Stn help

[Foothill Corals]

IMO a carbon source and STN / RTN is not a good idea. I do not think any ones really know what STN is but I believe it is bacterial. A carbon source will encourage both good and bacterial growth. Also Acros really do not like GFO my Acros always do better when I do not need GFO. You may want to think about a fuge, algae reactor, scubber or some form of algae driven nutrient export.

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

I have a algae scrubber the santa monic drop .6

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

I also have been using phosphate rx 3 drops every few days

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

I just don’t want to come home to a ton of dead corals you know

 

[Fishfinder]

My personal opinion is that too much is happening. To much fluctuation, to much trying to interfere with it and make it your desired numbers. Let the tank run its cycles. Let the tank stabilize and settle into its own parameters.

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

I’ve thought of that, some people say just blast light and flow and let the tank do it’s thing and they have great sps tanks

 

[Foothill Corals]

My personal opinion is that too much is happening. To much fluctuation, to much trying to interfere with it and make it your desired numbers. Let the tank run its cycles. Let the tank stabilize and settle into its own parameters.

I agree

I’ve thought of that, some people say just blast light and flow and let the tank do it’s thing and they have great sps tanks

That's the way I do it. You just can't rush it.

My impression is that the prior owner of the tank let it go, and it will just take a little time to recover. You seem to have to be doing too much for Po4 I bet there is a lot bound up in your rocks.

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

The guy who had it before didn’t do much hard corals many shrooms and zoas and he only had about 15 pounds of rock and I added about 7 pounds of new live rock and I will say the tank started to do better after that, I also asked him what his po4 was and he goes well I really never tested it

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

He sold it because he got a 90 gal corner and his 90 looked pretty good for mainly doing softy’s

 

[JaimeAdams]

Those fluctuations can impact the coral much further down the road. I find things go south a month or two after I have some big all swings or something.

There are research studies pointing to STN/RTN as Vibrio.

Just because the tank was setup for 4 years before you broke it down and moved it does not mean that the tank is 4 years old. I could take a tank use my other tank water and rock strait out of the ocean and it wouldn't mean that my tank is anymore than a day old. It doesn't matter how long it was up for before it was broken down and moved.

I would argue that running 9.2 dkh with undetectable phosphate levels is not that great for your tank. The people running ULN systems keep their Alk lower that that. I don't see any reason why you should be carbon dosing. Even while carbon dosing it uses up mush more nitrate than phosphate and the nitrate uptake is the limiting factor on how much phosphate can be removed.

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

so stop carbon dosing all together and let all the nutrients rise up

 

[Maacc]

Looking like you are stripping nutrients too fast. Adam's corals are about bulletproof but they don't do no nutrients well.
The only time I've lost something from him is when I bottomed out phosphate.

 

[29bonsaireef]

I agree that too much is being done to the tank, too quickly. I would stop dosing everything. Just do weekly/bi-weekly WC for now and let the tank run. Best thing you can do is run the tank as natural as possible until it matures and stabilizes itself. Then look towards dosing to maintain the stability. Also, algae is not a bad thing. If you see algae starting to grow there's no need to jump right into preventive action. Many of the anti-algae chemicals and products will do more harm to SPS then the algae growing. I've had a 29biocube for quite a few years now growing some SPS and I run all original filtration, just added polyfloss instead of bioballs. Nano tanks are very simple systems. If you can keep up with WC, they don't really need anything extra.

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

I still have the bioballs in mine and run a poly filter pad

 

[Fishfinder]

Just let the tank find its natural balance. Stop adding stuff or dosing to remove things. Let it settle out. Stick to 1 nutrient export method, and only if needed. Don't mix different method of reduction. They all play a part in the biology of the tank. Each thing you add and remove changes your biological balance.

While your tank settles you may have more losses. Just take it as it comes, don't add more coral until you get good long term growth from your current pieces

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

I have been having good growth especially montis are growing like weeds and acros all encrusting

 

[chefjpaul]

IMO- Get rid of the carbon dosing, get an ICP test on both tank snd RODI (from reservoir).
Let the tsnk settle a bit.
Let some algae grow.
Let critters keep it in control.
Let that scrubber do some work, if needed.

 

[DMG Reef]

When you receive healthy, fully-colored, encrusted frags from a vendor, they are never "duds". Their continued health is wholly dependent on the system they are being added to. You say you haven't lost an acro in 2 months, but posted that your grape crush frag was dying 4 weeks ago.

I understand being excited to have a tank full of colorful coral. But as many have stated to you, it takes time, a lot of time. Slow down or you'll burn out having lost a considerable amount of money. Going very slow is key in this hobby. Just listen to the great advice others have given you.

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

No me and adam talked about it and he said it was duds they were pale and didn’t look to good when they came fedex came a hour and a half late

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

He said he sent the one to a few people and it all came back as duds