HannaWhat test kit
I have no idea what the variations are during a 24 hour period. I’m not equipped to know.You posted good water chemistry levels but how much flux to each experience during every 24 hour period?
Crazy if you restart that.
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HannaWhat test kit
I have no idea what the variations are during a 24 hour period. I’m not equipped to know.You posted good water chemistry levels but how much flux to each experience during every 24 hour period?
Crazy if you restart that.
This is my first reef tank and it is 22 months old (75 gallons, no sump). I’ve made mistakes and it seems that those mistakes have permanently affected the quality of the water, even though parameters are fine.
Salinity : 1.026
PH : 8.1
Cal : 480
Mag : 1540
Alk : 9.6
Nitrates : 18.4
Phosphate : 0,07
Temp : 78
I have had dinos for about 18 months. Got rid of them 3 times, but they always come back with a vengeance every time I do a WC more than a few gallons. Which is why I can’t just do a huge WC and be done with it. I dose All For Reef every day to make up for it.
I can grow very easy corals, but anything else will die. Sometimes they last a few months but they don’t show much growth and end up dying later. I would like to keep euphyllias and other corals with lots of movement or just nice. But it just doesn’t work.
Here is what I have tried and still have :
1 x GSP
1 x duncan
1 x frogspawn (euphyllia divisa) DEAD
3 x pulsing xenia
2 x green rodactis mushroom
2 x red Actinodiscus mushroom
1 x Discosoma
1 x purple blastomussa DEAD
1 x assorted acan lord DEAD
1 x kryptonite candy cane DEAD
1 x bi-color candy cane DEAD
2 x red acan Bowerbanki DEAD
1 x red goniopora DEAD
1 x green alveopora DYING
1 x green purple tip hammer
1 x myagi tort acropora DEAD
1 x branching gold hammer
2 x green torch DEAD
2 x cristata torch DEAD
1 x rose bud branching hammer DEAD
1 x yellow cyphastrea (bas) DEAD
1 x purple leptastrea DEAD
1 x JF techno cyphastrea DEAD
1 x pipe organ
1 x Hocus pocus lepto DEAD
1 x purple anthelia
1 x pastel yellow favia DEAD
2 x green polyp porites DEAD
2 x tropic thunder montipora frag DEAD
1 x green nepthea coral
1 x bird’s nest
Anemones
1 x rainbow bubble tip anemone
Fish and inverts are doing well.
My question : would starting over fix this problem that makes me feel like quitting altogether ? If not, what should I do ?
I would empty the tank and keep the rocks, corals inverts and fish alive in tubs. Then get rid of the sand and replace with new one, maybe just 1 inch instead of 3 inches like I have now.
Replace 100% of the water with fresh salt water made of RODI. Put everything back in, all on the same day hopefully.
Thanks !
I don’t do WC. I haven’t in more than six months, other than 4 gallons, once.If you have Dino’s from water changes don’t do any water changes. Wait for the Dino’s to get out completed.
I believe dinos are outcompeted for now. I see no more (touch wood). I run an UV 24/7, but my dinos are prorocentris, which aren’t affected by UV. I had to dose silicate heavily for months and months to get rid of them.There are threads on how to beat Dino’s and it doesn’t appear you nitrate and phosphate are bottomed out. An ultraviolet sterilizer may be something to consider, permanently or temporarily.
Thank you for the encouragement.Keep it simple , go slow, nothing good happens overnight. Listen to the folks in this thread, your tank is beautiful.
Many people will say do this or do that. Stability is the key to success
Nothing. Phosphate hasn’t been an issue so far, except when it bottomed out, along with nitrates and then I dosed Neonitro and Neophos.What do you dose to keep phospahte under control?
I have six fish now. You believe adding one or two more fish would help ?If it was me I would add more fish and increase the bio load.
The finger leather is a test (it’s doing well so far) and it is minuscule. I’ve only had it for 6-8 weeks so it’s not responsible for my problems. Or very little if it is.Some soft coral like Sinularia will put toxins in the water, I didn’t have success with stony coral until I took out my huge toadstool. I put it in its own tank, so now I have a softie tank and my original tank that is growing all LPS and east SPS.
And guess what, I like my softie tank as much as the main tank…maybe even more. It’s so easy!
I suffer from being an insatiable perfectionist, lol ! It’s really not fun.Wow, I was surprised when I saw your tank after seeing your title. I think you suffer from the same syndrome I do. When you look at your tank you only see what going wrong or what is not there that that you currently want. It really looks nice.
I can’t promise it will help, but any excuse I can find to add more fish is good enough for me. Be careful though if you do. Quarantine the new fish and make sure they are compatible with the stock you already have. One diseased fish can kill them all.. That’s a whole different issue than what’s going on and would suck.I have six fish now. You believe adding one or two more fish would help ?
You need to fly to Los Angeles and visit Eric Cohen at TankStopI suffer from being an insatiable perfectionist, lol ! It’s really not fun.
Thanks for the encouragement !
I’m old enough to know that perfection is not attainable nor is it wise to wish for it. I just want to have more variety in my tank.IF you want perfect you should try a different hobby, but I don't know any hobby that will work out for you or me, which is why I'm here trying to grow a perfect coral and so far success has eluded me, but I've come close a few times.
Okay, I understand. I never bought from an individual. I always buy from big companies so I suppose they are raised in an optimal environment.My concern is how do you know what the person who sells the copods has going on in that system. You can't dip them or quarantine them. you just dump whatever is in there in your tank. I'm not saying that's your problem.
Yeah, I’m leaning towards doing that. I’ve waited a few months before adding any last time but I guess it wasn’t enough.If you can, maybe you could work something out with a reefer in your area to get a rock or two of their mature rock? If not, I think patience and stability is probably your best bet combined with an ICP test.
No, if you are going to do it then do it right. Buy once cry once. Get real live wet harvested ocean rock from a known vendor not LFS tank rock. Just a couple small pieces will kick start your biome.Yeah, I’m leaning towards doing that. I’ve waited a few months before adding any last time but I guess it wasn’t enough.
I’ll do the ICP test and I might go to a store 1 hour away I found to get some of their live rock. It’s from their tanks, not the ocean but that would still help. It’s 6,99$/lb and he says shipping is very expensive so not worth it.
Would 10 lbs be enough ?