The Mediocreef

[Mschmidt]

Sad hammer pics. Any idea what's up?

Po4 could be lower: .4 everything else is undetermined. No3 usually sits around 30-40 alk alk usually around 9ish.

Only thing to be added were the fish and I haven't seen them bothering anything. I just now changed my ro filters and that needed it. That could be part of the problem.

Also haven't seen the sailfin since the above picture was taken. He found a different home I think. No reason to think anything else happened.

 

[Mschmidt]

@tbrown3589 we're there signs of the magnets messing with your tank before the die off?

 

[tbrown]

Sad hammer pics. Any idea what's up?

Po4 could be lower: .4 everything else is undetermined. No3 usually sits around 30-40 alk alk usually around 9ish.

Only thing to be added were the fish and I haven't seen them bothering anything. I just now changed my ro filters and that needed it. That could be part of the problem.

Also haven't seen the sailfin since the above picture was taken. He found a different home I think. No reason to think anything else happened.

How's the flow? Hammers tend to like flow but they also go all "grumpy cat" once in a while when they're digesting...

 

[tbrown]

@tbrown3589 we're there signs of the magnets messing with your tank before the die off?

Huge algae explosion - hair/bryopsis that refused to die even after Reef Flux treatments (multiple treatments and it still refused to go away). The big thing was rust. I noticed rust on the magnet inside the tank and on the glass - it was a lot but it wouldn't take as much to crash a 40 as a 75 I suppose. The first things to go were the Micromussa, then the Cyphastreas, and montis along the way.

 

[Mschmidt]

How's the flow? Hammers tend to like flow but they also go all "grumpy cat" once in a while when they're digesting...

Flow hasn't changed, unless the power heads are slowing down. They've beed grumpy for a few weeks now. No bailout or anything. It might be the water from the to filter. I did the math and I'm close to 3 months late on the gallon use.

Huge algae explosion - hair/bryopsis that refused to die even after Reef Flux treatments (multiple treatments and it still refused to go away). The big thing was rust. I noticed rust on the magnet inside the tank and on the glass - it was a lot but it wouldn't take as much to crash a 40 as a 75 I suppose. The first things to go were the Micromussa, then the Cyphastreas, and montis along the way.

I've got hair algae coming back, but just grumpy hammers and gonis. They're still extending but half what they were.

I'll try a big water change today.

 

[tbrown]

Flow hasn't changed, unless the power heads are slowing down. They've beed grumpy for a few weeks now. No bailout or anything. It might be the water from the to filter. I did the math and I'm close to 3 months late on the gallon use.

I've got hair algae coming back, but just grumpy hammers and gonis. They're still extending but half what they were.

I'll try a big water change today.

My Gonis we're actually happier with the magnet leaching, it was weird. Gonis and Alves got irritated AFTER I removed the magnet.

 

[Mschmidt]

My Gonis we're actually happier with the magnet leaching, it was weird. Gonis and Alves got irritated AFTER I removed the magnet.

Magnets are out. I'm not sure they are the trouble. But it was gnawing in the back of my head, so I no longer am thinking about it.

It could very well just be water quality.

 

[Mschmidt]

Water changed. Slat was at .3, so yikes. That could be part cause of the sad hammer.

 

[Mschmidt]

And I think the pectinia is one of the best growers in the tank!

 

[Goaway]

And I think the pectinia is one of the best growers in the tank!

Thats good news to hear. It's looking great!
Hopefully you get the issue solved.

 

[Mschmidt]

Thats good news to hear. It's looking great!
Hopefully you get the issue solved.

Hope so. Nothing is going down quickly, so if I pay some attention I should be able to take care of it.

 

[Mschmidt]

Got home from another weekend away and the tank is still ok. Same two hammers continue to be sad. My lro one is ok though.
But someone is acting like we left him alone for the weekend.

 

[Mschmidt]

Hammers still sad. I'm starting to worry a little cuz the worst one is the sbb. I will test again when I get home and have a water change ready. I will also throw some carbon in the filter; we'll see if that helps. any other advice?
I know the thing I found said PLA is cool in a tank, but I think the timing has me a little....

 

[Projects with Sam]

Do you use anything for adhesion? make sure to wash it off well. I like to use AquaNet... can't imagine hairspray is good for a reef.
I'm using the poor magnet pads for printing the BattleCorals frag protection plugs so I don't have to wash all the parts after...

 

[Mschmidt]

Nothing for the small racks. The basket type one had glue stick. I didn't wash it so that could be a start. Carbon might help there. It also escalated with the Ruby prazi treatment. Am I answering my own question?

Do you use anything for adhesion? make sure to wash it off well. I like to use AquaNet... can't imagine hairspray is good for a reef.
I'm using the poor magnet pads for printing the BattleCorals frag protection plugs so I don't have to wash all the parts after..

 

[Mschmidt]

Today on what's this in my tank, I have these two shinys.

They are small and orange and flakey. They come and go from view but always in the same spot.

This one might be a baby rfa (small thing under what definitely is an rfa). I will protect it like it is.

 

[tbrown]

I get little orange, red, pink, and green super fluorescent chips of something all the time! I feel like they might be coralline but they don't seem to spread. I've grabbed a couple of them with tweezers and they're just little pieces of crushed coral...

 

[Mschmidt]

I get little orange, red, pink, and green super fluorescent chips of something all the time! I feel like they might be coralline but they don't seem to spread. I've grabbed a couple of them with tweezers and they're just little pieces of crushed coral...

I have green too, but less so and I'm not sure I could get a picture of them.

 

[tbrown]

Here's my bright pink one.

 

[Mschmidt]

Here's my bright pink one.

So I'm not alone. You know what it is?