Mark's 150 gallon
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markalot
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Thanks Sahin, I know it does but there are no clear individual bite marks like one would see with AEFW and for the entire coral to go south in a week would mean a LOT of AEFW or a few big ones, and nothing comes off while basting. You can bet I'm keeping my eyes on it.
There are some odd bugs in a few dead areas, but nothing significant. Macro lens this time.
In my opinion the dead tips or edges is an indication this got hit by something, maybe a pest, maybe salt creep from the glass lids, maybe something else. I have to think it may be related to the die off of my LPS corals, but I really don't know. If it continues to improve I won't worry about it, if it is infested with AEFW it should continue to decline and then I'll break out the dip.
markalot
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I hope they don't go to war, I guess I have to be ready to frag if that's the case.
Just stunning Mark....... all those pics make me feel good
Thanks Andrew, hopefully all gets better with your tank quickly.
Wow those shots are nice Mark!! Love the shot of the stags together, that's just amazing! Colours seem to be going fairly well there matey
Thanks Dom, some colors are great, some good, some yuk.
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
For entertainment.
Backing off vinegar and lowering the output from the biopellet reactor seems to be having an effect on ORP.
I still don't know what the drops are, or were. Looks more like a probe malfunction than anything else.
Mine does that too, I wouldn't worry about ORP too much.
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
That looks to me like the effect of overdosing trace elements. Not saying you did, just that is what it looks like. It doesn't look like AEFW at all, which is good.Thanks Sahin, I know it does but there are no clear individual bite marks like one would see with AEFW and for the entire coral to go south in a week would mean a LOT of AEFW or a few big ones, and nothing comes off while basting. You can bet I'm keeping my eyes on it.
There are some odd bugs in a few dead areas, but nothing significant. Macro lens this time.
In my opinion the dead tips or edges is an indication this got hit by something, maybe a pest, maybe salt creep from the glass lids, maybe something else. I have to think it may be related to the die off of my LPS corals, but I really don't know. If it continues to improve I won't worry about it, if it is infested with AEFW it should continue to decline and then I'll break out the dip.
reefmutt
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Do these orp drops correspond to peaks in ph? I seem to recall that ph and orp were inversely related..
Mark, love the sexy stag shots. I'd bet that interaction between them will be minimal..
I'd let them touch before acting.
That Acro really looks stressed out..good luck with it!
I have seen corals that are infested with aefws and that is exactly what they look like..
But like you said, you'd expect something to come off with a good basting..
Mark, love the sexy stag shots. I'd bet that interaction between them will be minimal..
I'd let them touch before acting.
That Acro really looks stressed out..good luck with it!
I have seen corals that are infested with aefws and that is exactly what they look like..
But like you said, you'd expect something to come off with a good basting..
markalot
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Hi Matt,
no, PH curve is nice and smooth.
I was looking near the beginning of your thread, when you helped me out with my 2014 Alk disaster, and I could not help but notice that my browned coral looked darn similar to what it looks like now, except no polyp extension. Same time of year as well. :crazy1:
November 2014
Started getting color back in January
And was about perfect by March 2015
Drama Queen!
Good grief, look at the baby Lokani in March.
And since I'm on a nostalgia trip looking at old images, look at the two stags and how small there were in March. Good grief again.
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nemodan
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Mark, you do not need to be paranoid. My way of thinking is that no one has a perfect tank that can keep all SPS at the top of their beauty. Look all those other pictures of your corals....Fantastic colors !!!
Same is in my tank, I have one Acro that the tips recovered color, but the main body still is brownish with some greenish.
Nice grow !!!
Cheers
Daniel
reefmutt
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Wow! It's hard to belief that he coral in the first two picks is the same as that stunning purple corralites/ green bodied master piece!
Very strange.. Maybe it just doesn't like fall.. Drama queen, indeed!
Have you tried fragging it and putting a piece somewhere else?
And no matter the size, that lokani makes me week in the knees..
Very strange.. Maybe it just doesn't like fall.. Drama queen, indeed!
Have you tried fragging it and putting a piece somewhere else?
And no matter the size, that lokani makes me week in the knees..
markalot
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Thanks everyone for the comments and support.
I did actually, I fragged all my favorites (except the Lokani), dipped, and put pieces in my 40. I accidentally spiked Alk in there to 12 via Kalk topoff but the frag looks fine. It was a slow climb as I rarely test that tank and now I'm letting it slowly fall to 9 ish. All LED but I'm getting sick of trying to tune the lights and threatening to break out the old AquaticLife crappy T5 fixture.
It's the little greenish nub up and to the left of Mr Grump.
