Dino's or algae with bubbles stuck to it?

[ReeferMaddness843]

THANK YOU!!

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

Oh, and not a lick o nothin like it in my fuge. Well it was a fuge, now it's just a second tank tied in as I broke down my 20Long and added the clowns to it. Excuse the glass, I haven't cleaned it in some time. Just cut the light on down there and thought it was worth noting.

 

[twilliard]

Oh, and not a lick o nothin like it in my fuge. Well it was a fuge, now it's just a second tank tied in as I broke down my 20Long and added the clowns to it. Excuse the glass, I haven't cleaned it in some time. Just cut the light on down there and thought it was worth noting.

Different lighting?

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

Yup. Two shotty old, I mean ooooooold 50/50 fluorescents from my fw days. Probably close to 2 years old.

 

[twilliard]

Yup. Two shotty old, I mean ooooooold 50/50 fluorescents from my fw days. Probably close to 2 years old.

Hmm
what is in there as in snails or crabs? This is interesting.

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

One blue leg hermit banned from DT for munching on a snail. One astrea snail. Was a turbo but he's no longer with us. And 2 zebra hermits. Pair of osc clowns added yesterday.

Hmm
what is in there as in snails or crabs? This is interesting.

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

DT has about 30+ astrea, 20+ mixed hermit, tiger tail cuke, copepods, limpits, bristle worms, brittle stars, pair of emerald crabs, and a partridge in a pear tree. Lol

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

And some pep shrimp too. Skim pretty wet. Feed daily switch between PE mysis, Reef Frenzy, and sheet algae (only since added foxface). Spot feed corals maybe once a week with coral Frenzy and/or LPS pellets. Switched to every other day feedings on Friday to cut back any disguised nutrients until get this under control. Everyone is fat n happy.

 

[twilliard]

Coral frenzy is a great source of food for bacteria and algaes

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

And a pretty low bioload for as much rock as I have:
2 osc clowns
1 blue damsel
1 yellow tail damsel
1 banggai Cardinal
1 Royal gramma
1 coral beauty
1 blue spot watchman goby
1 foxface (new addition)
And the 2 clowns in the fuge

90 gallon DT, 10 gal in sump, 14 gal cube for fuge. About 150+# rock

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

Coral frenzy is a great source of food for bacteria and algaes

Good to know. Will eliminate that from the equation for now then. Thanks!

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

Oh, and lighting on DT is 2 kessil a160 max out at 80%intensity and 20%color. 4xhot5, 2 Ati blue+, 1 coral+, and 1 purple+ (would the reds in the purple+ be a potential fuel as well?)

 

[twilliard]

Oh, and lighting on DT is 2 kessil a160 max out at 80%intensity and 20%color. 4xhot5, 2 Ati blue+, 1 coral+, and 1 purple+ (would the reds in the purple+ be a potential fuel as well?)

It just depends on what we find. Yes the "red" spectrum is great for photosynthesis.

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

Ok. I think the darkening of the tank today made it worse so going back to full load tomorrow. Oh and the other funny thing, my fuge gets 12-13hrs of mishmash spectrum light I can only assume because of bulb age and DT only gets 10, with 4 hours of full power of coral preffered coloration. Rest of the time is ramp up and down. Hahaha. Silly nature. Always throwing a loop.

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

So I'm FINALLY on the road to recovery. I suck and have not been able to get a sample out to Id it. However, I do know now chemiclean will wipe it out. I'm currently 24hrs in and about to hook my skimmer back up and put the carbon and chemipur back in the sump. It's a lil cloudy, which I assume is to be expected as it is probably full of the junk out of the sand and rock. Which was a lot. Will keep posted with updates and hopefully a clean n clear tank in next 72 hours after I do my water changes and whatnot tomorrow. All inhabitants and coral are fine with no signs of stress. I did areate with some wood stones while using as well. Very happy with this product.

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

Looks just like what is going on in my tank. watching!

In case you were still having the issue read above post.

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

Here's the day before dosing. Pic doesn't do it justice. It was naaaaaasty out of control

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

48 hrs in and about to begin a 20% water change. Forward progress!!!

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

Before:

After:

@USMC4Life

 

[Sylvester]

Before:

After:

@USMC4Life

So Chemiclean did the trick? I have the same crap on a 7 month old tank. No corals just fish