Running vinegar through system
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It's aptasia. I've tried pretty much everything.
Vinny Kreyling
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Matted File Fish
Oldreeferman
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Is the rest of the tank pretty pristine or does it have other issues as well like maybe GHA, cyano, Dinos, vermetid snails or any other issue?
If you have some of these issues as well then i understand a clean re-boot.
If the rest of the corals are grown out, other inhabitants happy & tank is looking/doing fine then id can the tang or house it & get the file fish & try to figure out what happened to the shrimps rather then having to clean & re-cycle everything from day one again.
Took me 1yr. to get completely cycled, id only do that again if i was upgrading larger or as a absolute last resort after trying everything else if i had multiple bad infestations going on.
I have vermetids ATM so feel your pain but so far they are the small ones and not yet bothering anything except me so far.
Without pics or more info this is what id do at this point before jumping ship & starting over if just 1 tang is the problem stopping you.
If you have some of these issues as well then i understand a clean re-boot.
If the rest of the corals are grown out, other inhabitants happy & tank is looking/doing fine then id can the tang or house it & get the file fish & try to figure out what happened to the shrimps rather then having to clean & re-cycle everything from day one again.
Took me 1yr. to get completely cycled, id only do that again if i was upgrading larger or as a absolute last resort after trying everything else if i had multiple bad infestations going on.
I have vermetids ATM so feel your pain but so far they are the small ones and not yet bothering anything except me so far.
Without pics or more info this is what id do at this point before jumping ship & starting over if just 1 tang is the problem stopping you.
Usually when something 'blooms' in excess it's due to some nutrient that's favoring them over things you actually want. What you might do is just invest in a killer skimmer and see if you can't strip-mine the nutrients down to what favors the corals. I'm not guaranteeing this will work, but it's a little less work than a total redo. What are your nitrates like? Any excess algae?
I have a bad issue with bubble algae also. This tank has been running for 5 years. There's really nothing in it I want to save besides my fish. I've found a home for the yellow tang and I'll keep my clowns in another tank. I really don't want to spend anymore money beating a dead horse. I'd just feel better about starting over and trying to do a better job of quarantining stuff before I put it in the tank. It sucks but that's part of this hobby. I've been doing it for 15 years and this is the first time I've thrown the towel in over something.
