The Miracle Tank

[Katrina71]

What's for breakfast???

 

[dieselkeeper]

What's for breakfast???

Brownies

 

[dieselkeeper]

I'm having a very unusual problem with my tank. Can someone help me?

 

[dieselkeeper]

Goggle is no help

 

[Katrina71]

I'm having a very unusual problem with my tank. Can someone help me?

What's up?

 

[Erin O]

What's for breakfast???

Donuts for my son, cereal or waffles for my daughter (and a donut if she wants), coffee for me and my husband is on his own

 

[dieselkeeper]

220 gal tank, 7 years old, 10 fish, 5 are tangs. Nutrients stay a zero for weeks now. Shut down refugium, turned off skimmer, feeding like crazy, feeding unrinsed frozen daily. No clean up crew to speak of. Started dosing potassium nitrate, 100 ml, 24 hrs later, it is near zero again. Phosphates also at zero. Replaced reagents for Red Sea low range nitrate test kit. Noticed a couple of corals bleaching. All goggle has is how to lower nutrients. 15 years of reefkeeping, I have never heard of this.

 

[Katrina71]

220 gal tank, 7 years old, 10 fish, 5 are tangs. Nutrients stay a zero for weeks now. Shut down refugium, turned off skimmer, feeding like crazy, feeding unrinsed frozen daily. No clean up crew to speak of. Started dosing potassium nitrate, 100 ml, 24 hrs later, it is near zero again. Phosphates also at zero. Replaced reagents for Red Sea low range nitrate test kit. Noticed a couple of corals bleaching. All goggle has is how to lower nutrients. 15 years of reefkeeping, I have never heard of this.

Something is consuming them. You Target feed reefroids?

 

[Katrina71]

Can you post a FTS?

 

[dieselkeeper]

Something is consuming them. You Target feed reefroids?

No, If I had to target feed something, it would die. So nothing in my tank to target feed.

 

[dieselkeeper]

 

[Katrina71]

Reef roids jack my nitrates up. I'd personally try that first. Broadcast feed it.

 

[dieselkeeper]

I'll try anything at this point. Tank will get fed before me today. Lol

 

[Katrina71]

You have some massive euphylia. They are hungry hippos imo. My son's frogspawn is for sure. That would be my first guess. Have you seen rapid growth in the months before your nitrates bottomed out?

 

[dieselkeeper]

Not really.

 

[Katrina71]

Can you post your other parameters?

 

[Katrina71]

@dieselkeeper did you have bleaching before dosing? Other people have reported bleaching with potassium nitrate.

 

[Dolelo96]

Oh, it's not just the TP... can foods, dry foods, meat...all of it is ravaged and has been for at least a week...almost like nobody has gotten any trucks in to restock. Meant to take pics at Walmart today but was so irritated I forgot to.

I don’t know how close you are to Target or if it will still be there, but the website for GulfShores store says they have TP

 

[Dolelo96]

Good morning Katrina! Can’t wait for the pics

 

[Dolelo96]

I did. I told him it was shorter than most women prefer.

Lol!! You are my hero!