So this summer has started off as a hot one and when the nights are hot, the termites swarm for about any hours.. Before anyone gets too worried about termites infesting our newly built house, the siding and trim is all composite so theres nothing for them to eat unless they get through the walls. Anyways when the termites are swarming all around town, a few somehow find their way through the nooks under the front door and go straight to my tank because of the light above it. They then hit the light and fall in the tank ;Facepalm
And just so happens recently I've noticed a decline in my corals, especially my precious acros!!! ;Nailbiting At first I didn't think anything of the termites, I began testing religiously again because my sps along with euphyllia started to brown out and then some of the finicky acros began to stn :mad:. Although temps on my tank have been up to 81, its not the first year its been that high and I haven't lost color or polyp extension before due to heat. I've religiously been sticking to my 15% water changes every 2 weeks for the past 3-1/2 years of this tanks life.
My parameters are as follows:
40 gallon breeder w/ 20 gallon sump
Salinity: 35 ppt (Milwaukee)
Nitrate: 12-15 ppm (red sea & nyos)
Phosphate: 0.24-0.31 ppm (Hanna) Slightly high but I've been working on it slowly
Alkalinity: 9-9.4 dKh (Hanna)
Temperature: 79-81 °F (Inkbird)
I've maintained my parameters at this level for quite some time, except my phosphate has been a little high due to slacking in testing but I don't feel like it's dangerously high where even euphyllia will brown out.
So the reason why I'm considering if termites are causing this issue is because I remember reading a while ago how termites give off some type of defense secretion to prevent other insects from eating them, could the termites be releasing this secretion into my tank when they fall in and go down the overflow? I've recently started running carbon again a month ago in hopes to remove any chemicals that maybe sabotaging my corals, the stn has seemed to have slowed down but some acro's seem like you can't stop the stn once it starts. Lmk what you guys think!!
And just so happens recently I've noticed a decline in my corals, especially my precious acros!!! ;Nailbiting At first I didn't think anything of the termites, I began testing religiously again because my sps along with euphyllia started to brown out and then some of the finicky acros began to stn :mad:. Although temps on my tank have been up to 81, its not the first year its been that high and I haven't lost color or polyp extension before due to heat. I've religiously been sticking to my 15% water changes every 2 weeks for the past 3-1/2 years of this tanks life.
My parameters are as follows:
40 gallon breeder w/ 20 gallon sump
Salinity: 35 ppt (Milwaukee)
Nitrate: 12-15 ppm (red sea & nyos)
Phosphate: 0.24-0.31 ppm (Hanna) Slightly high but I've been working on it slowly
Alkalinity: 9-9.4 dKh (Hanna)
Temperature: 79-81 °F (Inkbird)
I've maintained my parameters at this level for quite some time, except my phosphate has been a little high due to slacking in testing but I don't feel like it's dangerously high where even euphyllia will brown out.
So the reason why I'm considering if termites are causing this issue is because I remember reading a while ago how termites give off some type of defense secretion to prevent other insects from eating them, could the termites be releasing this secretion into my tank when they fall in and go down the overflow? I've recently started running carbon again a month ago in hopes to remove any chemicals that maybe sabotaging my corals, the stn has seemed to have slowed down but some acro's seem like you can't stop the stn once it starts. Lmk what you guys think!!
