Can't stop the losses

Delphinus · #1 07-05-2009, 07:54 AM

I'd pretty much call that a tank reset ..

lastlight · #2 07-05-2009, 07:59 AM

seems like a good idea to me. but when does a person decide it's worth it i guess.

fishytime · #3 07-05-2009, 03:11 PM

Purely speculation, but I wonder if the issue is related to the fact that your acros were apparently not using any calcium? Seems odd that a tank with so many hard corals would suddenly stop using calcium. Perhaps a shift in water parameters changed the corals ability to calcify and grow?

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #4 07-05-2009, 03:17 PM

I suspect that it was partly due to too many changes to the tank over the last several months. Changing salts, changing zeovit, changing Ca reactor to dosing, etc.

Could have started with a bad batch of new salt but then all the other changes simply compounded the problem and created a downward spiral effect.

Just some thoughts discussed with other local reefers.

BTW, do-over tank is available anytime for borrowing.

Anthony

Snaz · #5 07-05-2009, 03:44 PM

Ok lets just speculate here and accept the tanks are failing because of some "Three year old Syndrome". What is causing the failure? Rocks getting too full detritus? Sandbed is breeding some micro nasty? The corals themselves reach a point in growth that they somehow cause a tank to fail?

If it was a sandbed issue then tanks without sand would not be effected. If "Three year old Syndrome" were real then some comparison might reveal a common denominator in the failed tanks. Perhaps someone with time and skill could troll the boards looking at failed tanks and do some comparison analysis.

Jason McK · #6 07-05-2009, 03:49 PM

Thanks for all the help everyone. I'm tending to agree with Anthony on this one. I believe is was too much change too quickly. Or at leaste I hope that is what is going on. I really don't want it to be OTS

blaster · #7 07-05-2009, 04:36 PM

Any pictures?

marie · #8 07-05-2009, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fishytime

Purely speculation, but I wonder if the issue is related to the fact that your acros were apparently not using any calcium? Seems odd that a tank with so many hard corals would suddenly stop using calcium. Perhaps a shift in water parameters changed the corals ability to calcify and grow?

When my tank went down hill last year, I suddenly stopped using calcium. I had to take my calcium reactor offline completely and was only using a little bit of kalk.
I have no idea what happened or what turned everything around again...I blamed it on the interceptor treatments I was doing at the time but...