When the going gets tough...

[FruiTee]

Hello everybody it's broc...

been watching too much YouTube as of late because I am dang frustrated and very demotivated

So long story to short story time

I bottomed out my phosphates with GFO because I started feeding less and didn't adjust my GFO

Bum bum buuuum I have Dinos again for the second time but this time they really really tough to get rid of I've been battling for months now and they only getting worse

I've completely stopped water changes I tried manual removal I stir them up every night I run UV I'm dosing PO4 and NO3

My PO4 is at 0.05 (hannah)
NO3 5ppm (Red Sea)

I've dosed H202 I've dosed Vibrant I can't get dino x here in South Africa and I won't try it since it's very 50/50 apparently from the threads here on it

I started dosing silica to force a diatom bloom nothing is working so I guess it's just about patience now and I need to strap in for a long fight

I started dosing mixed bacteria and only running my UV at night so the bacteria can "take hold"

But anyway enough about the dino fight

With all these recent changes and my constant fiddling with the tank every day my scopas is riddled with white spots I cant tell yet if it's velvet or ich but I immediately used focus and metroplex on some mysis and fed all the fish to see if I can "catch it early"

Not going to lie after I looked at my scopas and saw him like that I felt like I'm just done with my reef tank my lights switched over to blues for the late night viewing and I just opened a beer and stared at my tank after medicating my fish and contemplated if continuing is worth it

Have you guys ever been at that point where all the issues in your tank just start adding up and up. What did you do?

Here's my tank without cladding its 1 year and 2 months old today. My first tank after moving back to South Africa from the states

 

[mdb_talon]

Yes I have most definetely been there. Have boxes full of coral skeletons to prove it

If you generally enjoy the hobby though stick with it.... it will get better!

 

[Pntbll687]

I've been there for sure.

I had let some things get out of control and felt over whelmed. BUT just focus on one thing at a time.

I would focus on the fish first. Keep medicating as needed and feed a good varied diet of foods. You may want to soak the food in garlic if they show appetite loss.

You may never get the ich or velvet out of the display if you don't pull the fish and quarantine them in another tank, and it is perfectly ok. @Paul B has a tank running for 45+ years with no QT (but that's another subject all together)

You'll actually be fighting the dino while you feed the fish. Good food = nutritious food = more po4 and no3 in the water.

And I would turn off the fuge light. Why run a fuge that is taking out po4 and no3 when you need to raise it?

 

[FruiTee]

Yes I have most definetely been there. Have boxes full of coral skeletons to prove it

If you generally enjoy the hobby though stick with it.... it will get better!

This is the first hobby in a long time I've been doing long term without skipping a beat been reefing since the age of 7 with my dad

My blood is probably salt water and coral slime

 

[FruiTee]

I've been there for sure.

I had let some things get out of control and felt over whelmed. BUT just focus on one thing at a time.

I would focus on the fish first. Keep medicating as needed and feed a good varied diet of foods. You may want to soak the food in garlic if they show appetite loss.

You may never get the ich or velvet out of the display if you don't pull the fish and quarantine them in another tank, and it is perfectly ok. @Paul B has a tank running for 45+ years with no QT (but that's another subject all together)

You'll actually be fighting the dino while you feed the fish. Good food = nutritious food = more po4 and no3 in the water.

And I would turn off the fuge light. Why run a fuge that is taking out po4 and no3 when you need to raise it?

Its on for 1 hour at night after lights out just to stop my macros from melting away I have some red ogo and dragons tongue in the fuge and it's very hard to find here in my country

 

[FruiTee]

I've been there for sure.

I had let some things get out of control and felt over whelmed. BUT just focus on one thing at a time.

I would focus on the fish first. Keep medicating as needed and feed a good varied diet of foods. You may want to soak the food in garlic if they show appetite loss.

You may never get the ich or velvet out of the display if you don't pull the fish and quarantine them in another tank, and it is perfectly ok. @Paul B has a tank running for 45+ years with no QT (but that's another subject all together)

You'll actually be fighting the dino while you feed the fish. Good food = nutritious food = more po4 and no3 in the water.

And I would turn off the fuge light. Why run a fuge that is taking out po4 and no3 when you need to raise it?

Sorry for the double reply

I did QT all my fish prior to introducing them

My scopas was the second last fish that was added to my tank and after a lengthy QT without skipping a beat on medication he was in the display for 1 week got constantly picked on by a "ex-tankmate" six line and he immediately flared up with Ich and the whole tank got it I didn't lose any fish at all from this I sold the six line and haven't seen a flare up since managing that one. This is the first time in months I've seen ich since I keep all my fish healthy. I make my own food for them most of the time I only keep mysis on hand when I can't find fresh seafood

I did add some more corals recently and the overall stress and changes and new coral additions all contributed to this breakout I suppose. So far he is the only fish with symptoms, hopefully

 

[jonny4ever]

Hello everybody it's broc...

been watching too much YouTube as of late because I am dang frustrated and very demotivated

So long story to short story time

I bottomed out my phosphates with GFO because I started feeding less and didn't adjust my GFO

Bum bum buuuum I have Dinos again for the second time but this time they really really tough to get rid of I've been battling for months now and they only getting worse

I've completely stopped water changes I tried manual removal I stir them up every night I run UV I'm dosing PO4 and NO3

My PO4 is at 0.05 (hannah)
NO3 5ppm (Red Sea)

I've dosed H202 I've dosed Vibrant I can't get dino x here in South Africa and I won't try it since it's very 50/50 apparently from the threads here on it

I started dosing silica to force a diatom bloom nothing is working so I guess it's just about patience now and I need to strap in for a long fight

I started dosing mixed bacteria and only running my UV at night so the bacteria can "take hold"

But anyway enough about the dino fight

With all these recent changes and my constant fiddling with the tank every day my scopas is riddled with white spots I cant tell yet if it's velvet or ich but I immediately used focus and metroplex on some mysis and fed all the fish to see if I can "catch it early"

Not going to lie after I looked at my scopas and saw him like that I felt like I'm just done with my reef tank my lights switched over to blues for the late night viewing and I just opened a beer and stared at my tank after medicating my fish and contemplated if continuing is worth it

Have you guys ever been at that point where all the issues in your tank just start adding up and up. What did you do?

Here's my tank without cladding its 1 year and 2 months old today. My first tank after moving back to South Africa from the states

I’m late but I just beat Dino’s. I didn’t use anything, didn’t dose. Just fed a lot for a little over a month, cyano,gha and diatoms started out competing the Dino’s for me after 6 weeks. My 1 year old tank has lots of gha now (guessing it’s not a mature tank yet, also used dry rock) and a bit of cyano and no Dino’s
My 18 month old tank has very little gha and cyano (it’s a more mature tank and I used live rock so maybe that’s why it was able to beat the Dino’s with much less algae?). Tanks also Dino free
All I can say is feed more honestly. Dose N/P if needed. Does silicates too