MrManz1691
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I have been in this hobby now for about 3 years. I have had my current 100 gal for about 1.5. I dont know what it is. I can not keep anemonies. I test my water 3-4 times a week and it tests out perfect. I have a corallife retro kit. 2 250watt mh 10k and 2 36in 65 watt actinics. I have a total of 140 gal total volume in the tank. I have a Euro reef skimmer, and a large amounto f live rock and macro alge along with a sand bed down in my refiguim/sump. I run a two little fish phosphate reactor that i put carbon and Phosban in. I also run a kent marine Kalwasser dripper. I change the water and the media in the Kalk once a week. I run only RO/DI water that i get from my RODI unit at my house. I even tested that with the salt mixed before adding to my tank. It tested perfectly clean. I have over 200 lbs of live rock in the tank. I have yet to be able to keep a Anemone.
I acclimate them correctly. I float them in the tank, then tak a 5 gallon bucket and open the bag and then hadd some tank water slowly over a hour to two hour peroid while having a heater ni teh bucket to keep the water warm. I then pick them up and place them in the tank. The bubbles always hide, the carpets always slowly shrink. I dont know what to do. I am now trying it one last time with a anemone that i used to own from my first tank. Its a bleached carpet.
All the Anemones i have tried have come from the wholesalers herein my local area. I work at a local fish store and am able to pick them out. I know what to look for. Closed tight mouth, no bleaching, no tears. I dont know what else to do.
I have even notcied that in my tank my mushrooms have started to shrink and disappear. I have not been able to keep any SPS. Even SPS that has been aqucultured in other aquaria. This tank is my 2nd tank. My first i had no issues at all and i ran only a skimer. Im getting really disheartened.
The only think i can think of at this point is that the tank that i purchased was a used tank. And i am assuming it was used for saltwater because it had a sump with it that had bioballs and what not. Im wondering now if the tank might have had copper used on it in the past. Has anyone else ever had a issue like this? Im not able to keep brain coral as well. The only think that seems to really thrive in my tank are Kenya Tree coral and i have noticed decent growth out of my GSP. I have even had a hard time keeping Zoos.
If anyone has any ideas or anything they might know please help me here.
Here are my paramaters.
Nitrate: 0.0 ppm
Nitrites: 0.0 ppm
Phosphates: 5.0ppm
Ammonia: 0.0 ppm
PH: 8.2
Salinity: 1.026 checked with a Refractometer
Calcium: 440ppm
Temp 75-76 at night. 78-80 day
I acclimate them correctly. I float them in the tank, then tak a 5 gallon bucket and open the bag and then hadd some tank water slowly over a hour to two hour peroid while having a heater ni teh bucket to keep the water warm. I then pick them up and place them in the tank. The bubbles always hide, the carpets always slowly shrink. I dont know what to do. I am now trying it one last time with a anemone that i used to own from my first tank. Its a bleached carpet.
All the Anemones i have tried have come from the wholesalers herein my local area. I work at a local fish store and am able to pick them out. I know what to look for. Closed tight mouth, no bleaching, no tears. I dont know what else to do.
I have even notcied that in my tank my mushrooms have started to shrink and disappear. I have not been able to keep any SPS. Even SPS that has been aqucultured in other aquaria. This tank is my 2nd tank. My first i had no issues at all and i ran only a skimer. Im getting really disheartened.
The only think i can think of at this point is that the tank that i purchased was a used tank. And i am assuming it was used for saltwater because it had a sump with it that had bioballs and what not. Im wondering now if the tank might have had copper used on it in the past. Has anyone else ever had a issue like this? Im not able to keep brain coral as well. The only think that seems to really thrive in my tank are Kenya Tree coral and i have noticed decent growth out of my GSP. I have even had a hard time keeping Zoos.
If anyone has any ideas or anything they might know please help me here.
Here are my paramaters.
Nitrate: 0.0 ppm
Nitrites: 0.0 ppm
Phosphates: 5.0ppm
Ammonia: 0.0 ppm
PH: 8.2
Salinity: 1.026 checked with a Refractometer
Calcium: 440ppm
Temp 75-76 at night. 78-80 day
