usingthejohn
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tank info:
68 x 32 x 22 with a 48 x 24 x 20 sump (estimated total volume 200gal, give or take)
Skimmer: Aquamaxx ConeS Co-3
Media: Carbon and Rowaphos
LR: estimated about 200lbs
Sand: added 80lbs
Bioload:
1 blue tang
1 yellow tang
1 longnose hawkfish
2 ornate leopards wrasses
1 black leopard wrasse
3 blue star leopard wrasses
1 potters leopard
1 matted filefish
1 yellow coris wrasse
1 exquisite wrasse
1 filamentous wrasse
corals/inverts
couple turbo snails
handful of cerith snails
couple blue legged hermits
7 or 8 BTAs
1 leather coral
1 acro frag
1 red monti
1 green monti
couple zoa frags
Feeding: 1 cube frozen mysis or LRS Reef Frenzy 1x/day; pinch of pellets 1-2x a day
Temp during the summer: been between 78-81 (fan kicks on at 81.2)
salinity: 1.026
Red Sea tests:
cal: 440
mag: 1400
pH 9.4 (Apex probe)
API Tests
nitrite: 0
ammonia: 0
nitrate: 0
light schedule:
MH on from 730-930
T5 from 9-1230
LED 1230-8pm
MH bulbs are 7 months old; T5s 4 months old.
Tank has been setup since December, with corals, nems and softies added slowly from end of February till about August, when I decided to let things grow in and see how they responded. During that time, everything was doing fine. In fact, I had an orange tort an a birds nest mini colonies that I bought for cheap since they were essentially, receding this past May. Up until the beginning of august, they were doing well. Then for whatever reason, they died at the beginning of August. Didn't pay much attention, since I've had ZERO luck with SPS. Fast forward to 2 weeks ago, corals were doing well, when I had a pair of bluethroat triggers that died. Now, I say PAIR because I found one fish, but was never able to locate the second one. The pair were each about 3 to 4" long. No other fish died but those 2. Well, since I lost the triggers, my corals haven't been opening up. The leather sometimes opens up, maybe every couple days. The nems aren't dead, but they aren't fully opening up. My zoos aren't opening up, either. On top of it, there's this weird brown stringy algae stuff that has since began to populate the tank. I've done 30 gal WCs every 3 to 4 days since a week and a half ago, and don't play to stop until I've replaced the total tank volume. As far as I can tell, there aren't any metal objects that may have been tossed in by my kids. The tank is covered with window screen, then a canopy (can't be too cautious with kids). We haven't fumigated ourselves, nor have the neighbors.
Any thoughts? I'll post some photos on a subsequent post.
68 x 32 x 22 with a 48 x 24 x 20 sump (estimated total volume 200gal, give or take)
Skimmer: Aquamaxx ConeS Co-3
Media: Carbon and Rowaphos
LR: estimated about 200lbs
Sand: added 80lbs
Bioload:
1 blue tang
1 yellow tang
1 longnose hawkfish
2 ornate leopards wrasses
1 black leopard wrasse
3 blue star leopard wrasses
1 potters leopard
1 matted filefish
1 yellow coris wrasse
1 exquisite wrasse
1 filamentous wrasse
corals/inverts
couple turbo snails
handful of cerith snails
couple blue legged hermits
7 or 8 BTAs
1 leather coral
1 acro frag
1 red monti
1 green monti
couple zoa frags
Feeding: 1 cube frozen mysis or LRS Reef Frenzy 1x/day; pinch of pellets 1-2x a day
Temp during the summer: been between 78-81 (fan kicks on at 81.2)
salinity: 1.026
Red Sea tests:
cal: 440
mag: 1400
pH 9.4 (Apex probe)
API Tests
nitrite: 0
ammonia: 0
nitrate: 0
light schedule:
MH on from 730-930
T5 from 9-1230
LED 1230-8pm
MH bulbs are 7 months old; T5s 4 months old.
Tank has been setup since December, with corals, nems and softies added slowly from end of February till about August, when I decided to let things grow in and see how they responded. During that time, everything was doing fine. In fact, I had an orange tort an a birds nest mini colonies that I bought for cheap since they were essentially, receding this past May. Up until the beginning of august, they were doing well. Then for whatever reason, they died at the beginning of August. Didn't pay much attention, since I've had ZERO luck with SPS. Fast forward to 2 weeks ago, corals were doing well, when I had a pair of bluethroat triggers that died. Now, I say PAIR because I found one fish, but was never able to locate the second one. The pair were each about 3 to 4" long. No other fish died but those 2. Well, since I lost the triggers, my corals haven't been opening up. The leather sometimes opens up, maybe every couple days. The nems aren't dead, but they aren't fully opening up. My zoos aren't opening up, either. On top of it, there's this weird brown stringy algae stuff that has since began to populate the tank. I've done 30 gal WCs every 3 to 4 days since a week and a half ago, and don't play to stop until I've replaced the total tank volume. As far as I can tell, there aren't any metal objects that may have been tossed in by my kids. The tank is covered with window screen, then a canopy (can't be too cautious with kids). We haven't fumigated ourselves, nor have the neighbors.
Any thoughts? I'll post some photos on a subsequent post.
