Okay – I have had somewhat a perfect storm happen over the last three days that caused my skimmer to over flow three times and biopellet reactor to stop tumbling. The pump is on its way out and would stop the sump would back up the skimmer and turn on again sending the waste inside the tank. The biopellet was inline with the pump and stopped tumbling. Before I knew that I took the pump off line then oiled it again then another stop and backup.
Now my tons of SPS (over 3K worth of frags and colonies)are either brown or stning.
I have secured a new pump and will have it installed tonight. Also, have had the skimmer turned off for a day to mitigate further backups..
I did a water change yesterday and plan on doing another after the new pump is installed. All params are good. I don’t have an accurate nitrate test and API is 0. I am sure there are nitrates.
Anyr other suggestions to get the SPS happy again and stop the few that are stning?
Now my tons of SPS (over 3K worth of frags and colonies)are either brown or stning.
I have secured a new pump and will have it installed tonight. Also, have had the skimmer turned off for a day to mitigate further backups..
I did a water change yesterday and plan on doing another after the new pump is installed. All params are good. I don’t have an accurate nitrate test and API is 0. I am sure there are nitrates.
Anyr other suggestions to get the SPS happy again and stop the few that are stning?
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Could have been because the reactor was offline and the bacteria died. THen when it came back on, there could have been nitrates, phosphates, and ammonia in the reactor.
