torch bailout

[Notsolostfish]

Good morning.

Woke up this morning to my 1 year old torch one of the heads bailed out. So i fragged it. I am not sure why would that happen. Tested my water alk is 9.7 i monitor it weekly or biweekly sometimes its always been 9.5-9.7. I dose all for reef on a redsea doser. My tank is a 150G. Everything thriving in it no issues.

The only changes that iv been doing is dosing tropic marin A and K, experimenting with it to see if i get any benefits from since last icp test showed me some 0 elements. Im doing 3ml half the recommended amount on both. Everyday.

I dose phyto everyday as well, 150ml in the morning. The last changes i also did was i switched from reef crest to lagoon flow, changed the flow a bit, but nothing major at all. Im also dosing wolf glass silicate for almost 2 months now to get rid of the large amphidium dinos, which its working pretty good. But the only recent change has been the traces should i stop that?

Parameters:

Alk:9.7
Cal:450
Mag:1404
Phosphate: showing on hanna 0.51 but i believe thats because the high concentrated silicate in the water interfering with the test.
Nitrate:12.4
Ph:8.2

 

[Shirak]

Doubt it was the trace elements. I have used AFR for a while and works fine. Nitrates at 12.4 Maybe as you say phosphate test is off and it's pretty low? Could be a nutrition thing. How does the flesh band on the outside look on the other heads?

 

[Notsolostfish]

Doubt it was the trace elements. I have used AFR for a while and works fine. Nitrates at 12.4 Maybe as you say phosphate test is off and it's pretty low? Could be a nutrition thing. How does the flesh band on the outside look on the other heads?

Iv been using AFT for over a year thats not the issue, iv been trying add extra traces to it tropic marin A and K. Maybe i overdosed on traces.

 

[Shirak]

Iv been using AFT for over a year thats not the issue, iv been trying add extra traces to it tropic marin A and K. Maybe i overdosed on traces.

Highly doubt it!
I think one of the key factors in long term success is managing nutrients and feeding, light intensity, and water flow as corals grow. If it were a problem with the extra trace elements it would not be one head that bailed out.

 

[Notsolostfish]

Highly doubt it!
I think one of the key factors in long term success is managing nutrients and feeding, light intensity, and water flow as corals grow. If it were a problem with the extra trace elements it would not be one head that bailed out.

What could be then; my parameters are listed im confused

 

[exnisstech]

Sometime stuff just happens. When it's a single piece and everything else is fine it often remains a mystery. At least that been the case for me. I never make changes if its a single piece that struggles.

 

[BryanM]

^^^^ likely this.