Good day all,
I have a 180 gallon 255 total water volume system that has been up for 12 months, all contents in the tank came from a 75 gallon that ran for a few years so the tank is established, I have a couple alveopora frags that were doing great and one gonipora colony that was always wide open, I decided to try my luck with a moorish idol and that means more feedings and more nutrients.
On Thursday the auto feeder got stuck and dumped about half a jar of NLS pellets into the tank, I tested and the ammonia spiked to 0.3 and nitrite is to 0.4. I immediately did a 15-20% water change, tried to syphon all the pellets I could see and added the appropriate amount of prime to the tank and got some bacteria and dumped it in there.
All fish, torches, hammers, frogspawns, and the other LPS are doing good as well as the leather corals and two of the alveopora frags, but one frag is closed up and the goni colony is closed up as well. they have been closed since yesterday, can I assume that they a goners or is there anything I can try to make them bounce back?
It may be important to note that when I started with the Idol Nitrates climbed up to 70 and I have been dosing vinegar and they have come down to 50
Parameters are as follows
Alk - 176/9.856
Ca - 455
PH - 7.8
PO4 - .8
MG - 1390
Ammonia - 0.3
Nitrate - 0.4
Nitrate - 50
I'm hoping that the Prime doesn't drop my PH too much because the vinegar already brings it below 8 but I am wondering since the Goni and the alveopra were fine when I tested and got the ammonia and nitrate readings if the reduction in the PH from the prime can be what's upsetting it.
I have a 180 gallon 255 total water volume system that has been up for 12 months, all contents in the tank came from a 75 gallon that ran for a few years so the tank is established, I have a couple alveopora frags that were doing great and one gonipora colony that was always wide open, I decided to try my luck with a moorish idol and that means more feedings and more nutrients.
On Thursday the auto feeder got stuck and dumped about half a jar of NLS pellets into the tank, I tested and the ammonia spiked to 0.3 and nitrite is to 0.4. I immediately did a 15-20% water change, tried to syphon all the pellets I could see and added the appropriate amount of prime to the tank and got some bacteria and dumped it in there.
All fish, torches, hammers, frogspawns, and the other LPS are doing good as well as the leather corals and two of the alveopora frags, but one frag is closed up and the goni colony is closed up as well. they have been closed since yesterday, can I assume that they a goners or is there anything I can try to make them bounce back?
It may be important to note that when I started with the Idol Nitrates climbed up to 70 and I have been dosing vinegar and they have come down to 50
Parameters are as follows
Alk - 176/9.856
Ca - 455
PH - 7.8
PO4 - .8
MG - 1390
Ammonia - 0.3
Nitrate - 0.4
Nitrate - 50
I'm hoping that the Prime doesn't drop my PH too much because the vinegar already brings it below 8 but I am wondering since the Goni and the alveopra were fine when I tested and got the ammonia and nitrate readings if the reduction in the PH from the prime can be what's upsetting it.