Can't stop the losses

fishoholic · #1 07-03-2009, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason McK

Thanks All. My Tank is Seastar as well. Something else I noticed as kind of Odd. I've had a sudden explosion of coraline algae. My tank never used to get coraline growth now I'm scraping it off everything

J

Hummm, I wonder, we started to use a calcium reactor (about 3 months ago) because we wanted more coraline growth. Within the last few weeks I've finally noticed more coraline, right about at the same time my yellow tree coral (which was huge and had been doing well for the past 3 years) started shriveling up and dying. No idea if it's connected or not but I think I'll take my calcium reactor off line and see if it makes a difference or not. Are you running one?

untamed · #2 07-03-2009, 02:52 PM

If I'm dealing with similar problems, it can't be silicon since my tank is acrylic.

I can't blame the Ca reactor because mine has been shut down for months now. The tank stopped using ca/alk to the point where only a bit of Kalk is required for Ca/Alk levels.

Jason McK · #3 07-03-2009, 04:31 PM

I took my CA reactor off line in April and started using a 2 part dosing system. But that has been off for 1.5 months because my tank isn't using CA or Alk. Like Brad

J

H2o2 · #4 07-03-2009, 05:05 PM

Stray voltage?,I found mine when I had a cut on my hand and was working on the tank with bare feet .Floor wet,nice little tingle.Did you change any wall plugs on any circut and simply put the wires on the wrong side of the receptical or one of the wires is touching the wall box and it is now feeding through your ground rod? Just drawing at straws

littlesilvermax · #5 07-03-2009, 05:44 PM

Just some thoughts.

-I hate sand! I would take it out.
-maybe a test kit is off?

-do you have SPS in a frag system (not in main display) but still using same water? (My dwarf angels, at least I think it is them, are nibbling more and more on my SPS in the main display, but as soon as I put a piece in my basement sump/frag system it starts to grow.

Jason McK · #6 07-03-2009, 05:44 PM

Thanks H2o2 I've ruled out stry voltage But good thought

J

Jason McK · #7 07-03-2009, 05:46 PM

Hey Ben Thanks for chiming in.

The sand could be a problem but it's really only an inch deep. Hardly a nitrate factory. Plus I have very little Algae and very low Nitrates. but I gues it could be hiding something we do not measure.
As for test kits. I have 3 sets of Salifert and Elos. I have also taken water to OA. All readings are the same.

J

fencer · #8 07-03-2009, 07:42 PM

Interesting just some thoughts
1 Toxins leaching out for tank..not likely as he does 80 gal/wk water changes
2 Infection...maybe even with the UV on...he states that he has progressively losing corals ( most fragile to least lps's. UV could upset the bacterial balance in a zeo system??
3. Something in the water(DI/RO???) or salt..maybe
4 Zeo crash...maybe...mineral imbalance?
5. Did you check orp?
6. Nitrates in the tank...not unless he has stirred up the sand
7. Some thing is releasing toxins in the tank...algae bloom maybe. Toxins are not usually destroyed by UV and only paritlly skiimmed out.