Really not sure whats happening in my tank.
2.5 months ago, I had GHA all over the back of my tank, it was 100% covered. I went out of town for a few days and when i came home it was 100% gone but the sand bed was now covered with what looked like some type of pink/purple detritus. I tried to vacuum it up but its fairly clumpy and basically just gets stirred around.
Now, here I am 2.5 months later and the layer of this gunk is getting thicker and its everywhere, not just on the sand. its on the rocks, its stuck in the GHA, its everywhere.
Lately, I have been noticing that every day there is a layer of what look like gains of sand around the bottom few inches of the glass. I can easily clean it with my glass cleaner and the next day its back. Im starting to wonder if its actually an organism that is coming us form the sand and that is making me wonder if this stuff all over the sand is the same thing. My eyesight is not sharp enough to be able to get a good look at whats on the glass.
Has anyone seen/experienced this? All corals are healthy and growing (mostly sps). Only a couple fish in here as I'm dealing with the aftermath of an ich outbreak.
current params:
Alk - 8.6
Ca - 434
Mg - 1390
Phos - 0.0
Nitrate - 0.0
Ph - 7.99
Temp - 78.1
Sal - 1.026
Alk, Ca, phos, Nitrate all Hanna. Mg is RedSea.
I am aware the phos/nitrate is too low, the GHA is consuming it too fast. I'll be dosing Reef flux tomorrow to start the next phase of the battle agains that.
2.5 months ago, I had GHA all over the back of my tank, it was 100% covered. I went out of town for a few days and when i came home it was 100% gone but the sand bed was now covered with what looked like some type of pink/purple detritus. I tried to vacuum it up but its fairly clumpy and basically just gets stirred around.
Now, here I am 2.5 months later and the layer of this gunk is getting thicker and its everywhere, not just on the sand. its on the rocks, its stuck in the GHA, its everywhere.
Lately, I have been noticing that every day there is a layer of what look like gains of sand around the bottom few inches of the glass. I can easily clean it with my glass cleaner and the next day its back. Im starting to wonder if its actually an organism that is coming us form the sand and that is making me wonder if this stuff all over the sand is the same thing. My eyesight is not sharp enough to be able to get a good look at whats on the glass.
Has anyone seen/experienced this? All corals are healthy and growing (mostly sps). Only a couple fish in here as I'm dealing with the aftermath of an ich outbreak.
current params:
Alk - 8.6
Ca - 434
Mg - 1390
Phos - 0.0
Nitrate - 0.0
Ph - 7.99
Temp - 78.1
Sal - 1.026
Alk, Ca, phos, Nitrate all Hanna. Mg is RedSea.
I am aware the phos/nitrate is too low, the GHA is consuming it too fast. I'll be dosing Reef flux tomorrow to start the next phase of the battle agains that.