I have been battling GHA now for two years and although I have diminished it considerably, I can't get rid of it. All the advice I get from my local reef store is to add chaeto, and CUC. Unfortunately, I can't keep the CUC or the Chaeto alive. Both the Large Mexican snails and emerald crabs die within a week. I had a Tuxedo Urchin for at least four years and it just died. My Nitrates and Phosphates are near zero, and my calcium and KH are within normal ranges. I did up the Magnesium to above 1400. Could that have killed my Urchin? How long do they live? I still have a hermit crab that I have had for four years. What usually is the culprit for snails and crabs dying. There was a period of time that I though my tank water was too warm but I have been keeping it between 76 and 78 degrees F and they still die. Please help!!!
CUC dying GHA growing
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If your hermit crab lived 4 years, that seems to eliminate you have have bad water. Could it be your acclimation process? Are being sold sick live stock? As for the Chaeto, maybe the nitrate and phosphate are too low.
Unfortunately you got pulled down into the "up your CUC " rathole that has been pushed by the industry and lazy reef keepers. The industry and every single hobbyist should be ashmed of themselves because of all the inverts that have been killed by either greed and bad advice.
Unfortunately this hobby in in a place now where everyone wants a quick fix by running to the computer or LFS, and buying something to have dumped into their tank via some fancy blink blink blink box.
You can beat this! You just have to ask yourself are you willing to do the leg work.
my tank was loaded with this 6 months ago
now its completly gone!
Unfortunately this hobby in in a place now where everyone wants a quick fix by running to the computer or LFS, and buying something to have dumped into their tank via some fancy blink blink blink box.
You can beat this! You just have to ask yourself are you willing to do the leg work.
my tank was loaded with this 6 months ago
now its completly gone!
EricR
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Any link to post describing what/how you handled this (for those who might be interested)?
sixty_reefer
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Low phosphates and nitrates could be part of your issue, have you got a picture of your system?
In addition did you perform a few large water changes after flux? And are you still dosing AB+?
I always do a drip acclimation for at least an hour before adding any CUC. I do continue to dose AB+ and directly feed my corals with it. I usually do regular 20% water changes every two weeks. Do you think upping the Magnesium might have affected my urchin? I have taken a picture of my display tank.
So I am willing to do the leg work. Would love to know what you did to get this result.Unfortunately you got pulled down into the "up your CUC " rathole that has been pushed by the industry and lazy reef keepers. The industry and every single hobbyist should be ashmed of themselves because of all the inverts that have been killed by either greed and bad advice.
Unfortunately this hobby in in a place now where everyone wants a quick fix by running to the computer or LFS, and buying something to have dumped into their tank via some fancy blink blink blink box.
You can beat this! You just have to ask yourself are you willing to do the leg work.
my tank was loaded with this 6 months ago
now its completly gone!
monkeyCmonkeyDo
7500 Club Member
What's your salinity?
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Please see my picture of my tank I posted to another response. What do you think this is. I thought dinos was brown. What I have is definitely green. I do get a brown cover on the sand that I mix in every morning when it pops out.
ShoreReefer
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I’m curious as well how you beat this, I too just started battling ghaUnfortunately you got pulled down into the "up your CUC " rathole that has been pushed by the industry and lazy reef keepers. The industry and every single hobbyist should be ashmed of themselves because of all the inverts that have been killed by either greed and bad advice.
Unfortunately this hobby in in a place now where everyone wants a quick fix by running to the computer or LFS, and buying something to have dumped into their tank via some fancy blink blink blink box.
You can beat this! You just have to ask yourself are you willing to do the leg work.
my tank was loaded with this 6 months ago
now its completly gone!
monkeyCmonkeyDo
7500 Club Member
I'd up salinity. How's your flow?
Temp is good 76-78f
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Temp is good 76-78f
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Uncle99
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Definitely green stuff, I’d recheck phosphate.
It must have nitrate, phosphate and light or it dies.
It looks very green so it’s consuming some of the nutrients load.
I’d kill some of the white channel if you can.
Reds are the worst, unless you want to grow macro algae, then reds are required.
It must have nitrate, phosphate and light or it dies.
It looks very green so it’s consuming some of the nutrients load.
I’d kill some of the white channel if you can.
Reds are the worst, unless you want to grow macro algae, then reds are required.
75 g. CUC: Now: three turbo snails, 1 Large Mexican snail, 1 hermit crab, 1 lawnmower bennie, two emerald crabs. As I said, I tried to add more snails and crabs but they die within three weeks
