Torch coral disintegrating before my eyes with

[JayFish4004]

Well my goby was very curious on what was on the other side of the glass and the problem fixed itself. He ended up dying but on the bright side I haven’t lost a torch or hammer since.

Awww thats sad! I have a tank full of gobies - citron goby, pinkbar goby, neon goby, 2 mandarins, 2 bluestreak cardinals, 2 barnacle blennies. Needless to say I have feeding requirements.. hence the phosphates haha.

When I got my pinkbar goby it was actually a pair and one ended up jumping out of the slightest gap in my lid. Was a super sad day

As much as I adore the corals Im in it first and foremost for the fish. Always been a huge fish guy haha

 

[JayFish4004]

This says it right here only a few months ago the tank was at zero then it shut up to 1 PM which is insanely high phosphates now he’s got it back down to .3 few weeks later

We have ourselves some ATI results. Based on these I can definitely confirm Phosguard leaches Aluminum and potentially drops carbonate hardness. Probably would’ve been much higher had I not had Polyfilter onboard. Levels don’t seem all that off otherwise - I have put some small live rock underneath all of my coral that were in the sand. We shall see what happens from here.

Salinity	33.91 PSU	35.00 PSU	-1.09 PSU		View
Carbonate hardness	7.13 °dKH	7.50 °dKH	-0.37 °dKH		View
Major elements
Chloride	18982 mg/l	18983 mg/l	-1.60 mg/l		View
Sodium	10547 mg/l	10546 mg/l	+0.90 mg/l		View
Magnesium	1302 mg/l	1261 mg/l	+40.92 mg/l		View
Sulfur	977.6 mg/l	882.1 mg/l	+95.54 mg/l		View
Calcium	420.1 mg/l	403.6 mg/l	+16.49 mg/l		View
Potassium	431.1 mg/l	391.2 mg/l	+39.95 mg/l		View
Bromine	51.40 mg/l	64.24 mg/l	-12.84 mg/l		View
Strontium	8.69 mg/l	7.67 mg/l	+1.02 mg/l		View
Boron	4.75 mg/l	4.22 mg/l	+0.54 mg/l		View
Fluorine	1.04 mg/l	1.25 mg/l	-0.21 mg/l		View
Minor elements
Lithium	81.07 µg/l	163.0 µg/l	-81.92 µg/l		View
Silicon	101.7 µg/l	95.88 µg/l	+5.82 µg/l		View
Iodine	37.67 µg/l	62.32 µg/l	-24.65 µg/l		View
Barium	64.45 µg/l	9.59 µg/l	+54.86 µg/l		View
Molybdenum	10.93 µg/l	11.51 µg/l	-0.57 µg/l		View
Nickel	u.	0.48 µg/l	-0.48 µg/l		View
Manganese	u.	0.96 µg/l	-0.96 µg/l		View
Arsenic	u.	1.44 µg/l	-1.44 µg/l		View
Beryllium	u.	0.10 µg/l	-0.10 µg/l		View
Chrome	u.	0.48 µg/l	-0.48 µg/l		View
Cobalt	u.	0.10 µg/l	-0.10 µg/l		View
Iron	u.	0.48 µg/l	-0.48 µg/l		View
Copper	u.	0.48 µg/l	-0.48 µg/l		View
Selenium	u.	0.48 µg/l	-0.48 µg/l		View
Silver	u.	0.10 µg/l	-0.10 µg/l		View
Vanadium	u.	1.44 µg/l	-1.44 µg/l		View
Zinc	u.	1.92 µg/l	-1.92 µg/l		View
Tin	u.	0.48 µg/l	-0.48 µg/l		View
Nutrients
Nitrate	24.21 mg/l	2.00 mg/l	+22.21 mg/l		View
Phosphorus	99.41 µg/l	14.38 µg/l	+85.03 µg/l		View
Phosphate	0.30 mg/l	0.04 mg/l	+0.26 mg/l		View
Pollutants
Aluminium	52.46 µg/l	0.10 µg/l	+52.36 µg/l		View
Antimony	u.	0.10 µg/l	-0.10 µg/l		View
Bismuth	u.	0.10 µg/l	-0.10 µg/l		View
Lead	u.	0.10 µg/l	-0.10 µg/l		View
Cadmium	u.	0.19 µg/l	-0.19 µg/l		View
Lanthanum	u.	0 µg/l	+0 µg/l		View
Thallium	u.	0.10 µg/l	-0.10 µg/l		View
Titanium	u.	0.10 µg/l	-0.10 µg/l		View
Tungsten	u.	0 µg/l	+0 µg/l		View
Mercury	u.	0 µg/l	+0 µg/l

 

[JayFish4004]

This says it right here only a few months ago the tank was at zero then it shut up to 1 PM which is insanely high phosphates now he’s got it back down to .3 few weeks later

Tank is crashing as we speak - losing all my LPS to tissue recession after a year and half.

 

[((FORDTECH))]

Tank is crashing as we speak - losing all my LPS to tissue recession after a year and half.

When parameters go up and down like a yo-yo that’s what happens

 

[((FORDTECH))]

I see your Phosphates are back up to .3

 

[JayFish4004]

I see your Phosphates are back up to .3

Coming back to report on this for anyone interested. Obviously a traumatic experience but made it through. Ended up losing the 3 headed green torch and 3 headed purple torch, along with 2 hammers and 2 acans.

Frogspawn looked grim but ended up recovering, gorgonians unfazed as usual, birdsnest and duncan also relatively unfazed. Thankfully never lost a fish and they’re all still with us today and doing well.

5 months later I now add rowaphos to my tank every 3 weeks, and I have added a couple hammers, a torch, another birdsnest and some monti’s.

The tank will be 2 years old in May.

 

[steveschuerger]

Coming back to report on this for anyone interested. Obviously a traumatic experience but made it through. Ended up losing the 3 headed green torch and 3 headed purple torch, along with 2 hammers and 2 acans.

Frogspawn looked grim but ended up recovering, gorgonians unfazed as usual, birdsnest and duncan also relatively unfazed. Thankfully never lost a fish and they’re all still with us today and doing well.

5 months later I now add rowaphos to my tank every 3 weeks, and I have added a couple hammers, a torch, another birdsnest and some monti’s.

The tank will be 2 years old in May.

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Glad to hear you weathered the storm. Nice looking tank. And love where the Citron is hanging out

 

[JayFish4004]

Glad to hear you weathered the storm. Nice looking tank. And love where the Citron is hanging out

Thanks! One of Solly’s favorite perches haha