Acro idea

Cre8or30 · Sep 17, 2020

It’s like my acro is shedding its skin. What could this be?

Cre8or30 · Sep 17, 2020

Mg, Ca, DKH all check out ok. I ordered the triton water checker just in case.

Charlie’s Frags · Sep 17, 2020

Cre8or30 said:
Mg, Ca, DKH all check out ok. I ordered the triton water checker just in case.

Its dying. What does “check out ok” mean? We need the values and no3/po4, lighting, nutrient export methods, products you’re dosing etc.

Cre8or30 · Sep 17, 2020

Lighting is AI 32 mounted 13”

recently had high NO3 5 gallons first two days and a 10 gallon water change yesterday.

Charlie’s Frags · Sep 17, 2020

Cre8or30 said:
Lighting is AI 32 mounted 13”

recently had high NO3 5 gallons first two days and a 10 gallon water change yesterday.

How big is the tank, how many fish and what setting is your hydra 32 on? Are you carbon dosing or using gfo?

Cre8or30 · Sep 17, 2020

50g cube W/20 gallon sump . RLSS 5 skimmer. I’m getting a par meter this weekend to use.

Sophisticated Reefer · Sep 17, 2020

Cre8or30 said:
Lighting is AI 32 mounted 13”

recently had high NO3 5 gallons first two days and a 10 gallon water change yesterday.

I see dkh 7.8 add 1/2 ts(d) or (p) what could be teaspoons?!
Acros need a really stable kh! If ur adding teaspoons to increase/maintain kh you could get a alkalinity swing and ur acro would stn rtn, what I think is happening right now

Try to invest in a doser (if my thoughts are right)

Cre8or30 · Sep 17, 2020

Sophisticated Reefer said:
I see dkh 7.8 add 1/2 ts(d) or (p) what could be teaspoons?!
Acros need a really stable kh! If ur adding teaspoons to increase/maintain kh you could get a alkalinity swing and ur acro would stn rtn, what I think is happening right now

Try to invest in a doser

I have dose every 3 days 1/2 tsp to keep my DKH at 8.5 . For this tank I’m ok with the old school method dosing by hand. But I noticed that after I did this big Water change that this happened and it could be the cause of the swing

Epic Aquaculture · Sep 17, 2020

That is RTN. I'm afraid your Acro is not long for this world...

Cre8or30 · Sep 17, 2020

SawCJack00 said:
That is RTN. I'm afraid your Acro is not long for this world...

I was reading about “What to do” I can try to frag it to save what I can... question is: do I do it today?

Epic Aquaculture · Sep 17, 2020

Cre8or30 said:
I was reading about “What to do” I can try to frag it to save what I can... question is: do I do it today?

Absolutely. I pretty much guarantee that it will be all gone by tomorrow if you wait.

Charlie’s Frags · Sep 17, 2020

Cre8or30 said:
Lighting is AI 32 mounted 13”

recently had high NO3 5 gallons first two days and a 10 gallon water change yesterday.

First 2 days? Did you just set this tank up?

Cre8or30 · Sep 17, 2020

Chaswood79 said:
First 2 days? Did you just set this tank up?

No it’s been about 1.5

Charlie’s Frags · Sep 17, 2020

Cre8or30 said:
No it’s been about 1.5

1.5 what? Years? Months? Weeks?

Cre8or30 · Sep 17, 2020

Chaswood79 said:
1.5 what? Years? Months? Weeks?

year and one half. I changed water supply that’s what led to the High NO3.. you might learn something here... judging by your question

Charlie’s Frags · Sep 17, 2020

Cre8or30 said:
year and one half. I changed water supply that’s what led to the High NO3.. you might learn something here... judging by your question

I’ve already learned a lot.

Cre8or30 · Sep 17, 2020

I’m going to frag what I can save. Sucks because this acro was growing fast.

SeaDweller · Sep 17, 2020

Chaswood79 said:
I’ve already learned a lot.

yeah, noob. pay attention, you could learn something here, judging by your question.

Sophisticated Reefer · Sep 17, 2020

Cre8or30 said:
I have dose every 3 days 1/2 tsp to keep my DKH at 8.5 . For this tank I’m ok with the old school method dosing by hand. But I noticed that after I did this big Water change that this happened and it could be the cause of the swing

Don't

Cre8or30 said:
I was reading about “What to do” I can try to frag it to save what I can... question is: do I do it today?

It won't make sense if you frag it and keep adding kh with a teaspoon, maybe I'm wrong because I'm a "new school" Reefer but it just doesn't make sense to me..

SeaDweller · Sep 17, 2020

Sophisticated Reefer said:
Don't

It won't make sense if you frag it and keep adding kh with a teaspoon, maybe I'm wrong because I'm a "new school" Reefer but it just doesn't make sense to me..

Theres nothing wrong with dosing by hand. I use a calcium reactor and still have to add anywhere from 1.5 tsp to 3.5+ tsp of baking soda daily because my sulfur denitrator uses up alk too. I get my CaRx tuned to my tank, and make up for the daily loss that's from the SDN with manual additions of baking soda. People are so afraid of the minor swings that occur. btw, adding 1.5 tsp adjusts for 0.3 dkh in MY tank; and I've had to adjust for 1.5 dkh on several occasions.

There's nothing wrong with hand dosing and some minor daily swings, making people afraid of it is pure FUD.