All of them or some? Why did you do this ?
[HELP] Tank Crash (Acros, lps, softies)
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All of them or some? Why did you do this ?
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mzlskink
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Some, wanted to build a nice rock shelf haha
No prob! I was just checking to make sure you didn’t ditch all your live rock and replace with dry
You don't have any vermitids or others pest right? I would slowly pull back the lighting to sub 100 par and if you have any live rock somewhere else I would add it but sometimes there's a limit to what you can do
Might check the magnets in the tank for any that are rusting out and leeching into the water
Which gen were you running and which gen are you running now?
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I don’t think so, there are some brown algae on dying acros so I was worried about those
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How do I do that, do I run another magnet in sandbed?
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It was probably over 2 weeks since I don’t check po4 weekly, I think it’s reefvoids and I been using more of that
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It’s actually the same models gen6 xr15 but one has big noise issue so I swapped to another
I always keep a dual chamber reactor with gfo and carbon and run it for a very short period of time of things start to get out of whack and I can't figure out it. I though I saw some stuff hanging off your across that reminded me of the time I had a tank nuked by vermitids but it was not nearly that bad. Carbon should help with and heavy metal
How old is your tank? If it's under a year you will not have much success with acros and euphyllia unless you are a very experienced reefer.
What is your tank par? If you are using XR15 lights they are very weak par lights. Mine run at 100% intensity to get reasonable par numbers for a mixed reef.
What is your tank par? If you are using XR15 lights they are very weak par lights. Mine run at 100% intensity to get reasonable par numbers for a mixed reef.
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I don’t agree with others that this is an age of tank issue.
My guesses based on how fast things crashed would be:
Change in lighting
Change in salinity
Change in oxygen
Toxicity in the tank from chemical or inhabitant
To have the entire tank crash overnight screams something becoming suddenly very unstable.
For the record I grew SPS in a tank much younger than this without issue.
My guesses based on how fast things crashed would be:
Change in lighting
Change in salinity
Change in oxygen
Toxicity in the tank from chemical or inhabitant
To have the entire tank crash overnight screams something becoming suddenly very unstable.
For the record I grew SPS in a tank much younger than this without issue.
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I think I found something odd, there are hundreds of little white bugs crawling on the corals and rocks, I thought they could be pods but none are swimming and all the corals are less happy wether it is softies or sps
Perhaps I missed it but I don't see tank age posted anywhere? Also corals decline from the inside out so they can be suffering for weeks or months before they show outward signs of decline and then things deteriorate fast. I do agree the things you listed can also be precursors to a tank crash.
Pods can swim but a lot just scamper around on rocks and sand too.
Agree! To many different corals going south fast. Was the light on exact same intensity?
did corals get qt? Dip? Who is supplier? A lot of hot forums and peeps struggling with nasty bugs white bugs, grey bugs. AEFW for very reputable sources.
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