The great montipora slow motion crash....need advice

Jason mack · Jul 23, 2017

Have you ever considered doing a Triton test or api test there could be so Many reasons Your water is not right ..doing a triton test has certainly opened my eyes up and helped me get back on track!

Tautog · Jul 23, 2017

Sorry for your frustration, but I'm just coming out of Nudis eating my Montis. I never saw them until I started dipping. I was so ticked off, I took all my Montis out, and there still in buckets attached to some Tonga branch , but I won't buy a Monti ever again. I lost 4 frags, and 2 separate colonies that were 6 X 10. I'm going to bleach the branches before they return to the display, but a hard lesson learned

Tautog · Jul 23, 2017

Wow, sorry, I didn't know that " p " word was ******

Reefltx · Jul 23, 2017

Maritimer said:
Be aware that though they're beautiful, sixline wrasses have a reputation for being very aggressive, especially with any wrasses added after them. If you've no plans to add more wrasses (or possibly other small fish, depending on the individual), their beauty and taste for coral pests can make them pretty cool to have around.

~Bruce

True, better luck with a yellow coris wrasse.

Tautog · Jul 23, 2017

Reefltx said:
True, better luck with a yellow coris wrasse.

Fwiw, my LPS guy talked me out of the yellow wrasse, opted for the 6- line, because he's more aggressive eating nudis

Lousybreed · Jul 24, 2017

Maritimer said:
Be aware that though they're beautiful, sixline wrasses have a reputation for being very aggressive, especially with any wrasses added after them. If you've no plans to add more wrasses (or possibly other small fish, depending on the individual), their beauty and taste for coral pests can make them pretty cool to have around.

~Bruce

Thanks Bruce. Good to hear. I have heard they are quite sassy. If you were to suggest another wrasse that does almost as good of a job on pest eating, what would it be?

Lousybreed · Jul 24, 2017

Reefltx said:
True, better luck with a yellow coris wrasse.

Lol. Just saw this. I will check them out!

Maritimer · Jul 24, 2017

Lousybreed said:
If you were to suggest another wrasse that does almost as good of a job on pest eating, what would it be?

I've always had a soft spot for blue-star leopards - would love to have a trio of those in my setup. I've also got a target mandarinfish with an appetite for flatworms as well as 'pods. Not sure how she'd do with nudibranchs, as I've never seen one in my tank. (That having been said, I also have a sixline, the result of one of my son's friends breaking down her tank. He is the last of several wrasses added, and hasn't caused trouble - but he also does a weird display "snap" that makes it feel as though he's swimming the razor's edge of psycho . . . )

~Bruce

Reefltx · Jul 24, 2017

Lousybreed said:
Lol. Just saw this. I will check them out!

Yep, I love the coris wrasse, note that mine will eat brittle stars as well, but not enough to hurt the population. I also have a blue star leopard that's a great hunter as well.

Lousybreed · Jul 27, 2017

Ok I have been dropping my alk down slowly this whole week. 0.1/day. I still need to go another 0.5 to get to my target of 8.0. I did discover that my Hanna was reading 0.5 too low. So my alk was 8.7 and with my low nutrients was probably too high. Also replaced all prefilters and the DI beads. Corals have stabilized. Here are the current pics.