Nano UV sterilizer?

[Reef.]

What’s your PO4?

What flow do you have?

 

[RedFrog211]

What’s your PO4?

What flow do you have?

Don’t have a way to test phosphate yet- that’s next on the list from Hanna instruments.

Moderate flow, where the anemones are, it slowly moves their tentacles without blasting them. I’ll see if I can attach a video from a few days ago. I turned off the powerhead now, incase they decide to detach. I still have the main overflow and rerun pump on though

 

[RedFrog211]

 

[Reef.]

Don’t have a way to test phosphate yet- that’s next on the list from Hanna instruments.

Moderate flow, where the anemones are, it slowly moves their tentacles without blasting them. I’ll see if I can attach a video from a few days ago. I turned off the powerhead now, incase they decide to detach. I still have the main overflow and rerun pump on though

if you can’t get the Hanna straight away, Salifert is ok, hard to read exactly but I find that if you can see any blue in the sample you are too high in PO4.

Just thinking cyano is said to be a low flow and nutrient issue.

 

[RedFrog211]

if you can’t get the Hanna straight away, Salifert is ok, hard to read exactly but I find that if you can see any blue in the sample you are too high in PO4.

Just thinking cyano is said to be a low flow and nutrient issue.

I’ll run to my LFS in the morning and grab a salifert test. If it isn’t PO4, do you think the salinity might have done it? I’ve never had my system at 1.028 before, and I know anemones are very sensitive to instability

 

[Reef.]

looks great.

I’ll run to my LFS in the morning and grab a salifert test. If it isn’t PO4, do you think the salinity might have done it? I’ve never had my system at 1.028 before, and I know anemones are very sensitive to instability

1.028 is not overly bad and probably not the cause of your issue, could be why the nems are hiding but 1.028 is more an issue if your tank is always fluctuating rather than a constant level, even if it was a constant 1.028 I wouldn’t think it would be much of an issue.

 

[RedFrog211]

I’m hoping they’ll recover. All 3 have their mouths open, but they’re tentacles are moving and they’re feet are securely attached to the rock work. While I had the lights on to take photos and inspect them, my rainbow started to come out a bit, so that’s a good sign. Guess we’ll see in the morning

 

[Reef.]

Think you have realised an ato is probably the way to go, until you get one, you can make a gravity fed ato or buy something like this, no idea if this even works but looks good?

 

[RedFrog211]

Think you have realised an ato is probably the way to go, until you get one, you can make a gravity fed ato or buy something like this, no idea if this even works but looks good?

I’ll see if they have any ATO at the LFS tomorrow as well thank you so much @Reef. You’ve been so helpful! As well as all of you that have helped me earlier with the UV sterilizer and Dino/cyano methods. I’ll update in the morning— we’ll see if the greens survive the night.

 

[RedFrog211]

Yep! All the anemones are looking so much better!

 

[Ccote]

I’ve never run a UV sterilizer, but after waking up to dinos, I’m considering it. I have a 16g tank with about a 5” deep overflow— would a UV sterilizer be overkill in my system? If not, do you have any recommendations? It’s a mixed reef with a pair of clowns

I just beat dinos with a uv sterilizer and a one day blackout in a 30 gallon. Worked beautifully

 

[Ccote]

I just beat dinos with a uv sterilizer and a one day blackout in a 30 gallon. Worked beautifully

 

[Ccote]

It looks ugly but the health of tank comes first . Someday I’ll get a tank with a sump but do what I can for now

 

[jarviz]

I just beat dinos with a uv sterilizer and a one day blackout in a 30 gallon. Worked beautifully

which UV sterilizer did you use? did you have any corals to worry about?