Greetings All!
I have had these things for years but I suspect they are not good. I think they came on Live Rock.
They have migrated to 3 tanks(my fault) but the 36 gallon they originated in (started almost 3 yrs ago) has gone south!
I have lost 2 coral beauties and a Rust Dwarf Angel to, I think, Toxic water conditions. Right now, I cannot get the nitrites, nitrites down and ammonia is also present.
I have changed water 15%,2 days later 25%, again 15% next day and 30% 2 days ago. Nitrites and nitrates are still present. I changed the filtration media(canister type) and Zorb charcoal stuff(technical term) to no avail. Have added Prime at 2x dosage. Yikes! I broke up the sand and all of these I could see, making a mess of the water for a couple hrs thinking to kill them off( I did this after the 2nd h20 change)
So...the fish store says add 10 lbs live sand. I dunno. It seems when they spawn(?) they ALL do. High BIO mass and not enough bacteria? What to do? I have 2 denali cardinals, a percula clown and a dwarf Lion(recent)
Couple few hermits(red leg I think) and 2 long time resident bristle worms. Also some finger like kind of sponge that looks worse the wear lately. BTW, when readt to spawn(?) a long thread emerges ,looks like a flagella?
Thank you!
I have had these things for years but I suspect they are not good. I think they came on Live Rock.
They have migrated to 3 tanks(my fault) but the 36 gallon they originated in (started almost 3 yrs ago) has gone south!
I have lost 2 coral beauties and a Rust Dwarf Angel to, I think, Toxic water conditions. Right now, I cannot get the nitrites, nitrites down and ammonia is also present.
I have changed water 15%,2 days later 25%, again 15% next day and 30% 2 days ago. Nitrites and nitrates are still present. I changed the filtration media(canister type) and Zorb charcoal stuff(technical term) to no avail. Have added Prime at 2x dosage. Yikes! I broke up the sand and all of these I could see, making a mess of the water for a couple hrs thinking to kill them off( I did this after the 2nd h20 change)
So...the fish store says add 10 lbs live sand. I dunno. It seems when they spawn(?) they ALL do. High BIO mass and not enough bacteria? What to do? I have 2 denali cardinals, a percula clown and a dwarf Lion(recent)
Couple few hermits(red leg I think) and 2 long time resident bristle worms. Also some finger like kind of sponge that looks worse the wear lately. BTW, when readt to spawn(?) a long thread emerges ,looks like a flagella?
Thank you!