I picked up some corals over the summer from a well-known, reputable shop. After dipping and inspecting them, I put them into my tank. Shortly after, I noticed a bunch of colonial hydroids on two of the six frag plugs. So, I covered the plugs and a lot of the tissue of the corals with epoxy to smother the hydroids.
Well, the epoxy didn’t contain the pests. They are covering the underside of my frag platforms, which you can see below.
I recently brought home a handful of frags from Reef-A-Palooza Chicago, and I think that’s where my problems got worse as I’ve noticed a lot of pyramid snails on the shells of my Trochus snails and Dwarf Cerith snails, which you can see below.
I have also noticed very tiny red flatworms on my PVC frag platforms. I haven’t noticed them on any of my corals, though. You can see a small one in the photo below.
I picked up some Salifert Flatworm eXit, which I’ll be administering soon.
I also found some Bryopsis on a couple of the new corals, and I treated my system with Reef Flux, which seems to have taken care of it within a little more than a week.
Lastly, I woke up to find this nudibranch on my glass.
I have not noticed any indication of damage to corals, specifically my Montipora corals. However, I will be monitoring everything closely.
Before I noticed these issues, I started dosing Vibrant, which has slowly been killing my plague of brown hair algae. I’ve witnessed many of my SPS frags turn brown, but I expected that. However, I don’t know where to start with all of these problems. Everything was noticed within the last few weeks, except for the hydroids, which have been present since August of this year.
I feel completely overwhelmed, and I don’t know what to tackle first. Where should I start?
Well, the epoxy didn’t contain the pests. They are covering the underside of my frag platforms, which you can see below.
I recently brought home a handful of frags from Reef-A-Palooza Chicago, and I think that’s where my problems got worse as I’ve noticed a lot of pyramid snails on the shells of my Trochus snails and Dwarf Cerith snails, which you can see below.
I have also noticed very tiny red flatworms on my PVC frag platforms. I haven’t noticed them on any of my corals, though. You can see a small one in the photo below.
I picked up some Salifert Flatworm eXit, which I’ll be administering soon.
I also found some Bryopsis on a couple of the new corals, and I treated my system with Reef Flux, which seems to have taken care of it within a little more than a week.
Lastly, I woke up to find this nudibranch on my glass.
I have not noticed any indication of damage to corals, specifically my Montipora corals. However, I will be monitoring everything closely.
Before I noticed these issues, I started dosing Vibrant, which has slowly been killing my plague of brown hair algae. I’ve witnessed many of my SPS frags turn brown, but I expected that. However, I don’t know where to start with all of these problems. Everything was noticed within the last few weeks, except for the hydroids, which have been present since August of this year.
I feel completely overwhelmed, and I don’t know what to tackle first. Where should I start?