Thanks for your input.
I will try lanthanum again + macro algae in sump to get 0.1 phosphate - still debating ammonia vs. nitrate dosing for 2-5 ppm nitrate
A's 56g —> 186g mixed reef
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I will try lanthanum again + macro algae in sump to get 0.1 phosphate - still debating ammonia vs. nitrate dosing for 2-5 ppm nitrate
Vacation nightmare 2024
The ugly:
Euphylia bacteria infection - for the last 5 weeks, I have lost a torch every few days for a total of 5 torches and a hammer colonies. It sicks me to my stomach. I am on family summer vacation and praying - will consider cipro treatment a whole tank when I am back
The bad:
Hitting zeros phosphate & nitrate and early sign of dinos before leaving - so I turn off skimmer, increase auto feeder and … pray twice as hard. Will dose bicarbonate ammonia after vacation.
The good:
SPS, elegances + other LPS, softies, fish are doing great on new tank. A few iPhone snapshots dump to remember the good before the bad and the ugly take their turn
The ugly:
Euphylia bacteria infection - for the last 5 weeks, I have lost a torch every few days for a total of 5 torches and a hammer colonies. It sicks me to my stomach. I am on family summer vacation and praying - will consider cipro treatment a whole tank when I am back
The bad:
Hitting zeros phosphate & nitrate and early sign of dinos before leaving - so I turn off skimmer, increase auto feeder and … pray twice as hard. Will dose bicarbonate ammonia after vacation.
The good:
SPS, elegances + other LPS, softies, fish are doing great on new tank. A few iPhone snapshots dump to remember the good before the bad and the ugly take their turn
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Don.Julio91
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Sorry to hear about your torches, I think your the second Tank Journal that’s going through a bacterial infection right now on torches.
Otherwise I super jealous of those rock flower anemones! They are super bright/ colorful. Your elegance also is super nice and puffed up.
Otherwise I super jealous of those rock flower anemones! They are super bright/ colorful. Your elegance also is super nice and puffed up.
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MarcosDelgado0
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Curious what ended up happening with your bacterial infection and Dino’s?
Dino were gone when I was back from vacation (extra feeding and turning off skimmer) - phosphate was up from 0.03 to 0.3, nitrate from 0 to 10
For bacteria infection, I did the following OUTSIDE of the tank - luckily it stopped:
- used high concentrate iodine and dropped it directly to infected head(s) - made sure that the iodine or water from infected head MUST NOT touch healthy heads
- then cut the infected head off and threw away
- dipped the rest of the colony to dilute iodine for 5 mins, rinsed and put back
MarcosDelgado0
Supporting Member
Wow that’s awesome you were able to clear both up
Just after 6-7 months in with this "last dance" 190g tank, I'm pushing the limit and boundary again with the beautiful orange spot rabbitfish from @Srt4eric & @DaddyHook
Iphone 12 video + epic music to mask the noisy skimmer
Iphone 12 video + epic music to mask the noisy skimmer
Yes, a very modest reef citizen, eating well and picking "stuffs" from rock crevices
Kensington Reefer
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Those rabbitfish are known to eat zoanthids
And, has your stripey eaten any LPS or anything it wasn’t supposed to?
And, has your stripey eaten any LPS or anything it wasn’t supposed to?
So far no problem. He's well fed with a lot of chopped-up Sprung's burning bush from the sump, nori, and other meaty foods. I also tie a Sprung's burning bush to rock for him to nip.
And the CBB is strictly eating only frozen brine shrimp and spitting out everything else. He has not touched any corals.
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Recycling!
Yeah. But consuming rate is much faster than producing rate, he eats a lot.
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Kensington Reefer
Supporting Member
Yes it has been. Hopefully it stays that way.