Wondering if there is anything more that I can do, than I've currently done. (~4 mth-old mixed 20G nano reef, SPS dominant, ~20 coral, 3 small fish)
Three weeks ago, noticed my clown came down with Brooklynella, so I treated the whole reef with the Ruby Rally+Kick Ice regimen (which is marketed as completely reef safe, and that you should do both at the same time), and about 2 days into it, all my coral started closing, 5 days into it, coral started bleaching. It was pretty dramatic (and yes, I followed the instructions to the milliliter). I was treating the whole tank because I also have a wrasse and an orchid dottyback , which are hard to catch, and a lot of rock work.
Anyways, I got a little scared when the bleaching started, so I removed the clown to a hospital tank after the first week to treat him individually (he's now recovered, but I'm keeping him in the QT until a few more weeks for observation). The coral, however, have not (other fish aren't showing any sign of disease, but then they never were anyways, just the clown). When I removed the clown, I did a 50% water change on my main tank, put charcoal back in, turned back on skimmer/UV, and then did a 20% water change a week later, and replaced the charcoal again.
We're at week 3, reef isn't showing signs of recovering, but it isn't getting worse, either. 1) Should I do a few more water changes/few more charcoal changes, or should I just cool my jets and hope things begin returning to normal? 2) What if corals start to get worse?
Params:
Temp: 78.2
pH: 8.23
Salinity: 34.8ppm
Cal: 400
Mg: 1400
Alk: 9.8dKH
Nitrate: .25
Three weeks ago, noticed my clown came down with Brooklynella, so I treated the whole reef with the Ruby Rally+Kick Ice regimen (which is marketed as completely reef safe, and that you should do both at the same time), and about 2 days into it, all my coral started closing, 5 days into it, coral started bleaching. It was pretty dramatic (and yes, I followed the instructions to the milliliter). I was treating the whole tank because I also have a wrasse and an orchid dottyback , which are hard to catch, and a lot of rock work.
Anyways, I got a little scared when the bleaching started, so I removed the clown to a hospital tank after the first week to treat him individually (he's now recovered, but I'm keeping him in the QT until a few more weeks for observation). The coral, however, have not (other fish aren't showing any sign of disease, but then they never were anyways, just the clown). When I removed the clown, I did a 50% water change on my main tank, put charcoal back in, turned back on skimmer/UV, and then did a 20% water change a week later, and replaced the charcoal again.
We're at week 3, reef isn't showing signs of recovering, but it isn't getting worse, either. 1) Should I do a few more water changes/few more charcoal changes, or should I just cool my jets and hope things begin returning to normal? 2) What if corals start to get worse?
Params:
Temp: 78.2
pH: 8.23
Salinity: 34.8ppm
Cal: 400
Mg: 1400
Alk: 9.8dKH
Nitrate: .25
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