Yeah, My own fault really. The 1 day shipping was delayed a day, so everything was a little rough coming in, but after a few days, everything was doing pretty good until I swapped out half of the aquascape, I pulled a rookie move and didn't rinse the rock well enough prior to putting it in, causing a cloud that lasted almost 12 hours. Everything seemed a bit ticked after that. Also, with being a nano, parameters are easy to swing quick, & I'm new to this so I'm sure I could be doing better. I am testing 2x weekly, testing Alk every other day, & SG & Temp daily.2 weeks and already having problems is not a good sign. Something is out of whack.
It's only a nano, so the large water changes (especially with a newer tank), have been really helpful. The one I just did the water was filthy, and I just did one on Thursday. I am going to increase the changes from 1x/week to 2x/week until I get everything in a better position. The new scape caused diatoms to come back with a vengeance & I'm still dialing in my flow & lighting.Larger 40% water change is not going to stabilize the parameters. Is there a possibility you can do 10% more frequently than what you're doing now? Changing out 40% all at once disrupts everything. IMO
I would be pretty shocked if this is not a torch. It looked completely normal until it started showing these signs of stress. Now it's almost like the tips are damaged & it's trying to regrow new or it's having mutations or something. This is my first few corals so I'm not really sure..I think I agree that this does not look like a torch. Does have the signs of a frogspawn possibly a framer but leaning heavily to a frogspawn.
This is not normal for this tank, it's usually 1.026, but I didn't have enough water in after a water change and the ATO diluted a bit much. After today's water change it should be back where it is. If there's one thing that's usually consistent in this tank it's salinity & temp.1.025
I test in the PM usually 8-9PM. I will do a daytime reading to day to see where we're at, but we're fresh off a large water change too. I tested a fresh batch of salt mix and it was right around 8.Day or night? Night okay but if this is your day reading probably drops further at night.
I was going to retest later tonight, I know the hanna Ca checkers can be finnicky and I just wanted to reconfirm. Every other test I've done has been high so the low reading caught me off guard. I was also wondering how much the large water change would help if it was low. Using Reef Crystals.Bump this up a couple hundred minimum. You can do that in one dose no problems.
Even on a Nano? I've been trying to keep everything stable with large weekly water changes, it's like a cheat code for nanos. I just think I have to increase to 2x / week. I have been dosing All For Reef which has almost everything. I'm trying to see what happens when things stabilize, but I've been watching for trends in the tests.I would probably want to dose individually and do a smaller water change. IMO.