The cyano is killing the caulerpa in here. :rollface:
I did actually, I fragged all my favorites (except the Lokani), dipped, and put pieces in my 40. I accidentally spiked Alk in there to 12 via Kalk topoff but the frag looks fine. It was a slow climb as I rarely test that tank and now I'm letting it slowly fall to 9 ish. All LED but I'm getting sick of trying to tune the lights and threatening to break out the old AquaticLife crappy T5 fixture.
It's the little greenish nub up and to the left of Mr Grump.
The cyano is killing the caulerpa in here. :rollface:
reefmutt
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Blackcap basslets always look grumpy.. But he looks like he's king !
And look, he's got a red carpet to walk down!
Still strange that that particular coral would struggle so much while everything else is doing relatively well.. And that it's seasonal..
How's your ro working? Maybe it's something to do with source water this time of year..
And look, he's got a red carpet to walk down!
Still strange that that particular coral would struggle so much while everything else is doing relatively well.. And that it's seasonal..
How's your ro working? Maybe it's something to do with source water this time of year..
markalot
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Blackcap basslets always look grumpy.. But he looks like he's king !
And look, he's got a red carpet to walk down!
Still strange that that particular coral would struggle so much while everything else is doing relatively well.. And that it's seasonal..
How's your ro working? Maybe it's something to do with source water this time of year..
Hmmm, never thought of that. TDS meter (temp correcting) still shows 0 but I have a spare sediment and carbon block I can install. Might as well order a DI as well.
Well, except I did a larger % water change in the 40 without any issues. Still, I hate coincidences.
markalot
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Thanks!
Unfortunately I think something is still wrong, or recovery is slow. I was up a 3am peering inside the tank looking for pests. 5 peppermint shrimp spotted, most doing something innocent, one on the left frag rack where the corals really look good.
Flubber continues to recede, and now the frogspawn on the left side is showing recession on the heads and covered in pods. The suffering acro is covered in pods as well as a few others that don't look bad but not at their best. IMO pods indicate dying or dead tissue and cleanup, so something happened or is happening. I suppose this could still be symptoms from the tank becoming too nutrient poor when I hurt my back, combined with greatly increasing PAR after bulb replacements.
Changes made since then ...
1. Lowered daily vinegar dosage.
2. Lowered output from BP reactor
3. Increase feeding with Reef Chili and now Reef Roids
4. Raise T5 lights to correct PAR to a max of 400
5. Move UV LED's to white channel (questionable change)
I'm running about 3 days now before scraping algae off the glass, which is an improvement. I suspect I need to just hold course here and let everything work itself out ... and hopefully not lose anything else.
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
That sounds a lot like nutrients are too low - not just nitrate and phosphate, but dissolved organic carbon compounds. Personally I would only use one source of carbon and eliminate the vinegar dosage. How aggressive are you skimming? Tom made a good point about skimming too much and I took it to heart and backed off my skimming even more than I had - so far so good with coral health. He's had phenomenal results with a very simple system that includes a skimmer that isn't doing much skimming.
I would also put the UV LEDs back. Nothing wrong with running those 100% imo.
markalot
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Thanks Matt. Violet LED's returned to 100% and I've reduced the Vinegar in the topoff to 5ml per gallon, heading toward 0.
My weekly topdowns. I have been feeding heavily every other day to try and bring things back.
I think the nasuta has turned the corner and coming back. Still ugly but I'm seeing some green.
Blockhead is still teetering on reddish purple
Pink milli a little better this week.
Blue milli also showing improvement.
I say I'm tired of buying unknown frags, but this one ...
I need more Lokani's. The echinata on the right took a hot, maybe from dipping, but appears to be coming back now.
Maricultured valida improving on top but has been receding at the base.
... for the first time the Red Robin is showing some (just a little) red!
The teal stag has lost more of the brown between the polyps, it's now a deep blue green.
I was disappointed that this is a simple green milli so I shoved in in back. Naturally it's a good fast grower.
markalot
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Another maricultured that has given me fits but you can see why I keep it. When happy polyps are light blue with darker blue centers.
SSC
Red Dragon is alive, not much more.
Miami Orchid
Wild Aussie Horrida
Wild Aussie pinkish
Jacquelineae showing some brown, one dead tip, and also growing quickly.
Green tip bird, dead area is too close to a pump. Time to cut a small frag and sell the rest, this darn thing grows way way too fast.
SSC
Red Dragon is alive, not much more.
Miami Orchid
Wild Aussie Horrida
Wild Aussie pinkish
Jacquelineae showing some brown, one dead tip, and also growing quickly.
Green tip bird, dead area is too close to a pump. Time to cut a small frag and sell the rest, this darn thing grows way way too fast.
