Red sea reefer XL 425 deluxe

[408Dartfish]

Great looking build thanks for sharing. Dustin.

 

[Reefer Deez]

Thank you I appreciate it

 

[PanchoG]

Ouch ;Hurting came home today from work to another torch coral head that died and when I was dipping it I noticed that my second gold torch was dying as well I don't know what's wrong or going on. I have eliminated carbon dosing and I know its only been a few weeks so the nopox is still in my water column. I am going to stop dosing red sea trace elements A B C and D for now just to rule them out. I haven't done enough research on them to see if they could be a culprit. It's frustrating but I can't give up I must figure out what is wrong and how to fix this.

Nice corals!

 

[Reefer Deez]

Thank you very much

 

[NY_Caveman]

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You need to add some Euphyllia. Looks good any way.

 

[Reefer Deez]

You need to add some Euphyllia. Looks good any way.

Thank you ! I knew something was missing! I just couldn't put my finger on it!

 

[mahindra.dev]

Ouch ;Hurting came home today from work to another torch coral head that died and when I was dipping it I noticed that my second gold torch was dying as well I don't know what's wrong or going on. I have eliminated carbon dosing and I know its only been a few weeks so the nopox is still in my water column. I am going to stop dosing red sea trace elements A B C and D for now just to rule them out. I haven't done enough research on them to see if they could be a culprit. It's frustrating but I can't give up I must figure out what is wrong and how to fix this ;Blackeye

I share your frustration. It keeps coming back in my tank. Lost my gold hammer. Slow death. Everything is spot on. No Pellets. Standard 2 part dosing and feeding. Nothing fancy being done on my tank either, but can’t seem to figure out the loss of one head at a time.

I feel that these tanks need more time to stabilize. Like more than a year before adding any corals. But hey we all hang in there doing our best. So hang on bud.

 

[Reefer Deez]

I share your frustration. It keeps coming back in my tank. Lost my gold hammer. Slow death. Everything is spot on. No Pellets. Standard 2 part dosing and feeding. Nothing fancy being done on my tank either, but can’t seem to figure out the loss of one head at a time.

I feel that these tanks need more time to stabilize. Like more than a year before adding any corals. But hey we all hang in there doing our best. So hang on bud.

Thank you it's nice to know I'm not alone and others are in the same boat. We can't give up though we must figure out what it is

 

[Reefer Deez]

Update on the gold torch, it was looking good all week long but after the water change today its not happy and I can see dying tissue I dipped it again today and took a picture to share I just wish I could figure it out.

I also tested as usual today and got
Nitrate 18 that's high for me but I'm switching off of the carbon dosing and using purigen in a reactor, I'm up to 600ml
Phosphate 0.08
Nitrite 0
Ammonia 0
Calcium 420
Magnesium 1325
Alkalinity 9.10
PH 8.2
Salinity 1.025

 

[Reefer Deez]

Here is a picture of the other torches in the tank doing well today but day to day I don't know what's going to happen next. But I won't give in or give up I have to figure out what it is

 

[Reefer Deez]

Gold torch not looking good another dip tonight and if tomorrow it dosent look good I'm going to try and cut off the dying head in an attempt to save the other one

 

[Reefer Deez]

Inside the tank today

 

[Reefer Deez]

But other corals are looking fine

 

[Reefer Deez]

Update in the tank as of this weekend
My nitrates finally stopped rising and now I have figured how much purigen I need to run. Now I can rudece them with water changes. The gold torch is hiking on by a thread I don't think it will last to much longer but all other corals are happy! This scoly is hungry

 

[Reefer Deez]

Gold torch was not doing good today one of the heads was a total loss after 3 weeks of dipping I couldn't save it


So I cut the one head off in a ditch effort to save the last remaining head

 

[Reefer Deez]

I don't know if this is a cause and I know I've asked before and I've been told that they are harmless but every time I dipped the gold torch a few of these worms came off of it

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[Reefer Deez]

But on a better note the gold frogspawn that fell into my plate Coral that I thought was for sure a goner, is looking really good

 

[Reefer Deez]

Weekly update on the tank
The nitrates are still high around 25 I did my normal 20% water change but all the corals look happy
The gold torch head that I saved is doing good and the gold frogspawn is almost recovered 100%
My phosphates are at 0.06 I checked them with the redsea Phosphate pro test kit and the low range Hanna Phosphate checker so they are going down
My wife got me all new testers this week all Hanna checkers!
Phosphate
Alkalinity
Calcium
And PH just to double check the Apex probe. I can't get the ph tester to calibrate its seems really simple but it won't calibrate
Everything seems OK this week I've got my fingers crossed! Here is a updated pic with no filter so I apologize if it's not the best.

 

[Reefer Deez]

Weekend project
I just hope it work as good as yours @GoVols
I've got my fingers crossed

 

[GoVols]

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