The Garden -- Rakies shallow SPS cube
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Everything pulled through just fine. Here's what I did;
1) Didn't panic
2) Turned powerheads to max
3) Added Carbon (ROX 0.8)
4) Skimmed Wet
5) Added 3 Airstones (one on each powerhead)
When corals start sliming that intensely, thats the first sign that tissue loss is right around the corner. So far, nothing is lost. I pulled the Airstones, and water is just slightly hazy still.
What caused it? I dipped and added two mushrooms, and thought that was it. But I had forgotten I dosed 1mL of ME Amino Acids, which contains some vinegar... Now, dosing the equivalent of 1/20th mL of vinegar should not have caused that.... Maybe the stars aligned for some bad luck, I don't know.. Anyways, that's all that happened.
And thanks to @Katrina71 -- I couldn't find my bubblers and was about to give up, but mentioning them gave me the little bit of motivation I needed to keep looking.
The most important thing to do is not panic. When you're panicking you can't think clearly, and you can't solve your problem. It's exceptionally rare that we don't know how to solve our own problems -- but when were panicking, we can easily forget our common sense.
Never panic. It's not worth it.
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Yep, it's carbon dosing. There's several types of carbon you can dose, NoPox is actually a mixture of Vinegar and Vodka, the two most common.
There's a little bit of vinegar in my Amino Acids, which I pretty rarely use. The amount is so minor that it alone should not be possible of causing this at all. So it could have been an outside factor. Someone in the other thread had mentioned when they clean out their houses HVAC system they have the same problem. So it could have been an outside factor of some sort.
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NoPox was my culprit. It was quick! I also have a closed system with no skimmer. I understand that is a factor as well. I found success with graduating the % of water with my changes.
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Yeah, carbon dosing of any kind without a skimmer is a big no no, as it seemed you learned about the hard way. Sad we couldn't follow along and read about it IN YOUR BUILD THREAD!!!!
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I actually had one then. My fish guy dosed. I argued to wait it out.Yeah, carbon dosing of any kind without a skimmer is a big no no, as it seemed you learned about the hard way. Sad we couldn't follow along and read about it IN YOUR BUILD THREAD!!!!
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Wait you had a fish guy? Is that like a pool boy? Was he at least good looking since he wasn't helping your tank, maybe he was helping your eyes?
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I usually do! But lately I've been a little lax on pictures and updates. I suppose I've been waiting for a more substantial growth spurt
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Everything is fine, no losses, no tissue loss. Just heavy slime last night. Water is clear, skimmer was emptied at least 3 times lol.
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Me too LOL! I actually ended up spending the afternoon with one of the vendors here, CaliKid Corals. Amazing shop, very cool guy. Lots of goodies. I went from worrying everything might be toast, to feeling secure with the tank and able to step out and not worry/fawn over it.
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I could not agree more. I note, for new reefers without experience there is only panic. That is the value of R2R. Glad it is coming along.
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When I was reading this I got the feeling this was gonna end like:
..... Amazing shop, very cool guy. Lots of goodies. I went from worrying everything might be toast, to feeling I could have a whole bunch of new corals....
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Oh I could. He wants my big bounce and he's offered $5,000 for it.
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