Parameter help!

[wifeofking]

Hello!

I have a fuzzy green mushroom that within the last few hours looks like a blob!

My BTA has just decided to move after 3 months of staying put.

I lost a foaming hint 2 days ago.

My glass is getting dirty very quickly all of a sudden and sand browny ago!

I have suddenly got a phosphate level of 0.6 (however it’s a salifert test so not hugely reliable) 3 days ago but now 0.1

Nitrates were 50 down from 100

Nitrites 0.1 or maybe 0.25 can’t tell on the chart!

KH 10

Ammonia 0.15

PH 8

Been running 5 months now 200 litre tank. Had a “blip” about 4 weeks ago where nitrates and phosphates were both 0 and KH 12!

Sort it then this!

I down 50 gallon water changes every 2 weeks (due one today).

I feed corals Red Sea AB+

Dose modern reef weekly

Feed fish once a week (alternate flakes/frozen)

BTA twice weekly

I put rows plus in the filter 3 days ago.

Lights are on 8am til 8pm (blue 100% purple 60% and white for 6 hours only)

Think that’s all the info I can give.
What’s going on?

 

[Cell]

Nutrient swings.

What is "rows plus"? If you meant rowaphos, you used too much.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Why are you feeding only once a week? Especially when you mentioned your nutrients hit zero. Should feed the poor fella's more often.....

 

[Cell]

Lots of typos in this post.

Can you explain 200L (53G) tank and 50G water changes?

 

[wifeofking]

Nutrient swings.

What is "rows plus"? If you meant rowaphos, you used too much.

Sorry. It’s Rowa phos (auto corrected me!)

 

[wifeofking]

Lots of typos in this post.

Can you explain 200L (53G) tank and 50G water changes?

200 litre volume tank.
50 Gallon water changes

 

[wifeofking]

200 litre volume tank.
50 Gallon water changes

Sorry I’m not having a good day 50 litre water changes.
200 and 50 are both litres

 

[Cell]

Rowaphos is incredibly effective stuff. Large, fast nutrient swings can wreak havoc on a reef tank. The damage is done, focus on stability now.

 

[crazyfishmom]

Consistency is going to be key to getting everything back on track. Your tank is going through the typical nutrient swings that happen as a tank matures. A few things:

1) please feed your fish more frequently. Besides your fish needing food, their poop will help establish comensal bacterial populations that are extremely important to help these systems balance out appropriately
2) the big nutrient spikes and then fast reductions are hurting your corals. When you make changes, please make slow, gradual changes. It’s ok for nutrients to stay high for a prolonged period of time and to bring them down gradually. This normally doesn’t hurt your coral but a swing from 0 to 0.6 to 0.1 in the span of a few days definitely will.
3) alkalinity swings (12 dKh!!!!) with low nutrients will definitely stress Coral out and you may not see immediate effects of this but rather in a few days or weeks.

 

[wifeofking]

Lots of typos in this post.

Can you explain 200L (53G) tank and 50G water changes?

You’re right about typos sorry.
Foaming hint!!!! A diamond goby is what that should of been!

Rowaphos is incredibly effective stuff. Large, fast nutrient swings can wreak havoc on a reef tank. The damage is done, focus on stability now.

thank you trying not sure whatelse I can do!
This post … if I could delete I would I feed daily the fish. Twice weekly BTA. Daily corals

 

[wifeofking]

Consistency is going to be key to getting everything back on track. Your tank is going through the typical nutrient swings that happen as a tank matures. A few things:

1) please feed your fish more frequently. Besides your fish needing food, their poop will help establish comensal bacterial populations that are extremely important to help these systems balance out appropriately
2) the big nutrient spikes and then fast reductions are hurting your corals. When you make changes, please make slow, gradual changes. It’s ok for nutrients to stay high for a prolonged period of time and to bring them down gradually. This normally doesn’t hurt your coral but a swing from 0 to 0.6 to 0.1 in the span of a few days definitely will.
3) alkalinity swings (12 dKh!!!!) with low nutrients will definitely stress Coral out and you may not see immediate effects of this but rather in a few days or weeks.

Thank you.
I feed the fish daily not sure why I put weekly!! That would be cruel.

 

[crazyfishmom]

Thank you.
I feed the fish daily not sure why I put weekly!! That would be cruel.

That makes more sense.

I might consider removing the rowaphos and starting to test daily for the time being. Perform water changes 2 times a week until you get to PO4 of 0.1 and nitrates around 5-10 then after that test and only react in small ways to maintain stability.

It will get better. Just hang in there.

 

[wifeofking]

That makes more sense.

I might consider removing the rowaphos and starting to test daily for the time being. Perform water changes 2 times a week until you get to PO4 of 0.1 and nitrates around 5-10 then after that test and only react in small ways to maintain stability.

It will get better. Just hang in there.

Just about to water change now.
Thank you