No doubt! I think you made smart move by removing both and then starting over with all small tangs and CBB at one time.
but am also thinking about other tangs to add to my juvenile Blonde Naso.
out of troubleshooting curiosity... have you been using hand sanitizer and then putting your hands in the tank later? I've seen this correlation start since covid.
JV, Hope all's well bud!Sorry to see you losing corals
You know me and my rants, I personally feel the nutrients wouldn't affect things to the point of killing them. I also haven't done a waterchange in 7 months and have no3 at 50 and po4 at .5. I may just be lucky though...
Call me curious... Can't wait to see what you come up with!
I do have a list to add to what I already have... I suppose I should update my thread and start a new one! lol
JV, Hope all's well bud!
No to the hand sanitizer but that's a good thing to point out to any/everyone.... I am careful to wash hands in hot water only before dropping them in the tank.
In this case I think I unintentionally messed with too many things at once. Changed lighting from Orphek to Radion/T5 hybrid, saw what I assumed was a negative reaction to the lighting change so I messed with that for a couple weeks. When my lazy butt finally pulled the Seneye out for PAR readings I realized the numbers were much lower than I assumed. Then decided to test of course and found Po4 had shot from being stable .05/.07 for months to .35. Gfo reactor had clogged with chaeto while my heavy hands kept feeding.
My salinity had been high for quite a while. Probably 1.030. I brought that back to 1.025/26 just before finding the reactor clogged so it was a cluster bomb of changes over 10-14 days.
Can't let your guard down at all in an SPS tank! Or maybe you can if youre a coral whisperer
My old Mimic
Absolute beauty! Hoping mine turns into something similar with blue in the dorsal and anal fins. My guess about an inch and a half now. It'll be 2 - 4 years before it reaches the 6" or so that will force me to move on from him. Who knows what happens in that time? I could upgrade, win the lottery and buy an IslandMy old Mimic
Goonies never say die!
Its funny the tanks in the living room, I work from 80% of the time and see it all day most days. Feel like I have a pretty good handle on things just by looking but complacency still gets the best of us at times regardless... I am very good with additives and following my schedule of iodine, iron, etc but often overlook the Nitrate/po4 test when they tend to not change for weeks/months on end.
Seems like a series of unfortunate events, it will turnaround no problem for you though!JV, Hope all's well bud!
No to the hand sanitizer but that's a good thing to point out to any/everyone.... I am careful to wash hands in hot water only before dropping them in the tank.
In this case I think I unintentionally messed with too many things at once. Changed lighting from Orphek to Radion/T5 hybrid, saw what I assumed was a negative reaction to the lighting change so I messed with that for a couple weeks. When my lazy butt finally pulled the Seneye out for PAR readings I realized the numbers were much lower than I assumed. Then decided to test of course and found Po4 had shot from being stable .05/.07 for months to .35. Gfo reactor had clogged with chaeto while my heavy hands kept feeding.
My salinity had been high for quite a while too. Probably 1.030. I brought that back to 1.025/26 just before finding the reactor clogged so it was a cluster bomb of changes over 10-14 days.
Can't let your guard down at all in an SPS tank! Or maybe you can if youre a coral whisperer
I wish that were true!! I can’t buy a win the last few weeks.... Salinity found to be back at 40ppt, lost a few more frags. While dosing to compensate my lowering salinity I left the DOS on and dumped +/- 600ml of Triton solution 1 (Mag) plus trace Into the tank yesterday. Planning a couple of large water changes this weekend and then I’m not touching a thing until I remove my oversized head from my rear end!
