That Random Nano!

i cant think · Nov 7, 2023

Miami Reef said:
Oh no! It looks like RTN, not bleach.

I’m so sorry to see this.

That’s what I meant, RTN has hit quite a few of them unfortunately.

The starfish is also suffering so it’s not looking too good currently…

Miami Reef · Nov 7, 2023

i cant think said:
That’s what I meant, RTN has hit quite a few of them unfortunately.

The starfish is also suffering so it’s not looking too good currently…

I would do a very large water change and add activated carbon. Increase the flow and skim wet.

Slocke · Nov 7, 2023

Check your pH and Alkalinity

i cant think · Nov 7, 2023

Slocke said:
Check your pH and Alkalinity

Alk is reading 7, pH is the same somehow.

Don’t think I’ll be sticking with Ph Plus unless it proves to not be the issue.

i cant think · Nov 7, 2023

The last 2 days of measurements for the KH.
There’s no huge swings, even the 10 isn’t a giant swing IME. I’ve had this scenario of KH occur previously and honestly, nothing has ever been affected.

There’s a ton of sponges in the back chamber so it’s thrown in Silicates, which AFR did but not to the point I could grow sponges that quickly.

lubeck · Nov 8, 2023

Very sorry to hear. Can you do a large water change and run Some carbon?

i cant think · Nov 8, 2023

The tank when it was thriving in all its glory… just look how colourful it was.

And then… Today, it doesn’t look quite so much like that.

Only 5 fish are accounted for;
The two pinkies (who are very healthy currently), the Yellow Clown Goby, my Mandarin (who is moving but slowly) and my Citron Clown Goby.

My leopard I have a feeling has unfortunately passed (where, I don’t know). And my other gobies are, unknown if they’re dead or alive.
As for my Pintail Fairy Wrasse, he did die last night.

i cant think · Nov 8, 2023

Did a rescape whilst trying to find any dead inverts that were left in there - also took out some of the dead skeletons. How do we feel about the rescape?
To me, it looks like a nice reef crevice where there’s the open sand with rock still surrounding it.

Slocke · Nov 8, 2023

i cant think said:
Did a rescape whilst trying to find any dead inverts that were left in there - also took out some of the dead skeletons. How do we feel about the rescape?
To me, it looks like a nice reef crevice where there’s the open sand with rock still surrounding it.

Sorry about everything. That really sucks.

However that rescale looks really cool. Very natural. When I return I’m thinking about making some changes with inspiration from real reefs and that looks pretty real to me. Nice work!

Miami Reef · Nov 8, 2023

i cant think said:
Did a rescape whilst trying to find any dead inverts that were left in there - also took out some of the dead skeletons. How do we feel about the rescape?
To me, it looks like a nice reef crevice where there’s the open sand with rock still surrounding it.

That scape is amazing!

i cant think · Nov 8, 2023

Slocke said:
Sorry about everything. That really sucks.

However that rescale looks really cool. Very natural. When I return I’m thinking about making some changes with inspiration from real reefs and that looks pretty real to me. Nice work!

Hopefully, it’ll look even better with 4-5 larger colonies (I don’t think I will have 1000s of frags and instead some nice larger colonies with a couple frags this time).

Miami Reef said:
That scape is amazing!

Thankyou, I don’t know which looks nicer out of this scape and my 4’ tank’s scape as both look like something you could find on reefs except this is more of the centre of the reef and that one is more on the outskirts of a reef.

Miami Reef · Nov 8, 2023

I like this scape more than any you’ve done. It’s my style.

tbrown · Nov 8, 2023

i cant think said:
Did a rescape whilst trying to find any dead inverts that were left in there - also took out some of the dead skeletons. How do we feel about the rescape?
To me, it looks like a nice reef crevice where there’s the open sand with rock still surrounding it.

I probably would have left most of the skeletons in just because I've had a few come back from nothing. Mostly Montis and Gonis but I've had one or two Acros hang on from a single polyp and start to come back.

Haggisman14 · Nov 9, 2023

Love what you did with the re-scape! Time to come back bigger and better!

i cant think · Nov 11, 2023

Well, other than losing most of my corals that survived, Cyano is now coming back bigger and better. Honestly, I’d rather have Cyano over Dinos and such.

Ironically, my clams have thrived through all of this. And I used to read (and sometimes still do) that Clams are harder than SPS to keep. Yet both times I’ve had a mass die off of SPS (and in this case, some LPS too), my clams have always survived through it.