so I don't know what I have but I want to fix it right or know how to control it effectively... I have a rust brown covered substance that grows mainly on substrate and on the rocks some. It recedes significantly at night and is back in force during the day. It clumps on sand, not dusty
I don't have a scope to analyze it.
Setup for 16 months. Live sand and dry rock from Marco Rock
Tank 54 gal MD
Sump 11 gal
Reef Octopus Skimmer 110SSS (never have gotten dialed in right). Mostly wet skim
BRS reactor with 8 tbsp High capacity GFO for past week
Lights - 2 radion XR15 Pros on arms running from 11am to 8pm using echotech's LPS schedule. It was set to 65% intensity until a few days ago and I cut them back to 35% as LFS said it was probably why Zoas weren't growing and reproducing.
I was feeding cobalt flake 2-3 times per week and Frozen Mysis 3-4 per week
Cut back to Frozen Mysis, rinsed 2-3 times per week.
Temp 77 - 79 controlled by Apex
Salinity 1.26 using refractometer
Ph 8.2 - 8.4
cal 380
Alk 8
NO2 0 on Salifert test
Po4 0 on ULR Hanna checker- I know what ever it is is probably consuming it before it shows on test.
Livestock:
Christmas Wrasse
2 clowns
Antenna Goby and Pistol Shrimp (haven't seen either in a few weeks)
Cleaner shrimp
20 snails
15 hermits
Coral:
Elegance
2 plate corals
A few polyps of zoa
I can send pictures when I get home but I have tried lights out for 3 days, Helped but it came back within a few days. I have done 10 gal water changes the last 2 weeks. I use a 6 stage RODI that the filters were changed on 1 month Ago. I did one dose of chemi-clean, no effect.
I want to beat this and trust what I am doing so I can feel confident in investing in better, more beautiful corals and livestock.
Please help!
Shane
I don't have a scope to analyze it.
Setup for 16 months. Live sand and dry rock from Marco Rock
Tank 54 gal MD
Sump 11 gal
Reef Octopus Skimmer 110SSS (never have gotten dialed in right). Mostly wet skim
BRS reactor with 8 tbsp High capacity GFO for past week
Lights - 2 radion XR15 Pros on arms running from 11am to 8pm using echotech's LPS schedule. It was set to 65% intensity until a few days ago and I cut them back to 35% as LFS said it was probably why Zoas weren't growing and reproducing.
I was feeding cobalt flake 2-3 times per week and Frozen Mysis 3-4 per week
Cut back to Frozen Mysis, rinsed 2-3 times per week.
Temp 77 - 79 controlled by Apex
Salinity 1.26 using refractometer
Ph 8.2 - 8.4
cal 380
Alk 8
NO2 0 on Salifert test
Po4 0 on ULR Hanna checker- I know what ever it is is probably consuming it before it shows on test.
Livestock:
Christmas Wrasse
2 clowns
Antenna Goby and Pistol Shrimp (haven't seen either in a few weeks)
Cleaner shrimp
20 snails
15 hermits
Coral:
Elegance
2 plate corals
A few polyps of zoa
I can send pictures when I get home but I have tried lights out for 3 days, Helped but it came back within a few days. I have done 10 gal water changes the last 2 weeks. I use a 6 stage RODI that the filters were changed on 1 month Ago. I did one dose of chemi-clean, no effect.
I want to beat this and trust what I am doing so I can feel confident in investing in better, more beautiful corals and livestock.
Please help!
Shane