Ok i need some help. My hamers, frog spawn, and torches. Do well , even grow bigger then one day they dont expand, then within a couple of days the head starts falling apart. Amon 0, trites 0, trates 0-5, phosphate 0-0.25, calcium 460, kh 10, have 4x80watt t5s bulbs 4 mths old. It only one at a time, rest look good. Have anenomies and a clam that are doing great. Any ideas whats going on. Have 5 ft 18inch wide by 18 inch deep.
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Im changeing to aqua illumination hydra 52 hd this week.Ok i need some help. My hamers, frog spawn, and torches. Do well , even grow bigger then one day they dont expand, then within a couple of days the head starts falling apart. Amon 0, trites 0, trates 0-5, phosphate 0-0.25, calcium 460, kh 10, have 4x80watt t5s bulbs 4 mths old. It only one at a time, rest look good. Have anenomies and a clam that are doing great. Any ideas whats going on. Have 5 ft 18inch wide by 18 inch deep.
Im changing to 3 aqua illumination hydra 52 hd this weekOk i need some help. My hamers, frog spawn, and torches. Do well , even grow bigger then one day they dont expand, then within a couple of days the head starts falling apart. Amon 0, trites 0, trates 0-5, phosphate 0-0.25, calcium 460, kh 10, have 4x80watt t5s bulbs 4 mths old. It only one at a time, rest look good. Have anenomies and a clam that are doing great. Any ideas whats going on. Have 5 ft 18inch wide by 18 inch deep.
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Brew12
Electrical Gru
Welcome to Reef2Reef!
Are they all falling apart at the same time? Are you dosing anything to the tank or running GFO? Can you tie the timing to water changes?
Are you running a large amount of gfo or chemical media?
No over a 4 mth period. And on some corals only one head died, the other is going good. Dont think its with water changes, but not sure. Ill monitor it...
Brew12
Electrical Gru
I would worry the most about either low nutrients or poor flow. It's possible the nutrients (mostly NO3 and PO4) are bottoming at zero and rebounding before everything is affected. Low flow could prevent some parts from shedding mucus correctly or allowing waste to not be carried away properly.
Wow never thought about low nutrients..how would i remedy that..... in some areas it may be high current.....
Brew12
Electrical Gru
Right now I'm running my nutrients a little low to slow the spread of a turf algae while waiting for some new Fuzzy Chitons. To make sure my hammers and zoa's stay happy I am feeding some zooplankton 2 or 3 times a week. Seems to keep them happy. If you have algae in your tank that is spreading, odds are low nutrients aren't a problem. If your readings are near zero and you don't have algae, that would be my first suspect.
You do have other options, such as not running a skimmer 24/7 or simply feeding your tank a little more.
Ok thank you. And here ive tried all this time to get them to near zero.....lol
Brew12
Electrical Gru
Near zero is good for SPS only tanks. Softies and LPS's tend to like the water a little dirtier. Zero is bad for all tanks without supplemental feeding.
I would give this a read if you haven't already.
https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/tank-parameters-of-some-masters.263/
