If it is not one problem it is another!

[Dilan Patel]

I think your right Justin. Im just going to let t work itself out. At least i know Adam will take care of me all the way through.

 

[BoomCorals]

I keep seeing these threads, which I have also created, about this same problem. Parameters are always stable and spot on and these deaths never get explained. Something HAS to be common here.

There are so many reasons this happens. You probably won't find the real cause in many cases. Don't let it drive you crazy.

 

[BoomCorals]

So I get water from my rodi unit which is 0tds. Maybe we are thinking about what STN/RTN all wrong. Instead of it being an unknown reason for it to happen. their is a common thing reefers do that we just have to figure out. Whether that be from the store purchased or in our reefs themselves.

Don't overthink this. These are living animals and living things after all. What causes stn for one may not for another.

 

[Potatohead]

I disagree with this plenty of tanks that are “young” Work our just fine
It comes down to the aquarist knowledge that’s it

I'm not sure about that. I know a couple pretty famous guys from the reefing world disagree with that.

It has more to do with rock age as opposed to tank age anyway, it seems.

 

[Dilan Patel]

Don't overthink this. These are living animals and living things after all. What causes stn for one may not for another.

You are right. I guess we can put this to rest.

 

[BoomCorals]

Frankly RTN/STN is one of the most unexplained occurrence in sps environment and I've personally seen it happen to even the most hard core all sps system. Weird thing is that it may occur on one single colony with the rest not being affected at all while in the same tank/system!

Friend of mine with a 400+ gallon system lost a huge 2 foot wide sps colony recently. No other losses. No major changes. System has been up for years.

 

[justingraham]

I'm not sure about that. I know a couple pretty famous guys from the reefing world disagree with that.

It has more to do with rock age as opposed to tank age anyway, it seems.

You get aged live rock and use live sand right which falls on the aquarist knowledge nothing to do with tank age

It’s the easiest thing to blame coral losses on so everyone does it
o ur tanks eight months old u can’t have sps for at least another year when in reality the guy started with dead rock because he didn’t want any hitchhikers has some light that I wouldn’t use as a paperweight has no idea what his alkalinity consumption is and the rest of his parameters are good because his lfs says so he has a return pump that couldn’t pump itself out of a puddle and has two maxi jets in a four foot tank because his lfs said they were the best thing on the market but let’s blame the age of the tank


If you have the knowledge or the want to learn there is no reason you can’t have a tank packed in two or three months. I fully agree with you about the live rock and bacteria being crucial but you can have a young successful sps tank

Just a cop out answer everyone uses in threads like this


O u have a tank full of Corals that are growing u went to add ten new ones and they rtn/stn over night how old is your tank? There’s your problem wait another year and try again.

 

[Potatohead]

That was quite a rant

 

[justingraham]

That was quite a rant

Thanks I have a longer one in a diffent thread