DKoKoMAN’s 305g Basement Reef

[Dash]

Long time no see Look forward to more updates

[hillbillyreefer]

Looks good!

One day I’ll get back up there and get some more stuff from you. My tank is currently battling a GHA problem, so it won’t be for a while.

[DKoKoMan]

Originally Posted by Dash

Long time no see Look forward to more updates

I know right!? I plan on doing some more updates once everything settles in.

Originally Posted by hillbillyreefer

Looks good!

One day I’ll get back up there and get some more stuff from you. My tank is currently battling a GHA problem, so it won’t be for a while.

Absolutely! Blah sorry to hear about the GHA. How bad?hopefully it hasn’t covered your corals. The only good thing is it’s not bryopsis which is hard to deal with.

[DKoKoMan]

Not sure if the link will work? But a short video of the active fish in the reef.

https://imgur.com/a/xXYqt5K

[DKoKoMan]

Update:

I’m not sure what is going on currently in my tank. I have been battling an algae or Cyano bloom that happened last month. The only thing that changed in the tank was my Neptune ATK crapping out and salinity rising to 1.026 from 1.025. Lost a couple of the more sensitive SPS pieces due to the salinity swing. The ATK would work, then stop, then work and eventually kicked the dust. I then manually topped up before and after my work shift (I believe this constant swing killed SPS).

I since got a brand new Tunze osmolator and salinity has been rock solid. I have continued my biweekly 10% WC. This stuff will be siphoned out and creep back over the next couple days. I think it may be Cyano, Tang’s will sometimes pick at it but it seems more on the slimy side. It is covering most of the sand Bed and rocks. Recently it has been covering most my Zoas and SPS.

Anyone able to help me out on identifying this stuff!!?

[Dash]

Sorry to hear - losses are no fun.

I just had similar experience. I bought an ATO secondhand early this year but still haven’t set it up I still top off by hand twice a day. When central heating kicked in recently, evaporation increased & a couple of SPS had some STN. My salinity was too high & the swing was a bit wide. It was just a blip though & they are recovering fast. Maybe my poor coral are used to my antiquated system? Lol

I had a bit of that green stuff in previous tank & thought it was due to high nutrients?

[bauder1986]

Now that I think about it, it looks like bubble algae. If it is then prepare for battle. Use emerald or ruby crabs or rabbitfish or juvenile emeralds(one per handful of algae)

Now remove the algae manually also. And carefully. Before the bubbles burst and spread spores throughout the tank and make it harder to flush out.

Also for extremes, use a UV sterilizer as well. But if you do so prepare to dose your tank with Seed bacteria as well because UV sterilizers kill all bacteria and algae spores.

If you're running a refugium then double check to make sure that there's a copeopod population going on in there. They eat up lots of micro sized particles as well that could be causing a bacteria algae break out. If you don't have a copeopod population in the refuge then add some fuge mud or sand or LR rubble to the bottom of the refuge and stop flow to the refuge and add some copeopods to the system with some phytoplankton to feed them. Should be able to pick that up at your LFS.

Wash rinse and repeat. Try and keep the algae from smothering your coral. Also watch your PH like a hawk. These algaes love O2 and will devour whatever is in the tank for O2. Consider increasing your tanks dissolved O2 if the pH drops to much.

That's all I got for now. Good luck man

[bauder1986]

Originally Posted by DKoKoMan

Not sure if the link will work? But a short video of the active fish in the reef.

https://imgur.com/a/xXYqt5K

Oh really nice btw!