Hi all,
I could use some help with a tank issue i'm currently dealing with.
Summer temperatures here get quite hot, and so I had turned down my heater. I had noticed tank temperatures were somewhat low (76.5 F or so), but nothing crazy. I recently upgraded to a Reefer 350, and kept the old 200W heater (slightly undersized).
Well, temperatures dipped down to about 75F for a few days. I discovered they had been low when I returned from a 30 hour shift in the hospital, and quickly took corrective action.
I upgraded my heater, obtained an ink bird, and have targeted a range of 77-78. Temps have been stable since.
Despite the corrective action, I have continued to observe bleaching in my setosa, and now my hammer (large colony of 40+ heads) is melting back at the bases with poor polyp extension. I have performed one water change, and been target feeding benereef to every coral daily to try and assist them through this. I plan to perform another water change in the morning.
I performed a water change, put in new carbon, have been skimming aggressively, and changing filter socks every other day.
Parameters are as follows:
Temp 77.3
Salinity 1.025
pH 8.15 (8-8.3 diurnal)
NO3: 0 (I dose Fuel daily)
PO4: 0 (also dose fuel daily)
KH: 8.6
Ca: 440
Mg: 1350
I am now 6-7 days out from the event, and feel like things have steadily been declining despite all my best efforts. I'm unsure if this is just expected after letting the temps get too low, or if there is some parameter i'm not measuring that could be contributing.
Tank details: mixed reef Reefer 350.
Corals: orange setosa montipora, large hammer colony, zoas all over the place, Warpaint scoly, gold torch coral, orange plate coral, mushrooms all over, some gonipora.
Thanks for your help everyone
I could use some help with a tank issue i'm currently dealing with.
Summer temperatures here get quite hot, and so I had turned down my heater. I had noticed tank temperatures were somewhat low (76.5 F or so), but nothing crazy. I recently upgraded to a Reefer 350, and kept the old 200W heater (slightly undersized).
Well, temperatures dipped down to about 75F for a few days. I discovered they had been low when I returned from a 30 hour shift in the hospital, and quickly took corrective action.
I upgraded my heater, obtained an ink bird, and have targeted a range of 77-78. Temps have been stable since.
Despite the corrective action, I have continued to observe bleaching in my setosa, and now my hammer (large colony of 40+ heads) is melting back at the bases with poor polyp extension. I have performed one water change, and been target feeding benereef to every coral daily to try and assist them through this. I plan to perform another water change in the morning.
I performed a water change, put in new carbon, have been skimming aggressively, and changing filter socks every other day.
Parameters are as follows:
Temp 77.3
Salinity 1.025
pH 8.15 (8-8.3 diurnal)
NO3: 0 (I dose Fuel daily)
PO4: 0 (also dose fuel daily)
KH: 8.6
Ca: 440
Mg: 1350
I am now 6-7 days out from the event, and feel like things have steadily been declining despite all my best efforts. I'm unsure if this is just expected after letting the temps get too low, or if there is some parameter i'm not measuring that could be contributing.
Tank details: mixed reef Reefer 350.
Corals: orange setosa montipora, large hammer colony, zoas all over the place, Warpaint scoly, gold torch coral, orange plate coral, mushrooms all over, some gonipora.
Thanks for your help everyone