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The necrosis continues. A few new batches of dying tissue. The Bali slimer was growing so well until this. Some brown algae are forming on the tips. I don’t think there is much to do other than watch as it goes through the rest of my sps.

Thanks for the link. The nem has been solitary for 8+ months but I’ll throw some carbon in incase.

Not any more. Lot most of my nems in the move to our new house. This was a replacement for those. Prior I had 5 in the system and all were about the size of two fists.

I lied, I got one new Zoa a year ago. My bad.

Not in its current tank, but I’ve kept nems and zoas together for years and never had an issue before. I’d be hard press to think that’s changed. I haven’t gotten any new zoas in like three years either.

Broadcast feeding, but I stopped direct feeding my nems a couple years ago. I see it catch mysis and brine occasionally.

Anyone ever have an anemone that “permanently” shrunk +90% and stayed that way? The below anemone has lived in two of my tanks, that are well established. When I picked it up from a friend it was roughly fist size. Since introducing to my frag tank, it shrunk to roughly the tip of a pinky...

12 days in on the test tank. A frag of the same monti that can’t survive in my display, is showing no signs of stress in a brand new 15 gallon tank with fresh rock. Crappy pic with no filter, I’ll upload a better one if it makes it to week three. The alk on this tank has swung from 8.5 to 13.4...

Thanks for the comment. I havent treated this tank with anything. The most I have done in the last 9 months is one water change like 5 months ago. Other than that it has been fuge and yanking cheato out. Fuge has sponges, feather dusters, and all kinds of life. The dark portion of the sump has...

Do you get dinos on fresh plugs? That is what this looks like right?

Test tank frags are still alive and show no signs of stress or necrosis. 10 days in. I had to remove the elegence coral from the display tank and place it back into the frag system. It has been shrinking slowly over the last two weeks. I’ve had that coral for 3 years, so I hope it starts to...

The display did trend closer, I noted that in my post. Meanwhile over the last week no3 has fallen and po4 has risen on the same tank. My only point was that those two nutrients rise and fall independently.

Yea, my intention was just to highlight that the two can be very independent. I assume my bacteria load is the cause of my phosphate depleting, because none of these systems have had water changes this year.

I test I test my nutrients very frequently. My experience is that PO4 will move independently of no3. Some days no3 is not changed and po4 will increase by 50%, or any number of combinations inbetween. Here are my charts. Maybe I should check my correlation coefficient sometime to see if it’s...

I test 3x a week. Keeping nutrients up is challenging and still being supplemented with dosing nutrients. Mid test right now actually

Display 3 sheets of nori daily 6 auto feeder pellet spins per day 3-5 cubes of frozen Frag tank 9 auto feeder pellet spins smallest setting 6 auto feeder coral food spins smaller setting 2-4 frozen cubes

I dose 150mls per about 100 gallons for established systems. I am still dosing po4 and no3 on a doser to keep nutrients detectable, so take from that what you will. I am attempting to expand my operation, but right now it’s just homemade nanno. I am looking to get some tetraselmis cultures to...

Welp here goes the test. Not that great of a test but curious to see what happens.

I’m not sure yet. I think what I am going to do a little test and throw a green slimer in a brand new tank with fresh rock and seen what happens. I have the skill to keep an sps tank stable so maybe this will anecdotally atleast tell me this is biome related and not something I can control. Or...

I do bi-weekly tests with hand held and monthly ICP. I tend to act like I don’t have a salinity probe on my apex, it’s junk.