Scurvy’s Mad Wrasse 110

[Fudsey]

Full RTN this morning....almost completely gone

 

[RichtheReefer21]

Full RTN this morning....almost completely gone

Ugh..

 

[Scurvy]

Full RTN this morning....almost completely gone

This hobby can be so maddening!

 

[Fudsey]

yup.....

 

[Scurvy]

yup.....

Try clipping that top piece maybe?

 

[Fudsey]

Was thinking about doing that but I have no plugs to put it on...

 

[RichtheReefer21]

Was thinking about doing that but I have no plugs to put it on...

Glue it to a rock.

 

[Scurvy]

Was thinking about doing that but I have no plugs to put it on...

Yep, pick and spot and hope for the best. Even snap a corner of a tile if you still have one in the tank.

 

[Fudsey]

Found one.... hopefully it will survive...

 

[Fudsey]

It's a button frag now...

 

[NY_Caveman]

Come on little frag!

 

[Fudsey]

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/what-products-methods-have-you-used-tried-to-cure-rtn.583947/#post-6272706

 

[Scurvy]

Feeling like crap but more cleaning for me today. Gave the sponge another pass and sucked out as much detritus from the chambers after the Fuge that I could.

Powerhead’s were also cleaned and repositioned slightly.

As I mentioned elsewhere I removed the Phosguard I have always used in a reactor with carbon in favor of 1/8th a cup of GFO. ICP revealed high levels of aluminum and suggested GFO to remove. I knew Phosguard was aluminum based but didn't expect to see so much of a leaching affect. Not that it should hurt anything but if Im going to run Triton i may as well follow their direction.

PO4 down from .08 to .04 as of this morning and Ill be watching it closely. GFO scares the crap outa me having nuked a bunch of frags overnight the one other time I used it.

Tomorrow we plant some seeds!

 

[Scurvy]

Found one.... hopefully it will survive...

Hoping it pulls through! I feel terrible having told you to pop the gorg on the frag rack

 

[Fudsey]

No worries..... stuff happens

 

[Scurvy]

Deep Thoughts before we flush them down the toilet..... what does .04 of Phosphate look like?

 

[Scurvy]

So I know I cleaned a ton but the GFO works insanely well. Down .02 PO4 in less than 24 hours. Actually dosed some back in the tank with dinner just now.

I have only a tiny cobalt 165gph pump on the reactor so my guess is im probably only getting around 100gph through it.

This exercise isn't going to last very long i can tell you that much. 3 days tops.

 

[Katrina71]

Stripper stress? Sorry about your Strawberry Shortcake Fudsey. Despite your frustration, I learned something from it. I had no idea a gorg would do that!

 

[sfin52]

poor little guy. I hope it makes it. It looks colorful.

 

[Scurvy]

Put a fresh sediment filter in the RODI unit.
I change out the sediment each July and refresh the rest every January as a best practice approach. Nothing is ever exhausted but seems like a good idea.