General GFO Question

[Syntax1325]

I'm adding GFO back into the tank since my P04 is .4 and I can't seem to stop it from rising. There must be P04 leaching from the rocks. I'm adding only 1tbs of gfo combined with 4 tbs of carbon. I'll check it daily to monitor the change. I'm going to lose my BN and I'm hoping that the other corals recover. I placed a 100 micron filter sock on the outlet of the reactor, it's running at an RO output rate. I just got a Red Sea Pro Kit today, surprisingly my API and Red Sea Kit are in general agreement.

We'll see what happens. What a frustrating ordeal!

 

[brad_G]

If the birdsnest looks very bad frag it away from the rtn/stn to try and save a piece. I have also had very good success using super glue to stop rtn. I saved 2 frags from my last order with the super glue trick.

There is something bigger going on than phosphates IMO.

 

[bertoni]

Hmm, I hope the corals stabilize.

 

[Syntax1325]

What could be bigger than the gfo and the sudden drop of p04? Parameters have been stable. Issues started with the sharp P04 drop.

Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate >5
P04 .4 (Red Sea)
KH 11.5
CA 400
Mag ? Have a salifert but haven't tested recently

 

[Syntax1325]

Me too Jonathan.

I haven't fragged the BN yet, no time, Saturday.

 

[brad_G]

I can not be sure but you say the tank is only a few months old?

 

[Syntax1325]

Yes, a relatively young tank.

 

[brad_G]

I can't explain it but I've seen a lot of young tanks less than 6 months have major problems with sps . I don't know why or how. Hopefully you can stop the Stn this weekend.

 

[Syntax1325]

I'm done with the sps for a while. I admit, it was early and I won't make that mistake again. I'm troubled because my frogspawn is looking not well too. I'm hopeful that most recover. This would be much easier to accept of I knew exactly what went wrong.

 

[brad_G]

I would run some carbon and either frag or super glue the birdsnest. Hopefully you can minimize losses

 

[Syntax1325]

Agreed Brad... I'm going to work on it in Saturday.

Started the tbs of gfo and carbon last night and my P04 was .4. I checked it this morning and it was clearly .36, very slight change. Is this pace good? It's amazing that a tbs can actually do anything. I'm using a Red Sea pro kit to test now.

 

[brad_G]

Seems like a good pace to me. I went through the same thing around 6 months. Never figured out why it just did. Live and learn man! We all learn more all the time and no one really knows anything.