Hey guys I’ve had crappy last 6 months. I have lost about 75% of my acro colonies and when I finally get things stable now I’m seeing this new issue that seems to be attacking all sps. My original problem that led to loosing all the acros was a combination of things. My 3 year old daughter likes to stand on a bucket and watch while I work on the tanks and knocked some cheap cutters into the tank that I had resting in the edge I found them after doing an Icp test and running a magnet through the tank. Also I had a few big alk swings due to being busy with work and neglecting the tank. But things have been stable now other than some cyano. I usually use chemical clean without issue and this time I used ultra life red slime stain remover. It took care of the cyano but about a week later I’m seeing this on all my sps. Think this is the issue or could it be something else? My zoas have been ticked as well but that might be due to recovering from the cyano not sure. My UV bulb is ready to be changed as well. Lighting and flow have been the same for the last two years. Water parameters are all pretty stable aside from NO3. I have a hard time keeping it elevated.
Alk- 9-9.5
Ca- 450-480
Mg-1200-1300
pH- pretty steady at 8.3
SG- 35 ppt
PO4- .01
NO3-.01-.05
Temp- 75-77 (75 too low?)
I’m apprehensive to dose nitrates right now because I’ve got this weird growth in my mixed jug. Looks like possible precipitant or bacteria or something. I use green leaf aquarium products. The potassium nitrate for nitrates. I’ll post a pic of the mixing jug as well. All my other tanks seem to be doing fine except this one. They are not connected.
Alk- 9-9.5
Ca- 450-480
Mg-1200-1300
pH- pretty steady at 8.3
SG- 35 ppt
PO4- .01
NO3-.01-.05
Temp- 75-77 (75 too low?)
I’m apprehensive to dose nitrates right now because I’ve got this weird growth in my mixed jug. Looks like possible precipitant or bacteria or something. I use green leaf aquarium products. The potassium nitrate for nitrates. I’ll post a pic of the mixing jug as well. All my other tanks seem to be doing fine except this one. They are not connected.