JBJ 20 gallon AIO reef tank

[fishguy242]

how about the mushrooms ?
positive on salinity ?

 

[shadow_k]

how about the mushrooms ?
positive on salinity ?

Mushrooms look less puffy
Here are before pics a 2 months ago

 

[fishguy242]

puzzling the crap out of me, coralline is growing ,#'s are in check,
gotta be one of two things
too strong light?

some foreign metal in water??
try running some metasorb, possibility zinc,aluminum ??
are you dosing strontium and molybdenum ? iodide ?

 

[shadow_k]

I’m stumped as well. I might just grab an icp test. I cleaned and checked all my pumps and nero3 and I didn’t see any exposed metal or cracks.

I raised my blues from 75%- 90% in a 2 week period I didn’t touch whites only blues. I stepped away from dosing I’m not doing anything but feeding and biweekly water changes to help keep this stable

 

[fishguy242]

i'll be back...

 

[shadow_k]

 

[fishguy242]

Morning, after much thought...
up to you ,but going to suggest running the metasorb ,
just in case ,not going to hurt anything but poss iron.

but... try some kent essential elements, will put lil iron back, along with some misc elements may be lacking.
i'm gonna say 2ml ,2x a week,see where that takes you.
won't affect alk,nitrates or phos ,JME...

kinda weak like a wine cooler compared to whiskey method...

 

[shadow_k]

Thank you for coming back ! It doesn’t hurt to try. I will try anything right now. Will be placing an order today.

My calcium regent is getting delivered later so I’ll be able to test that as well thank you Frank !

 

[shadow_k]

Hey guys… let’s say I was using a metal measuring cup to scoop my salt …… I uh feel like a crazy person. I left it in the salt bucket and in a rush to do a water change I didn’t rinse it again I just used it. I ordered cuprisorb….

 

[Goaway]

I wanted to reply the moment I saw t
That post. I made my shares of goofs running aquariums. Catching them, is a good thing. If some one points it out before i can figure it out, i feel like a derp.

 

[shadow_k]

It’s the smallest things that make you feel derpy. I’m gonna throw this measuring cup away.. hopefully I see improvement with the media tomorrow. I’ll give it a few weeks… I always wondered why have the recent water changes things looked a little worse

 

[Aqua Man]

I’m stumped as well. I might just grab an icp test. I cleaned and checked all my pumps and nero3 and I didn’t see any exposed metal or cracks.

Is the Yellow submarine plastic or ceramic? Those type of decorations are usually in freshwater. Wonder if it’s leaching something. Does algae or coralline grow on the submarine at all?

 

[shadow_k]

Is the Yellow submarine plastic or ceramic? Those type of decorations are usually in freshwater. Wonder if it’s leaching something. Does algae or coralline grow on the submarine at all?

Yes I have coralline algae on the sub . I really hope not the clown fish will loose it’s home

 

[shadow_k]

I like looking at my Kenya tree and how far it’s coke from being dead to being very alive.

 

[dvgyfresh]

Sounds like something in the water you can’t test for , I recently got rid of all my leathers tor fear of chemical warfare lol . Some Kenya frags I put near to anemones, the frags were melted to nothing, my nems never harm nearby corals so that meant Kenya and anemones didn’t get along. Maybe run some cuprisorb or poly filter to help

 

[shadow_k]

Sounds like something in the water you can’t test for , I recently got rid of all my leathers tor fear of chemical warfare lol . Some Kenya frags I put near to anemones, the frags were melted to nothing, my nems never harm nearby corals so that meant Kenya and anemones didn’t get along. Maybe run some cuprisorb or poly filter to help

I just put some cuprisorb last night let’s see what happens ! Funny thing corals next to Kenya are doing fine my sps especially

 

[dvgyfresh]

I just put some cuprisorb last night let’s see what happens ! Funny thing corals next to Kenya are doing fine my sps especially

Ye never noticed it with corals just my nems but they are my prized possessions soo lol , I need to run some cuprisorb to I feel it’s good to run even without anything going wrong as it can prevent metal build up

 

[shadow_k]

should I run in 24/7 ?

 

[dvgyfresh]

I don’t see why not I keep mine in for months till it is exhausted then replace lol

 

[shadow_k]

sweet ! Any idea how much to put I put 2 TBs I feel like that’s enough