Sadly, it only took 3-4 days and I gave the rash to the fish twice to prove it was bio-pellet related or my failure to implement properly. :headwally: The good news, pellets offline and rash gone in same number of days. :dance: All my tangs turned five recently and are fat and happy.
Here is one of my two yellow tangs with the rash.
Just read the whole thread !
nice job and thanks for sharing !
thanks, I'll continue to keep a close eye on them but so far other then a couple corals there have been no real issues
here's a quick update on the Nitrates
reading yesterday was 1 maybe 2ppm
corals that seem to be affected
Montepora Undata - not better yet but not that much worse. I just hope with slowing the flow down from a roar to a trikel it will start a comeback. No other Monteporas seem to have been affected by the high No3 or bio pellets
Gorgonia - the orange one continues to wither, it ws growing and had been getting fatter since I bought it so something has turned for the worse as far as it's concerned. The other 2 NPS gorgs are actually looking better since the No3 dropped, maybe the orange one liked elevated No3 and the others didn't - this one has me baffled
Acropora - as a whole they never realy seemed to be affected with high No3 or the bio pellets. My Efflorence has a couple spots on it ut I'm 99% sure its from other corals breaking off and landing on it. Two of the spots are allready healing the third is new so I'm still keeping a close watch on it to see what happens. Over the course of events a couple acroporas seemed to get a little pale (maybe lower nutient levels) but other then that appear to be normal.
Chalice - 3 of the 4 are doing great, the one has some burnt edges but the rest of the colors are actually better then ever. This may be elevated an elevated Alk while using bio pellets issue.
Since I moved the bio pellet effluent from the return pump section to the skimmer section my cheato seems to be browing out some. The caluerpa appears normal. I don't have the effluent directly hooked to the skimmer so I'm sure a lot of it is going straight toward the fuge so this could be a reduced nutrient issue as the bacteria count is probably elevated there or it could be a bacteria die off related issue.
the TLF reactor mod is holding up great, I would like a little more flow out of the MJ 1200 but I couldn't find the proper impellor so the 900 impellor will just have to suffice until I get by a LFS or place an order online.
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A video I posted 1 year ago has exceeded 100,000 hits. Looking back I see some great growth in some corals and not so much in others. What surprizes me the most is the polyp extension I had back then. The chips and the meteor shower were way fuzzier then they are now. Maybe a hermit crab or fish nipping issue, or lights as I changed then out since then, or maybe a Ca/Alk aditive, or pH, or other water related issue. Both corals still have great colors and are growing but just don't have the same PE. This video was also in the height of my bryopsis issues so you will see fuzzy flowing stuff between all the colorful corals
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