Hammers not happy

[rsaltzmann]

So I have noticed that my Hammers are not fully opening. They extrude a little but near as much as before. one head is splitting/branching. but still not as happy as they were.

the tank is currently fishless due to ICH.

Temp-78
Salinity-1.025
PH-8.0
Phosphate ULR-.12
Alk-9.8
Calcium-557
Nitrates-14.4
Mag-1375

Not sure what I am doing wrong.

 

[Uncle99]

No fish, no ammonia, no nitrate = no coral food.
Are you ghost feeding and maintaining normal nutrient availability?

Fish poo is the best food of all!

I see your last test, are these stable, if so water looks good in terms of numbers.

What about light? And change?
Any change in the hammers position?

 

[rsaltzmann]

I am dosing AB coral growth and once a week Reefroids. I also feed the inverts clams every couple days and add left over food from the QT fish feed

 

[rsaltzmann]

Forgot to add the the Goni flowerpots aren't opening either, thats why I think its a water perimeter issue.

 

[rsaltzmann]

I also hope these are pods all over the back wall, there are thousands of them...

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Can we see a tank pic? That usually helps a lot to generate idea's, not much to go on right now

 

[rsaltzmann]

Here are some pics

 

[rsaltzmann]

No fish, no ammonia, no nitrate = no coral food.
Are you ghost feeding and maintaining normal nutrient availability?

Fish poo is the best food of all!

I see your last test, are these stable, if so water looks good in terms of numbers.

What about light? And change?
Any change in the hammers position?

As far as light I am running the AB+ schedule at 45% and using gyre pumps in SINE mode at 50% on a 1min 30 sec rotation. The water has been stable for a while see attached log.

 

[rsaltzmann]

That wasn't including todays readings.

 

[twentyleagues]

Looks like pods to me but hard to tell in the blue. They move like pods. I though for a second flat worms then I saw them move.

 

[rsaltzmann]

thats good, right?

 

[twentyleagues]

thats good, right?

Shouldnt be bad. I am sure without predators they are having a population boom.

 

[Uncle99]

Not seeing the water log, but others may.

 

[rsaltzmann]

I put it as an attachment, maybe this is better

 

[rsaltzmann]

 

[twentyleagues]

I am guessing the 0.7 nitrate on the 31st is testing error. The alk jump of 1dkh isnt the best thing on the 21st, Did you see any reaction at that time from the corals? It looks pretty good otherwise to me.

 

[rsaltzmann]

So when I had an ICH breakout I had to remove everything from the tank to catch all the fish and they were in a tub for a bit. The temp dropped and when I reintroduced them to the tank they never fully recovered. That was the 21st of last month and have been trying to re-stablize it since. The hammers/goni's were doing good initially and have steadily declined. the nitrate drop scared me for sure, but it seems to have recovered. I am new to the hobby and learning from a lot of mistakes.....

 

[Uncle99]

Nitrates building week to week but are still within tolerance IMM…..if they increase again north of say 17, might need to manage them more….maybe small carbon dose, use of macro algae or whatever you chose to increase export.

Phosphate seems building to .2ppm, but then currently drops so I’d hold that for next week, both numbers not out of line.

All others fine.