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I have two nano tanks, both of which have the zoas looking terrible.
The first tank is a 14 gallon with an AI prime, eshoppes nano skimmer, and refugium. The temp is set at 82 and I do a 2.5 gallon water change every weekend. I’ve been noticing more and more of my zoas aren’t happy in the tank ever since I started college a few weeks ago and am only home on the weekends. I also have a torch, green sinularia, some shrooms, a goni, an unknown acro, blue sympodium, and violet cespitularia that are all doing well. The phosphates are high (.25ppm; faulty test kit) but I’ve already been working on bringing them down using phosguard. I’ve done dips on all the zoas that aren’t attached to the rock work and nothing has come off other than some copepods and such. Ammonia is at 0, nitrates are at 2ppm, alk is at 8dKH, salinity is 1.025, and nitrites are 0. I also added carbon today to see if there’s any toxins in the water
I’m having a very similar issue in my 10 gallon that also has a prime, a refugium, is at 82, gets 2.5 gallon water change every Sunday. Basically everything in the tank are zoas minus a Xenia. I’m using chemipure in the tank as well. Phosphates are between 0 and .25 (api test kit), Ammonia is at 0, nitrates are 2 ppm, alk is at 7dkh, salinity is 1.025 and nitrites are at 0.
Both tanks have been dealing with cyano and diatoms (phosphates and lack of flow in the 10) but I have been getting the cyano under control. The only thing I have done differently is that I haven’t been able to feed reef roids because I’ve been at school. Are the tanks just too clean or are there other issues y’all can think of?
The first tank is a 14 gallon with an AI prime, eshoppes nano skimmer, and refugium. The temp is set at 82 and I do a 2.5 gallon water change every weekend. I’ve been noticing more and more of my zoas aren’t happy in the tank ever since I started college a few weeks ago and am only home on the weekends. I also have a torch, green sinularia, some shrooms, a goni, an unknown acro, blue sympodium, and violet cespitularia that are all doing well. The phosphates are high (.25ppm; faulty test kit) but I’ve already been working on bringing them down using phosguard. I’ve done dips on all the zoas that aren’t attached to the rock work and nothing has come off other than some copepods and such. Ammonia is at 0, nitrates are at 2ppm, alk is at 8dKH, salinity is 1.025, and nitrites are 0. I also added carbon today to see if there’s any toxins in the water
I’m having a very similar issue in my 10 gallon that also has a prime, a refugium, is at 82, gets 2.5 gallon water change every Sunday. Basically everything in the tank are zoas minus a Xenia. I’m using chemipure in the tank as well. Phosphates are between 0 and .25 (api test kit), Ammonia is at 0, nitrates are 2 ppm, alk is at 7dkh, salinity is 1.025 and nitrites are at 0.
Both tanks have been dealing with cyano and diatoms (phosphates and lack of flow in the 10) but I have been getting the cyano under control. The only thing I have done differently is that I haven’t been able to feed reef roids because I’ve been at school. Are the tanks just too clean or are there other issues y’all can think of?