What is wrong with my duncan

[jonathanesoto]

GoVols hit the nail on the head. Let go of that carbon dosing – just stop. If you're doing anything else to reduce nutrients like GFO, stop that as well. Hopefully that's all it will take.

How else are you feeding the tank besides the coral food?

cutting back on carbon dosing also means cutting off on alk dosing? im also feeding once a wk reefs masstick, OSI marine flakes once a day and once a day spectrum pellets.

 

[GoVols]

cutting back on carbon dosing also means cutting off on alk dosing? im also feeding once a wk reefs masstick, OSI marine flakes once a day and once a day spectrum pellets.

Dosing Cal, Alk and Mag is not carbon dosing

 

[mcarroll]

Carbon dosing and alkalinity dosing should not be related.

Carbon dosing is supposed to boost nitrate reduction.

Alkalinity is what hard (or "stony") corals use along with calcium and magnedium to form their skeletons.

So as long as you have stony corals growing you'll have some potential demand for alkalinity dosing. (Along with calcium and magnesium.)

Outside of the hack intended to reduce nitrates which you are discontinuing, there's no real demand for carbon dosing in a tank at all.

 

[jonathanesoto]

GoVols hit the nail on the head. Let go of that carbon dosing – just stop. If you're doing anything else to reduce nutrients like GFO, stop that as well. Hopefully that's all it will take.

How else are you feeding the tank besides the coral food?

sorry you mean stopping calcium??? if so, do i have to stop alk as well as i've been doing 2 part. i will stop the GFO reactor as well. I feed as follow, OSI marine flakes once a day in the am, spectrum pellets once a day at evening/night, every 2 days mysis shrimp with brine shrimp and saltwater multipack.

 

[jonathanesoto]

Dosing Cal, Alk and Mag is not carbon dosing

i missed understood you, i was dosing vodka cause my glass gets this yellowish on it every 2-3 days and vodka reduces it unless im doing it wrong.

 

[jonathanesoto]

Dosing Cal, Alk and Mag is not carbon dosing

so basically stop the vodka and the GFO, i am also running a chaeto reactor, turniong the light on from 10pm till 7am.

 

[GoVols]

i missed understood you, i was dosing vodka cause my glass gets this yellowish on it every 2-3 days and vodka reduces it unless im doing it wrong.

Yeah,
Just buy "The Flipper" to clean your glass
https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/flip...MIjtClyaSI2QIVCKhpCh0dJQyiEAQYASABEgKHrfD_BwE

Vodka is your carbon source, that is cranking up the bacteria, that's bottoming out your nitrates.

 

[jonathanesoto]

Yeah,
Just buy "The Flipper" to clean your glass
https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/flip...MIjtClyaSI2QIVCKhpCh0dJQyiEAQYASABEgKHrfD_BwE

Vodka is your carbon source, that is cranking up the bacteria, that's bottoming out your nitrates.

LOL, i have the flipper is not about cleaning the glass is abaut how often....but thanks man youve been very helpful!!

 

[GoVols]

LOL, i have the flipper is not about cleaning the glass is abaut how often....but thanks man youve been very helpful!!

All Good and @mcarroll nailed it

 

[jonathanesoto]

All Good and @mcarroll nailed it

question how about vinegar dosing is that the same as carbon dosing?

 

[GoVols]

question how about vinegar dosing is that the same as carbon dosing?

Yes,
Vinegar is carbon dosing too.

Anything that has sugars, is carbon dosing including vitamin C

 

[mcarroll]

LOL, i have the flipper is not about cleaning the glass is abaut how often....but thanks man youve been very helpful!!

It's normal for 2-3 days – especially if you have "normal" reef lights that have a really wide spread. The glass ends up being really well lit and grows quite a bit of algae. The good part about it is that it's the easiest algae in the tank to clean. Use it to your advantage rather than fighting to eliminate it. I like to let it get really thick occationally to "scrub the water" and then scrape it down for the fish or snails to eat.

Speaking of that, how's your cleanup crew right now? (specifics! )

 

[GoVols]

Speaking of that, how's your cleanup crew right now? (specifics! )

Lol!!!

Hungry????

 

[jonathanesoto]

It's normal for 2-3 days – especially if you have "normal" reef lights that have a really wide spread. The glass ends up being really well lit and grows quite a bit of algae. The good part about it is that it's the easiest algae in the tank to clean. Use it to your advantage rather than fighting to eliminate it. I like to let it get really thick occationally to "scrub the water" and then scrape it down for the fish or snails to eat.

Speaking of that, how's your cleanup crew right now? (specifics! )

cleaning crew all good, I have 2 conch snails, about 5-6 nassarius snails, 5 turbo snails, about 5 red leg hermit crabs and 1 emerald crab,

 

[GoVols]

cleaning crew all good, I have 2 conch snails, about 5-6 nassarius snails, 5 turbo snails, about 5 red leg hermit crabs and 1 emerald crab,

I'm bare bottom, but I do miss nassarius snails. Those are cool dudes

 

[mcarroll]

cleaning crew all good, I have 2 conch snails, about 5-6 nassarius snails, 5 turbo snails, about 5 red leg hermit crabs and 1 emerald crab,

There's a lot of room for small grazers in there. Like Ceriths.

How big a tank?

 

[jonathanesoto]

There's a lot of room for small grazers in there. Like Ceriths.

How big a tank?

92gal

 

[Cnidoblast]

looks like nitrate **** the bed - You should dose good amounts of small frozen meaty foods to bring it up

 

[jonathanesoto]

looks like nitrate **** the bed - You should dose good amounts of small frozen meaty foods to bring it up

I am giving them a block of mysis shrimp with a block of brime shrimp a day.

 

[Cnidoblast]

Any improvments? can you post current nitrate test kit results?