MichelleRay
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They were doing amazing so I'm pretty annoyed. I checked the tank yesterday morning, everyone was fine. Checked yesterday evening, the GSP colony is wiped. Had about 30 polyps, now only 2-3 of the tiniest outliers are left. The ones hidden beneath overhangs of the colony. About 4 inches away from this spot, a frogspawn frag with 2 heads now has the head closest to the former GSP looking wilted while the second head is fully extended and happy. I can deal with losing the GSP as I have another colony of those, but the euphyllia are much harder to replace and my favorites. I thought the frogspawn might have stung the GSP to death, until I noticed the frogspawn head looking retracted and annoyed. If something is chowing down on my coral I would like to find out what so I can murder it. I've checked in the middle of the night and not been able to see anything moving. Only thing I ever see on them is a brown leg hermit.
Tank info
55g standard shape
Salinity of 1.028
2 black box light
Dead rock and Florida gulf live rock (takes up about 1/4 of the tank, not sure on weight)
Mixture of fine sand and aragonite base
2 ocellaris clowns
1 tail spot blenny
1 diamond goby
2 mollies (to be removed)
Frags
1 frogspawn
1 hammer
1 GSP (formerly 2)
1 blueberry gorgonian
1 red gorgonian
1 black tube coral
1 zoanthid, green with green centers
1 condy anemone
2 unidentified clams
~90 cerith snails
~20 brown leg hermit crabs
3 blue leg hermit crabs
4 peppermint shrimp
1 brittle star
various macros and sponges from the live rock
amphipods and copepods
Also a cyano problem. Slowly getting that under control but presumed cause is tapwater used for top-offs as I don't have an ro/di system. Apart from the blueberry, who is struggling, and the black tube who has not yet opened for me, everything is looking well.
Any ideas on what could be munching on these coral? Do you think the frog could have dissolved it that quickly? I've never seen sweepers coming off this little guy and I was in and out of here all day.
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Edit
Forgot to add I've got a large HOB filter running with carbon and floss as well as a second bag of carbon in the HOB refugium area. There are 3 biopads in the refugium as well, but otherwise I haven't used it for much yet. And I have a powerhead to add movement on the side opposite the big filter. I am not sure what kind of flow that counts as but I'd call it low to medium for most of the tank with high areas in front of the filter and powerhead. None of the coral are in those high areas.
Tank info
55g standard shape
Salinity of 1.028
2 black box light
Dead rock and Florida gulf live rock (takes up about 1/4 of the tank, not sure on weight)
Mixture of fine sand and aragonite base
2 ocellaris clowns
1 tail spot blenny
1 diamond goby
2 mollies (to be removed)
Frags
1 frogspawn
1 hammer
1 GSP (formerly 2)
1 blueberry gorgonian
1 red gorgonian
1 black tube coral
1 zoanthid, green with green centers
1 condy anemone
2 unidentified clams
~90 cerith snails
~20 brown leg hermit crabs
3 blue leg hermit crabs
4 peppermint shrimp
1 brittle star
various macros and sponges from the live rock
amphipods and copepods
Also a cyano problem. Slowly getting that under control but presumed cause is tapwater used for top-offs as I don't have an ro/di system. Apart from the blueberry, who is struggling, and the black tube who has not yet opened for me, everything is looking well.
Any ideas on what could be munching on these coral? Do you think the frog could have dissolved it that quickly? I've never seen sweepers coming off this little guy and I was in and out of here all day.
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Edit
Forgot to add I've got a large HOB filter running with carbon and floss as well as a second bag of carbon in the HOB refugium area. There are 3 biopads in the refugium as well, but otherwise I haven't used it for much yet. And I have a powerhead to add movement on the side opposite the big filter. I am not sure what kind of flow that counts as but I'd call it low to medium for most of the tank with high areas in front of the filter and powerhead. None of the coral are in those high areas.
