- Location
- FREEPORT,LONG ISLAND
I lost so far about 10 mini to large colonies (mostly ora)
Jarrett Sharks New 220gal Office Tank
- Thread starter JARRETT SHARK
- Start date
- Location
- long island
Do not takt the pellets off all at one. you will crash the s*** out of the tank.
Just take it slow and remove them every 2 weeks.
Also do you think it could be copper in the frag tank you just hooked up
Just take it slow and remove them every 2 weeks.
Also do you think it could be copper in the frag tank you just hooked up
- Location
- FREEPORT,LONG ISLAND
Dont think its copper because all my soft coral look great, also added a poly pad today and will see tomorrow if changed color
- Location
- long island
take them out slowely. and do not give up I bet you have a lot of coral left
- Location
- Elizabeth, NJ
Dude, don't know if you've read this yet. But I hope it can help you in some way.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-03/eb/index.php
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-03/eb/index.php
- Location
- poughquag, ny
thats azz backwards, reffering to good ole water changes ect but you still are using a carbon source and bacteria source, not trying to be funny, but brightwell gives a guestimate on amounts to use, so anyone using this method is taking the same chance as the pellets. i am not saying it cant be the pellets. i went through a issue like this myself and banged a hole ion the wall with my head trying to figure it out only to figure out couple grand later it was my salt. there's alot more variables that come into play when dosing anything or using any product,
pauli me and another member on here have had conversations in reguards to this also when i was going through my issue, bringing in corals from around the world and all going into 1 system, different needs, different bacteria's ect. was a good article on chalices when they hit the craze and after people had started collecting one's from australia and noticing other chalices started receding. and one guy had went to treat for redbugs and after treatment the tissue had stopped receding on his chalices. wasnt the reason for the treatment, but others had started doing redbug treatment and had the same positive effect on their chalices.
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- Location
- FREEPORT,LONG ISLAND
tank is crashing real fast today and i am going nuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just did another 50 gal WC
Removed half the bio pellets today
Poly pad shows nothing???
Alk = 9.0
calcuim = 450
mag = 1480
PH = 7.9-8.1
started to dose kalk at 250ML a hour to keep ph higher
lost 2 more colonies but was able to frag them up before it was to late
I think i have to break this tank down and start over, something very weird is going on that i cant control and is looking like sh@t......................
Need to find all this sps a home before its to late
Only thing that looks good is all my LPS/softies
Just did another 50 gal WC
Removed half the bio pellets today
Poly pad shows nothing???
Alk = 9.0
calcuim = 450
mag = 1480
PH = 7.9-8.1
started to dose kalk at 250ML a hour to keep ph higher
lost 2 more colonies but was able to frag them up before it was to late
I think i have to break this tank down and start over, something very weird is going on that i cant control and is looking like sh@t......................
Need to find all this sps a home before its to late
Only thing that looks good is all my LPS/softies
- Location
- poughquag, ny
i know i am not close but if you need some stuff held lmk, also jarret is there any equipt you bought used thats on the tank or others who have access to your office ?
- Location
- Garden city
Jarrett I'm so sorry your tank was looking amazing ! I hope it works out lmk if I can help
- Location
- Far Rockaway
Didnt you switch lighting to 250w to 400w and sold the light because your coral didnt react to well to the change ?. I think you shocked the sps corals . If you didnt accumulate your corals to that light then this is why every sps is dying .
- Location
- Garden city
Any enemies in the office ?
- Location
- Queens, New York
Man... hearing about problems with a 220g+ tank...
Is just disheartening.
What could possibly going on thats killing your SPS?
I don't get it... it really doesn't seem like you are overlooking anything.
Is just disheartening.
What could possibly going on thats killing your SPS?
I don't get it... it really doesn't seem like you are overlooking anything.
- Location
- long island
no he is not over looking any thing he added more water and cleaned out all bact. from teh water colum
- Location
- Union Square, NY
How are the fish doing?
What is the salinity?
Temp?
What is the salinity?
Temp?
- Location
- FREEPORT,LONG ISLAND
Matt i have no enemies in my office, everyone loves the tank
the more i think about it the more it makes sense to me. I been running these bio pellets for 4-5 months and its been doing its job very well and i and most people were never told what you have to do to after the pellets kick in months later. I always under feed and this caused my tank to starve in the water column, also this past month i upgraded my sump volume and added a huge frag tank to my set causing me to add more water to my stem(250gals more). I did not add all at once but have been adding over past 2-4 weeks slowly like if i was doing water changes, i think that the pellets got my tank so clean and by me adding all that water i pretty much water down what was in my water column causing everthing to either starve or even start over. I see all my lps open all day and night causing me to beleive what i just said is true, know some people love the pellets but i think they just got ahead of me to far
i did not have any spike in ammonia,nitrite,salinity.
Yes my temp did get to 71degs one day after my controller blew i a fuse when i did not know but i realy dont think this was the cause because its still happening to new colonies,
i did up grade from (2) of the (3)bulbs 250w-400w for 1 week but cut my photo period down and if this was the problem i would of seen burned sps. Went back to to 250w and during this time no rtn
josh my salinity is 1.025 steady
temp 77-78 all day long
FISH AND SOFT CORAL ARE GREAT
the moral of the story is to feed heavy with pellets!!
the more i think about it the more it makes sense to me. I been running these bio pellets for 4-5 months and its been doing its job very well and i and most people were never told what you have to do to after the pellets kick in months later. I always under feed and this caused my tank to starve in the water column, also this past month i upgraded my sump volume and added a huge frag tank to my set causing me to add more water to my stem(250gals more). I did not add all at once but have been adding over past 2-4 weeks slowly like if i was doing water changes, i think that the pellets got my tank so clean and by me adding all that water i pretty much water down what was in my water column causing everthing to either starve or even start over. I see all my lps open all day and night causing me to beleive what i just said is true, know some people love the pellets but i think they just got ahead of me to far
i did not have any spike in ammonia,nitrite,salinity.
Yes my temp did get to 71degs one day after my controller blew i a fuse when i did not know but i realy dont think this was the cause because its still happening to new colonies,
i did up grade from (2) of the (3)bulbs 250w-400w for 1 week but cut my photo period down and if this was the problem i would of seen burned sps. Went back to to 250w and during this time no rtn
josh my salinity is 1.025 steady
temp 77-78 all day long
FISH AND SOFT CORAL ARE GREAT
the moral of the story is to feed heavy with pellets!!
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- Location
- FREEPORT,LONG ISLAND
Also some key hints that i did see using bio pellets
1) skimmer works less and pulls a neon grean color now'
2) algea is all gone on my rock and clean glass less often
3) ph was always down from (always had 8.3 and now 8.0-8.1)
1) skimmer works less and pulls a neon grean color now'
2) algea is all gone on my rock and clean glass less often
3) ph was always down from (always had 8.3 and now 8.0-8.1)
- Location
- Union Square, NY
You are only losing the SPS?
I really don't see how it is possible to starve the corals in such a short period. You added a lot of water to the system recently. Have you calibrated your refractometer recently?
I really don't see how it is possible to starve the corals in such a short period. You added a lot of water to the system recently. Have you calibrated your refractometer recently?
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY
if you were starving your tank, it would be the LPS that were suffering not the SPS.
- Location
- Garden city
Sorry that was a stupid question ! A few weeks ago my pump went on my skimmer so I stopped vodka dosing my glass needs to be cleaned more but never went back to dosing because my corals seem happier more polyp ext
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