Conskis 34 Gal Solana Build
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plum crazy is dieing 
i gave it a revive bath and put it back in heres to hoping it does okay.
any lps ive tried to put in that tank started to do poorly, my clowns torch is starting to not come out, i gave it a revive bath and switched its spot, if it doesnt workout i guess im gonna have to put it back in the little tank, the zoas that werent doing good at all that i switched back to my little tank are back to doing very good!
agh sps is frusterating sometimes
im guess so irritated with diatoms, its growing on my digi and my other 2 acros (i didnt post the one up yet but its awsome)
i mean i knew id have some deaths but its getting upsetting to see my corals to so poorly when i can lok at my 14 gal reef and see it doing almost perfect
i gave it a revive bath and put it back in heres to hoping it does okay.any lps ive tried to put in that tank started to do poorly, my clowns torch is starting to not come out, i gave it a revive bath and switched its spot, if it doesnt workout i guess im gonna have to put it back in the little tank, the zoas that werent doing good at all that i switched back to my little tank are back to doing very good!
agh sps is frusterating sometimes
im guess so irritated with diatoms, its growing on my digi and my other 2 acros (i didnt post the one up yet but its awsome)
i mean i knew id have some deaths but its getting upsetting to see my corals to so poorly when i can lok at my 14 gal reef and see it doing almost perfect
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You sure it is diatoms on your corals and not dinoflagellates? My LFS has a bout of that stuff and it wiped out the majority of their SPS coral frag tank at one point.
Obvious question, what are your 5 major readings, Nitrate/Phosphate/Alk/CA/Mg (last one being least important because it is rarely out of whack)
Obvious question, what are your 5 major readings, Nitrate/Phosphate/Alk/CA/Mg (last one being least important because it is rarely out of whack)
yea its diatoms its everywhere on everything its just long webs of brown algae. ill do a test right now..(since i posted the last one the acro is almost completly bleached omg)
these are the results of the tests
ALK 7
CA 480
Nitrate 0
I dont have the other two test kids but i have a phos remover so i doubt its out of line.
Like the diatoms i think are the problem(is that possible), it grows sooooo fast its incredible and it grows of the ends of my sps?!
the alk is a little low?
these are the results of the tests
ALK 7
CA 480
Nitrate 0
I dont have the other two test kids but i have a phos remover so i doubt its out of line.
Like the diatoms i think are the problem(is that possible), it grows sooooo fast its incredible and it grows of the ends of my sps?!
the alk is a little low?
i can tell my CA is gonna keep rising somehow to a point where i dont want it at, i do water changes every 2 weeks and 2 weeks ago it was at 420 now its up 60
i even changed salt mixes to Reef Crystals
If my borealis starts to die im gonna be so upset, its blue is stunning and i love that coral
i even changed salt mixes to Reef Crystals
If my borealis starts to die im gonna be so upset, its blue is stunning and i love that coral
Pics..
You can see from the first pic of the crazy plum how much it bleached in literally 1 hour of time ;/ is almost completly bleached now i dont undertsand, i couldnt of even came close to saving it at the rate it was dieing
i mean im not ruling out what you said ace but i wouldnt be able to tell the difference i suppose
You can see from the first pic of the crazy plum how much it bleached in literally 1 hour of time ;/ is almost completly bleached now i dont undertsand, i couldnt of even came close to saving it at the rate it was dieing
i mean im not ruling out what you said ace but i wouldnt be able to tell the difference i suppose
Ummm.. long stringy web algae IS dinoflagellates! 100x worse that diatoms and a real pain to get rid of.
Alk is fine at 7, just don't let it drop much more than that. CA can be fine around 500 as well with no problems.
ok, first thing, take those SPS corals out, swish them in a bucket of tank water really good to remove the bad algae, and toss them in your 14G until your 34G is back to "good" condition. I have no doubt from those pictures every SPS coral you have will be dead within a week with that outbreak. The stuff IS that nasty. Seen it in person wipe out a 225G frag tank full of SPS corals.
Also, had I known that was what you were talking about before I would have not advised using a turkey baster in the manner I did. It only makes the problem 10x worse very quickly blowing them around. If it were just diatoms, no problem doing the turkey baster, but with dino's you must remove them manually (suck them out of the tank with the turkey baster, not blow them around to break them up!)
Also, had I known that was what you were talking about before I would have not advised using a turkey baster in the manner I did. It only makes the problem 10x worse very quickly blowing them around. If it were just diatoms, no problem doing the turkey baster, but with dino's you must remove them manually (suck them out of the tank with the turkey baster, not blow them around to break them up!)
omfg! what should i do my ligthing isnt good enough on my 14 gal to support sps!?!
how do i get rid of of the crap?
I WS EVEN BLOWING THEM OFF MY CORALS! bahhhhhhhh
will it kil my clam? which is doing great his mantels out completly!? theres so much dino i dk how i could possibly manually remove it?
how do i get rid of of the crap?
I WS EVEN BLOWING THEM OFF MY CORALS! bahhhhhhhh
will it kil my clam? which is doing great his mantels out completly!? theres so much dino i dk how i could possibly manually remove it?
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