I'm looking for someone's educated opinion or experience, as to why my CORALINE ALGAE is dying off, from pink to white in the last 6 days.
My 50 gallon FOWLR is 11 months old. At 5 months I had pink coraline starting to grow all over the live rock, the glass, the tubes, the pumps, etc. and it grew until the back glass is/was mostly pink. It started to change color just 2 days after the recent water change. I didn't think much of it, as it began so slowly. But now it's heartbreak since it was such a long time in development.
Water changes: 30% every 3-4 weeks. Salt water always came from my LFS. But because they have now decreased the pH to 7.5 and SG to 1.017, and the temperature to 68º, I decided to try another store since I spent more time adjusting the new water parameters to match my numbers, (adding buffer, adding salt and warming the water).
Last week, I changed my source of salt water, purchased from a well established LFS, but farther from my location. They sold me a product called PURIFIED SEAWATER. Has anybody heard of this water. I bought 15 gallons for the water change.
Now, you should also know that I finally started protein skimming 10 days ago, (yippee). I now have the RemoraPro w/Mag3. It's producing something that looks like weak tea, but yuckier.
Is it the new seawater, or the skimming, or the combination?
Other questions: Is it actually dying? and Will it return?
Thanks in advance...
btw, next year I will upgrade to reef lighting, and sump/fuge and I will lose the Penguin and Rena filters. I will build a DIY hood and stand to accommodate the Sump and lights.
pH= 8.3 SG= 1.022 Temp= 79º
38 lbs LiveRock
Aragonite substrate 2"
Penguin 350 hob filter
Rena XP3 canister filter
2 Hagen power heads
Perfecto Hood with 40 watt tube
Coral Beauty, 6 Line Wrasse, FireFish and ClownFish
Cleaner Shrimp, Sand Sifting Star & some Hermits and Snails
My 50 gallon FOWLR is 11 months old. At 5 months I had pink coraline starting to grow all over the live rock, the glass, the tubes, the pumps, etc. and it grew until the back glass is/was mostly pink. It started to change color just 2 days after the recent water change. I didn't think much of it, as it began so slowly. But now it's heartbreak since it was such a long time in development.
Water changes: 30% every 3-4 weeks. Salt water always came from my LFS. But because they have now decreased the pH to 7.5 and SG to 1.017, and the temperature to 68º, I decided to try another store since I spent more time adjusting the new water parameters to match my numbers, (adding buffer, adding salt and warming the water).
Last week, I changed my source of salt water, purchased from a well established LFS, but farther from my location. They sold me a product called PURIFIED SEAWATER. Has anybody heard of this water. I bought 15 gallons for the water change.
Now, you should also know that I finally started protein skimming 10 days ago, (yippee). I now have the RemoraPro w/Mag3. It's producing something that looks like weak tea, but yuckier.
Is it the new seawater, or the skimming, or the combination?
Other questions: Is it actually dying? and Will it return?
Thanks in advance...
btw, next year I will upgrade to reef lighting, and sump/fuge and I will lose the Penguin and Rena filters. I will build a DIY hood and stand to accommodate the Sump and lights.
pH= 8.3 SG= 1.022 Temp= 79º
38 lbs LiveRock
Aragonite substrate 2"
Penguin 350 hob filter
Rena XP3 canister filter
2 Hagen power heads
Perfecto Hood with 40 watt tube
Coral Beauty, 6 Line Wrasse, FireFish and ClownFish
Cleaner Shrimp, Sand Sifting Star & some Hermits and Snails
