I have a 150 mixed reef that I transferred from a 75 about 2 months ago. Everything was going great with great growth then I had a hair algae outbreak. I started to dose Vibrant 2 weeks ago and now my tank is completely over taken by hair algae and cyano and possibly dinos. I dont even know if its possible to have all three, but my nitrates and phosphates bottomed out after the first week of vibrant so I began dosing nitrates and phosphates. My alk consumption stopped today and spiked from 8.8 to 9.5 indicating that my corals are no longer growing.
I am going to perform a large water change in the next hour or so as soo nas water is up to temp. Many of my corals are bleaching RAPIDLY and zoas are now closing. Maybe toxic dinos? What ever is in the tank is growing extremely quick. The rack in the picture was taken out and cleaned this morning.
The strings of whatever is growing grew about 8 inches today. I run UV also.
Params -
Salinity - 1.026
temp 78.5
stable alk at 8.8 for 2 months - now 9.4
calcium 420
mg 1300
nitrates 10
phosphates .03
Any help with identifying what this looks like?
Downward spiral is happening FAST in front of me.
I am going to perform a large water change in the next hour or so as soo nas water is up to temp. Many of my corals are bleaching RAPIDLY and zoas are now closing. Maybe toxic dinos? What ever is in the tank is growing extremely quick. The rack in the picture was taken out and cleaned this morning.
The strings of whatever is growing grew about 8 inches today. I run UV also.
Params -
Salinity - 1.026
temp 78.5
stable alk at 8.8 for 2 months - now 9.4
calcium 420
mg 1300
nitrates 10
phosphates .03
Any help with identifying what this looks like?
Downward spiral is happening FAST in front of me.