Red Planet

zemuss · Jun 26, 2015

Ok I have found red planets are sensitive acros. They will be the first to RTN / STN if the water quality is bad. This is why I was guessing that maybe you have had or have an algae issue.

I will try to post pictures or link to the thread I created tonight of a document I am posting on doing a more frequent water changes.

NeveSSL · Jun 27, 2015

You may actually want to raise your nitrates a bit. Corals need to eat!

0 is generally considered not good. Not necessarily bad, but not good.

Brandon

pelagic · Jul 9, 2015

I agree with Brandon, if you want to keep your water with undetectable nitrate and phosphate, you either have to feed a lot more, or reduce the light intensity, and increase the water flow. That way, your coral won't starve to death.

zemuss · Jul 9, 2015

Here is a picture of my red planet which is green at the moment. I think it is a light issue with me.. I have a detectable nitrate @ 2 - 5 and a undetectable po4.

You can see a slight STN from the bottom.

Also you notice i have a cyano outbreak and have been battling this for a few months.

tautog83 · Jul 9, 2015

green usually means its in lower light.. keep checking your alk and make sure that's ok . im also dealing with cyano again its starting to get to me because everything else looks awesome besides my sand bed that looks gross..

zemuss · Jul 9, 2015

Yes exactly.. I need to get my vacuum line online so that I can get that crap out of the tank and recycle the water through the carbon reactor.

wish · Jul 9, 2015

I've used ultra life red slime remover and it works wonders for me. Has anybody else use this product before?
I have blood red shrimp, snails, and a lot of sps , lps too.

zemuss · Jul 9, 2015

I think I will be using some type of chemical soon for the slime. I am tired of this bacteria. I try to control naturally but cyano is bugging me.

pelagic · Jul 9, 2015

Using any sort of antibiotic is nuking your system. I'll suggest put a timer on your bioreactor, only turn it on 6 hours in the morning. Then make sure you change your active carbon every two weeks. That way you can make sure there's no exceed nutrien and carbon for the unwanted bactiria to grow.

In the meanwhile. Monitor your ph, nitrate and phosphate to make sure you are supplying enough carbon for the bacteria to process the water.