Scoly help needed

twerdine92 · Dec 1, 2019

Not sure what’s going on this the scoly, any suggestions? I’ve had it for about two weeks.

IM 25 Lagoon

Salinity 1.026
Alk 8.5
Ca 420
Mg 1450
Nitrate 0
Phos .03

5 fish. Feed pretty heavy (1 frozen cube, pellets, and nori daily), skimmer has been off for 3 weeks. Only a little bit of carbon is being ran

Hemmdog · Dec 1, 2019

Feed more frozen cubes, you need nitrate. At night time if it happens to have feeders out give it a few mysis shrimp. That is rough shape though, I doubt it will have a feeding response.

NanoDJS · Dec 1, 2019

do you target feed it ?

Bbfishb81 · Dec 1, 2019

I've brought back one that only had a dine. Size piece of flesh left on it. It was prob 4 inches diameter when it was healthy and full. Spot feed phyto and meat a few times a week. It might make it. I'm also stubborn and wont give up though. Took a few months, but I brought it back to full.

twerdine92 · Dec 1, 2019

Hemmdog said:
Feed more frozen cubes, you need nitrate. At night time if it happens to have feeders out give it a few mysis shrimp. That is rough shape though, I doubt it will have a feeding response.

I’m going to be dosing nitrate going forward, but until it arrives I’ll be adding more cubes to the rotation. He doesn’t put out feeders during the day, but I see some at night. I’ll feed it some mysis and maybe reef roids.

twerdine92 · Dec 1, 2019

NanoDJS said:
do you target feed it ?

I just recently got it, but I was trying to target feed a few times a week

DSC reef · Dec 1, 2019

Be careful dosing nitrate. Even though your not registering on a test kit, 5 fish and feedings should be sufficient. Make sure it's not blasted with light and flow. I would recommend an iodine dip. Do not try to feed it unless you see a feeding response.