I was down in Houston for two weeks and as expected the tank is having a few problems. Hopefully I can get some advice to get it all straightened out.
As some of you may have read right before I left two of my clams had pinched mantle (I think). My large Dersa pulled thru and looks great!! My smaller 4" Squamosa did die, problem number one. Which I believe may have aided in the following problems. I now have hair algae popping up all over in the DT and sump and I've never had hair algae (its short, green, and fuzzy). And I have cyano popping up all over in the DT and sump. And I know it wasn't caused by overfeeding because I bought an autofeeder. I did it hoping to prevent overfeeding and algae and I still got the algae!
Next, my numbers.
Temp - 80.1
pH - 7.8 (checked with probe and Salifert, before the lights came on it was at 7.3)
Salinity - 1.025
Calcium - 620 (Tested twice and I tested the water for my water change and it read 380, so the kit is good)
Mg - 1215 (started dosing to bring it up, using Magnesium Chloride and Magnesium Sulfate mix from BRS)
Alk - 8.6 dKH
Nitrate - ~5-10
Phosphate - not detectable on Salifert kit
I also do a continuous top-off of strictly limewater.
The one positive, which I was surprised at, my sunset monti, which was almost dead, is now doing great!!
Any advice to get this mess straightened out?!?
As some of you may have read right before I left two of my clams had pinched mantle (I think). My large Dersa pulled thru and looks great!! My smaller 4" Squamosa did die, problem number one. Which I believe may have aided in the following problems. I now have hair algae popping up all over in the DT and sump and I've never had hair algae (its short, green, and fuzzy). And I have cyano popping up all over in the DT and sump. And I know it wasn't caused by overfeeding because I bought an autofeeder. I did it hoping to prevent overfeeding and algae and I still got the algae!
Next, my numbers.
Temp - 80.1
pH - 7.8 (checked with probe and Salifert, before the lights came on it was at 7.3)
Salinity - 1.025
Calcium - 620 (Tested twice and I tested the water for my water change and it read 380, so the kit is good)
Mg - 1215 (started dosing to bring it up, using Magnesium Chloride and Magnesium Sulfate mix from BRS)
Alk - 8.6 dKH
Nitrate - ~5-10
Phosphate - not detectable on Salifert kit
I also do a continuous top-off of strictly limewater.
The one positive, which I was surprised at, my sunset monti, which was almost dead, is now doing great!!
Any advice to get this mess straightened out?!?
