Nuvo 10 Crash?

[brandon429]

It only needs another normal rip clean

Rocks only touch saltwater and are rasped clean externally and then light peroxide on former invaded spots, all dentist quality detailing done externally


Try to avoid coral flesh areas but like a dentist does to gums, work right up to them and debride the invader anchored using steel precision and scrape rinse it clean saltwater only.

the sand, take it out and rinse to perfection then reassemble all, new saltwater at same temp and salinity, re assemble. No cycle occurs if no clouding is allowed. This is cpr and wil, rebound it

 

[MattR]

@brandon429 great thank you. I may just frag the zoas onto new rock just to discard the algae overall. Will post pictures later tonight!

 

[brandon429]

This is ideal as a link for our study thread as its showing you force the tank into compliance as needed, we are watching someone willing which is the best form of tank rework to study. Every single rip clean is ejecting particles that died and decayed while you were out and it reduces filtration surface area but after saltwater rinsing its open surface area and much better oxygenation. The state of accumulation and decay confers acids into the tank and algae can capitalize on the eutrophic condition. We are becoming a reef storm to counter act that natural shift in an unattended system.

Yours is the very first work thread people see in the sand rinse thread.

Unwillingness to lose tank: Check.

ID of invader not required

Knowing water params not required

skip cycle tank surgery is good stuff ~~

 

[MattR]

Update, I thoroughly cleaned the tank and scrubbed down everything. Placed in new rock and washed the sand multiple times. This is what it looks like now and I am a little nervous because the old frags still have slight algae on them from the other tank even though they were dipped in H202 and also scrubbed

 

[brandon429]

hey it looks great really I bet its even clearer by now/halfway through today?

the zos w be ok w direct peroxide. typically for non zos we only contact it to nonflesh areas, but most corals are tolerant. its ok to not get all algae in one pass, in fact its less stress on corals when its abutted next to them.

we're making the system accessible for repeat access is key. cloudless/can access anytime now.

 

[MattR]

Here a pic taken about an hour ago. Crystal clear water which I am happy about but the corals seems to peaks closed still (especially the GSP on the wall and in the front left on the rock). I scrubbed the frags of the kenya tree which is why they are in the dish with the rubble in the back left

 

[brandon429]

Ok how’s it today when lights come on

 

[MattR]

Lights turned on about 30 minutes ago, no real progress on much of the corals....

 

[brandon429]

they're open on bottom right/xenias is that right?
tank looks great for sure

 

[MattR]

Xenias are open but not pulsing and seem shrunken. The zoas and gsp are my main concern

 

[brandon429]

We’re now fully out of any disease, param or tank issue, back into standard coral guiding and causing feed response and positive nitrogen balance.

all you do now is spot feed with very high quality marine coral food, change water each week and they perk up and add mass in a month due to the extra feed and hands on weekly partial water change

To drive a response we’d increase and maintain a feed / water change mode above norm, above steady state. It’ll cruise with less work after you’ve pumped stuff back up, but one month on positive nitrogen balance work is literal rehab for corals just like humans.

Looks like no more are going to die, what you just did with your whole tank is dang good science and personal resolve. Rare

You bootcamped it back into compliance literally.

The reason this thread is the very first read in our giant peroxide thread is because in the opening sentence of the peroxide thread we state that peroxide will play a small role in fixing tanks, and willingness to cause change will play the largest role. You caused your tank to succeed though it had big challenges. The tank was seen as a whole unit and handled that way, no hesitation. You’ve aligned settings for coral growth now and they’ll follow suit.

 

[MattR]

Thats what I planned to do! Reefroids 1x week with a 30% water change 1x week. How does that sound?

 

[brandon429]

Yes and I know it’s silly sounding idea below but this is rehab... creativity wins

So there’s broadcast through water to corals, most bleeds off and sticks in the live rock and comes out as detritus one day in future maintenance rip cleans. This at least feeds the corals w good food. But it’s wasting 90%

Creative offer: better feed for corals using fraction of the feed-

Once or twice a week, scoot corals next to each other on the sand.
Cup over them with a plastic small cup w hole in bottom

Use diabetics syringe to inject primo food mix, into cup now your corals bathe in feed for an hour
Hog eating.

None touches live rocks.

Waste, drops. Then stick an airline down into cup and siphon for one minute taking out leftover. Lift cup out, turn on pumps.


Fat corals no system waste. it’s a sick nano feeding rehab trick.
*if it’s too much work just feed them nicely and change out half the water two hours later, simpler middle ground

Also possible and done online: once a week lift out corals while they’re small and put in cup of tank water with feed in it

Put back in tank in an hour. You can grow and cause sun corals to reproduce using this method and not over poison the tank

 

[MattR]

Interesting ideas! I am going to spotfeed reefroids with pumps off 2 hours before I do my water change for 4 weeks!

 

[MattR]

After feeding the corals today and doing about a 40% water change I already see much more progress! 1 week down!

 

[brandon429]

This thread is such a clear example of aquarium control, people can use this as an example of moves + time = tank regeneration. I'll be linking your thread to many~

 

[MattR]

Thank you! This has been a crazy experience but really hope it pulls through

 

[actik]

i was cheering you on the whole time i was reading, glad for you man lol

 

[MattR]

@actik thanks, appreciate it. Let hope and pray its now on the right track to being successful

 

[brandon429]

Hey Matt
This is still my top reference thread for what willingness accomplishes. It’s the first link in our thirty page sand rinse thread because of what being willing to take ground produces~

You did compression cpr strokes to bring the tank back. Exactly like a coding patient
Sheer action by pump, until no more was required and the system was rebalanced by force. Nick of time.

Can you update so curious x 10. Even if it’s taken down or upgraded you still get best current resuscitator documented.
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