JustinReef
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I have a heavily planted display tank. Lots of different Caulpera and Halimeda that has usually needed to be pruned back every two or three days. It has really grown out of control...in a good way. Thats the look I was going for.
The other day though I noticed that large areas of the Caulpera and some of the Halimeda seemed to be dying. The Caulpera is going clear and the Halimeda white. It does not seem to be going sexual but just dying. Nothing has changed in the tank as far as water params although my PH has been a little on the high side at 8.64. The only other thing I did was add a Phosban reactor. This all started happening a few days after that. Could this have taken too much phosphate out of the water??? It seems so unlikely though.
Any ideas? It does not seem to be hurting the tank at all but its starting to look very ugly, just when the tank was starting to fill in and look amazing!
Please help.
The other day though I noticed that large areas of the Caulpera and some of the Halimeda seemed to be dying. The Caulpera is going clear and the Halimeda white. It does not seem to be going sexual but just dying. Nothing has changed in the tank as far as water params although my PH has been a little on the high side at 8.64. The only other thing I did was add a Phosban reactor. This all started happening a few days after that. Could this have taken too much phosphate out of the water??? It seems so unlikely though.
Any ideas? It does not seem to be hurting the tank at all but its starting to look very ugly, just when the tank was starting to fill in and look amazing!
Please help.