Please help!!! My chaeto is dying!!

[Natescorals]

Everything is closed right now cause lights are off. I will take a pic in a couple hours when lights turn on

 

[Natescorals]

Hey how do you dose this stuff??

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Hey how do you dose this stuff??

How many gallons is your tank

 

[Natescorals]

How many gallons is your tank

20 gallon

 

[Thespammailaccount]

20 gallon

Start with dosing 3.5mL per day. What is your Alkalinity level?

 

[Natescorals]

Start with dosing 3.5mL per day. What is your Alkalinity level?

11dkh

 

[JustAnotherNanoTank]

Is it okay if a little bit of fuge light shines through the tank?

My fuge light is almost like my moonlight. Haven’t seen any negative effects. But I’m growing hair algae not cheato.

 

[JustAnotherNanoTank]

You don’t need to start dosing all for reef. Dosing all for reef is going to increase all of you parameters as far as calcium, alk, and magnesium. The trace elements added will be insignificant. You have another problem going.

 

[JustAnotherNanoTank]

How long has your tank been up?

 

[fish farmer]

You don’t need to start dosing all for reef. Dosing all for reef is going to increase all of you parameters as far as calcium, alk, and magnesium. The trace elements added will be insignificant. You have another problem going.

I agree. You have like four or five corals in your tank and most look like softies, your coral biomass is very low. Maybe manually dose two part when you get to the point of using up you calcium and alk, but not now. Water changes should replenish everything you need for awhile.

 

[JustAnotherNanoTank]

No matter what do not over react or react too quickly. My tank won’t support cheato at all. Stuff just dissolves. My tank still looks great.

 

[Thespammailaccount]

11dkh

In that case I would not dose. Only dose when the alkalinity drops below 9 per the directions. If you alk stays that high and you are unable to dose the all for reef you can just dose an iron supplement

 

[Thespammailaccount]

No matter what do not over react or react too quickly. My tank won’t support cheato at all. Stuff just dissolves. My tank still looks great.

Macro does need iron and nitrate to grow could be the problem with your macro

 

[Natescorals]

Macro does need iron and nitrate to grow could be the problem with your macro

A bunch of people were telling me I should remove all my chemical filtration and that it is just not needed. So now I’m running just filter pad. Along with skimmer and still the refugium. Also a small bag of carbon that’s it. I removed the purigen and the poly filter. Thinking the poly filter is removing the iron.

 

[Natescorals]

Should I add some sps so that trace elements are depleted faster and then I can start dosing?

 

[JustAnotherNanoTank]

A bunch of people were telling me I should remove all my chemical filtration and that it is just not needed. So now I’m running just filter pad. Along with skimmer and still the refugium. Also a small bag of carbon that’s it. I removed the purigen and the poly filter. Thinking the poly filter is removing the iron.

I don’t run any chemical filtration at all and haven’t ever yet. Everyone’s tank is different but if your tank is young you are going to go through all kinds of phases. Just keep up with regular proper water changes and you should be okay. Depending how you do your water changes could be what’s hurting your tank if done improperly.

 

[JustAnotherNanoTank]

Should I add some sps so that trace elements are depleted faster and then I can start dosing?

No I wouldn’t do that yet. How long has the tank been up for?

 

[Natescorals]

No I wouldn’t do that yet. How long has the tank been up for?

5 months

 

[JustAnotherNanoTank]

Shoot your tank is still young and has some maturing to do. My tank was still ugly as f*#k at 5 months. Hair algae and all. What salt are you using and how do you go about a water change?

 

[Natescorals]

Shoot your tank is still young and has some maturing to do. My tank was still ugly as f*#k at 5 months. Hair algae and all. What salt are you using and how do you go about a water change?

i dont have any algae at all, but i am going through a really bad bacterial bloom. Ive been doing 10% water changes weekly