Hey everyone,
I'm in a bit of a crisis with my reef tank, and it's all my doing. Here's what's been happening:
About a week ago, I was dealing with an Aiptasia issue in my tank. In an attempt to address it, I decided to use vinegar. At that time, I wasn't aware that some reef keepers use vinegar for carbon dosing. It was only after a conversation with a friend that I learned about the unintended carbon dosing impact. Regrettably, this inadvertent carbon dosing led to a bacterial bloom in my tank, which, in turn, caused a significant drop in pH.
Two days later, I further compounded the problem by accidentally overdosing calcium, resulting in calcium levels soaring to 600+. Realizing the danger, I promptly performed a water change to lower the calcium levels.
Around the same time, my corals started looking unhappy, but nothing seemed too alarming. Then, two days ago, I noticed black ich on one of my fish, so I decided to treat it with praziquantel (prazi). Unfortunately, things took a nosedive after that. My SPS corals are showing signs of Rapid Tissue Necrosis (RTN), and my LPS corals have contracted Brown Jelly Disease (BJD). It's affecting approximately 80% of my corals, and it came on very fast.
Here are my water parameters as of 1hr ago:
I'm in a bit of a crisis with my reef tank, and it's all my doing. Here's what's been happening:
About a week ago, I was dealing with an Aiptasia issue in my tank. In an attempt to address it, I decided to use vinegar. At that time, I wasn't aware that some reef keepers use vinegar for carbon dosing. It was only after a conversation with a friend that I learned about the unintended carbon dosing impact. Regrettably, this inadvertent carbon dosing led to a bacterial bloom in my tank, which, in turn, caused a significant drop in pH.
Two days later, I further compounded the problem by accidentally overdosing calcium, resulting in calcium levels soaring to 600+. Realizing the danger, I promptly performed a water change to lower the calcium levels.
Around the same time, my corals started looking unhappy, but nothing seemed too alarming. Then, two days ago, I noticed black ich on one of my fish, so I decided to treat it with praziquantel (prazi). Unfortunately, things took a nosedive after that. My SPS corals are showing signs of Rapid Tissue Necrosis (RTN), and my LPS corals have contracted Brown Jelly Disease (BJD). It's affecting approximately 80% of my corals, and it came on very fast.
Here are my water parameters as of 1hr ago:
- Calcium: 450
- Phosphate: somewhere between 0 and 0.25
- Nitrate: 15
- Alkalinity: 8.6
- Magnesium: 1440
- Salinity: 1.026
- Temperature: 77°F
- pH: 8.0