What am I doing wrong??

SamMule · Sep 1, 2020

Daddy-o said:
Looking at it everyday it is hard to tell if it is actually looking better. Still not fuzzy

What is that orange, blue, and green thing in top left? Some sort of monti?
I want one...

Daddy-o · Sep 1, 2020

SamMule said:
What is that orange, blue, and green thing in top left? Some sort of monti?
I want one...

Bubble Gum Digi

Daddy-o · Sep 1, 2020

The PokerStar monti gets a lot of colors too

SamMule · Sep 1, 2020

Wow...my LFS had one of those last week and it looked nothing like that!

Daddy-o · Sep 26, 2020

WD looking better every day. Not a lot in the middle of the coral but around the outside for sure.

Before:

Daddy-o · Oct 27, 2020

Well it looks like it has been about 100 days since I started this thread. I have changed so much. Happy to say it was all worthwhile! I feel like I changed everything. The corals are really looking good. Dormant corals have started growing and I see colors that I have never seen. The WD is picking up steam and the branches are getting fuller with polyps (not really hairy yet, but getting there).
The quick version of what I did.
-Got salinity back in line - bad refraction fluid
-Lowered DKH from 12.5 to 8ish
-Lowered phosphate from .25 down to below .1
-Less quantity of food, but more often
-Removed GFO/Phosguard
-New T5s (different spectrum)
-More regimented amino/coral food dosing
-Better tank clean up - more often
-Raised temp from 75 to 80 degrees
-Dosing MicroBacter 7
-New gyres in all tanks for better flow
-Started turning off pumps for feeding
I know I did more but this off the top of my head. Thanks for all the advice!!!
Cheers! Mark

lakai · Oct 29, 2020

ever thought about fragging it to see if it helps ? Thinking about doing that to mine.

Daddy-o · Oct 29, 2020

lakai said:
ever thought about fragging it to see if it helps ? Thinking about doing that to mine.

Yes, I do frag it. Seems this was more of an issue where I let my parameters drift too much

Daddy-o · Nov 24, 2020

Cut a little WD frag today

twf0369 · Nov 24, 2020

Do you believe the elevated levels of tin from your ICP test contributed to any of this?

Daddy-o · Nov 24, 2020

twf0369 said:
Do you believe the elevated levels of tin from your ICP test contributed to any of this?

I really dont know. I do know a lot of ICP tests come back with elevated tin. I was using about 20 metal spring clamps to hold the netting on the top. I removed them and made new screen clamps out of ABS. I also found a couple of small pieces of metal in the tanks. I think a lot of the issue was neglect, high alk, high phosphate (.26) and bad spectrum on one of the fixtures.
Cheers! Mark

twf0369 · Nov 24, 2020

Good luck and keep us posted. I am going through something similar and my ICP test revealed my tin was at 5. I'm doing water changes to combat. I will send another ICP test off in a month or so. Good Luck!

Daddy-o · Nov 24, 2020

twf0369 said:
Good luck and keep us posted. I am going through something similar and my ICP test revealed my tin was at 5. I'm doing water changes to combat. I will send another ICP test off in a month or so. Good Luck!

What is your alk? phosphate? lighting?