Man, well, first off welcome!
second. I hear you on the coral thing. I used to have serious problems with Zoas for some reason? I believe mine was light and flow related? Seemed to just melt away over a period of time. Sometimes days, sometimes weeks. I upgraded to LED from T5 and now place my zoas up top on a nice platform rock and they seem to be doing much better. But, that also placed them in better water flow? So I really have no idea what made any difference.
The reason I say this is sometimes it can be a combination of things. Light intensity too strong (sounds like for the ORA birdsnest anyway) or possibly high ALK and low water flow (maybe the cause of the frogspawn slowly going?).. Have you at any time since setting up the system ran any medications? Perhaps something is in the system that is no good for corals? But I guess anything damaging to corals would be no good for your snails as well?
I am just throwing things out there in hopes something can help you. This can be a very frustrating hobby if things arent going well, but if you can figure things out, either by research or just plain experimenting, it can be extremely rewarding!
Best of luck, Im sure you will nail the issue soon!
second. I hear you on the coral thing. I used to have serious problems with Zoas for some reason? I believe mine was light and flow related? Seemed to just melt away over a period of time. Sometimes days, sometimes weeks. I upgraded to LED from T5 and now place my zoas up top on a nice platform rock and they seem to be doing much better. But, that also placed them in better water flow? So I really have no idea what made any difference.
The reason I say this is sometimes it can be a combination of things. Light intensity too strong (sounds like for the ORA birdsnest anyway) or possibly high ALK and low water flow (maybe the cause of the frogspawn slowly going?).. Have you at any time since setting up the system ran any medications? Perhaps something is in the system that is no good for corals? But I guess anything damaging to corals would be no good for your snails as well?
I am just throwing things out there in hopes something can help you. This can be a very frustrating hobby if things arent going well, but if you can figure things out, either by research or just plain experimenting, it can be extremely rewarding!
Best of luck, Im sure you will nail the issue soon!