SPS & euphyllia issues

Methodzx860 · Mar 12, 2022

RTN STN Bleaching ? Euphyllia bailing out as well. Annoyed to say the least. Garf bonsai showing the most issues. Walt Disney video , extended 1st night in the tank .

Tanks been up 8 months 20 gallon. Coraline growth. Fritz pro reef salt. Dosing 2ml AFR daily . AB 2ml 2x weekly. Feeding more since phos read 0 but not over feeding . Mix of flake, pellets, frozen , reef roids etc

Ph ranges 8.1-8.3
Alk ranges 8.2-8.6
Phos 0
No3 5
Cal 460
Mag 1440
Temp 75.5-76.5

Ai Prime 16 HD
2 nero 3s
Tunze 6040
Sicce 1.5

Bi weekly water changes. Filter pad for filtration changed 1 a week. Going to send out ICP test soon.

Ef4life · Mar 12, 2022

2 neros and a tunze in a 20 gallon is quite a bit of flow, probably too much. I’d start with just one of those and your return pump for circulation.

your light profile looks strange with the one line totally vertical instead of ramping up like the others. Too much intensity or too long of a photo period could also be a factor

xiaoxiy · Mar 12, 2022

How long have the issues been going on for?

J1a · Mar 12, 2022

The euphyllia did not bail out. Looks like the tissue is receeding, and it's necrotic. Many reasons for why this can happen, but my first suspicion is mechanical trauma which leads to infection.

Did you dip your corals?

dedragon · Mar 12, 2022

i doubt flow is the issue with the sps, but torches do not like nearly the amount of flow an acro can get. All of the frags look relatively new, less adjusted to your aquarium. You might need to dose some phosphate as AFR has some carbon dosing effects, 8 months is still relatively new in the life of a fish tank as well

Nate Chalk · Mar 12, 2022

In certain your low nutrients have something to do with it.

Methodzx860 · Mar 12, 2022

J1a said:
The euphyllia did not bail out. Looks like the tissue is receeding, and it's necrotic. Many reasons for why this can happen, but my first suspicion is mechanical trauma which leads to infection.

Did you dip your corals?

The hammer in the video is about to bail out. I had others bail out for sure. I feel like my hammers and euphyllia havent been happy since I got them. Well over a few months now. However I think most I've had came tissue receded

Ef4life said:
2 neros and a tunze in a 20 gallon is quite a bit of flow, probably too much. I’d start with just one of those and your return pump for circulation.

your light profile looks strange with the one line totally vertical instead of ramping up like the others. Too much intensity or too long of a photo period could also be a factor

I turned the Nero down . I will put up a video later on when torches extend and lights come one . I played with the flow for months and think I have it at a good medium

I think that line just indicates the start of the day ? I went into the settings and nothing stands out

Nate Chalk said:
In certain your low nutrients have something to do with it.

I had a local reefer tell me the same. Only 2 clownfish and a tailspot in the tank besides the clean up crew. Fed lightly every other day for moths due to all the research I did suggesting light feeding. Starting to feed more now

J1a said:
The euphyllia did not bail out. Looks like the tissue is receeding, and it's necrotic. Many reasons for why this can happen, but my first suspicion is mechanical trauma which leads to infection.

Did you dip your corals?

I do in tank water and Coral RX 5 min max

xiaoxiy said:
How long have the issues been going on for?

The sticks a month now since I just started to get into them. This is a new batch. A month ago I had 5 "easy" sps die on me . Thought it was the flow hence the Nero I added

Methodzx860 · Mar 12, 2022

Correction tank is about a year old now

Nate Chalk · Mar 12, 2022

You can try to use neo phos neo nitrate.

helped me out in a pinch

Methodzx860 · Mar 12, 2022

Nate Chalk said:
You can try to use neo phos neo nitrate.

helped me out in a pinch

Thanks. You mean to up the nutrients right.

Nate Chalk · Mar 12, 2022

Methodzx860 said:
Thanks. You mean to up the nutrients right.

Yes easy , no guess addition of nitrate and phos.

get to .1 phos and 10-15 nitrate your tank will thank you

Methodzx860 · Mar 12, 2022

Still waking up but here's an idea of flow

X-37B · Mar 12, 2022

Methodzx860 said:
RTN STN Bleaching ? Euphyllia bailing out as well. Annoyed to say the least. Garf bonsai showing the most issues. Walt Disney video , extended 1st night in the tank .

Tanks been up 8 months 20 gallon. Coraline growth. Fritz pro reef salt. Dosing 2ml AFR daily . AB 2ml 2x weekly. Feeding more since phos read 0 but not over feeding . Mix of flake, pellets, frozen , reef roids etc

Ph ranges 8.1-8.3
Alk ranges 8.2-8.6
Phos 0
No3 5
Cal 460
Mag 1440
Temp 75.5-76.5

Ai Prime 16 HD
2 nero 3s
Tunze 6040
Sicce 1.5

Bi weekly water changes. Filter pad for filtration changed 1 a week. Going to send out ICP test soon.

Nutrient issues. No need to do 2x a week water changes. I do once a month on my 20g nano cube.
Feed your fish more/daily. No need to feed the corals.
I run 2 16HD's on my nano cube.
My lps dont like much flow in my frag system.
You really only need 1 powerhead in that tank unless all sps.

Methodzx860 · Mar 12, 2022

90's reefer said:
Nutrient issues. No need to do 2x a week water changes. I do once a month on my 20g nano cube.
Feed your fish more/daily. No need to feed the corals.
I run 2 16HD's on my nano cube.
My lps dont like much flow in my frag system.
You really only need 1 powerhead in that tank unless all sps.

Thank you ! Still considering sending out an ICP to really get a good overall look.

Methodzx860 · Mar 12, 2022

Nate Chalk said:
Yes easy , no guess addition of nitrate and phos.

get to .1 phos and 10-15 nitrate your tank will thank you

Ok cool can you tell me a little more about those. Was just starting to feed more but it guess that could take some trial and error to get that ratio down