26th - tank and corals were looking good. I did have a bunch of chrysophytes all over the rocks, but things were going well.
June 28 - Elkhorn and forest fire aren't looking great and some cyano is showing up
July 8 - Corals are losing tissue, chrysophytes are completely gone, cyano has exploded on the rocks and glass
Current tank stock:
1x yellow Tang
1x yellow eye kole tang
2x clown fish
1x long nose hawkfish
6x cerith
2x trochus snails
1x fighting conch
And tons of small/med what look like stomatellas.
I have been trying to scrub the rocks to get rid of it, but it hasn't made a dent so far. I've also been dosing MB7 and live phyto for about 3 weeks now as well.
I have a pod seed pack, 5x cerith, 5x nassarius, maxspect 2k gyre and a second tunze refugium light on order.
I'm hoping that the pods and increased cuc will start to help thing get back on track. After a few water changes I also want to replace the caulerpa in my sump with chaeto.
Anything else I should be doing?