Frogspawn and Candycane trouble

nvmycj

nvmycj

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Hi guys/gals!
Here's my story. Five days ago I treated my 29gallon biocube with a Tropical Science red hair algae and Cyanobacteria additive and phosphate pads. I followed the directions to the "T!" It worked like a charm.
My problem started two days ago.... My frogspawn is not what it used to be and my candycane shrivled up to what you see now. When I got my frogspawn it had two heads,....now it has FIVE! Very proud dad!!! My candycane was ready to split in two. My parameters are as follows:
SG: 1.023
pH: 8.0
ammonia: 0ppm
nitrite: 0ppm
nitrate: 10-20 ppm
Any help or ideas would be helpful and greatly appreciated!!! Thank you!!!! As a side note, my Zoas and shrooms are just fine.

 
geoj

geoj

Active Member
I would try a good water change and run carbon to remove any leftover chem. and toxins. If that does not help and if your skimmer has returned to normal and any extra waste caused by killing the slime algae has been removed I would then try and feed the corals. If you get no response then I would move the corals down to lower light. So it could be toxins, or an over feeding reaction as the tank may have had more nitrate and more slime algae suspended as food, or maybe the corals are getting more light as the tank became clear from the removal of suspended food.
 
nvmycj

nvmycj

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Quote:
Originally Posted by GeoJ http:///t/391026/frogspawn-and-candycane-trouble#post_3465820
I would try a good water change and run carbon to remove any leftover chem. and toxins. If that does not help and if your skimmer has returned to normal and any extra waste caused by killing the slime algae has been removed I would then try and feed the corals. If you get no response then I would move the corals down to lower light. So it could be toxins, or an over feeding reaction as the tank may have had more nitrate and more slime algae suspended as food, or maybe the corals are getting more light as the tank became clear from the removal of suspended food.
I did an almost 50% water change after the treatment was completed. The corals can't be moved because I've epoxy'd them to the LR. If it's an over feeding reaction, is it temporary? Thanks!
 
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siptang

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no, it doesn't make you a bad person lol.
Calcium and alk go hand in hand and that it's very important keeping LPS corals like those two you have mentioned.
When you do proper, frequent water changes, you don't really have to worry about dosing your tank with anything but if you are low and your salt is not enough then you should considering adding additives to make the corals thrive.
I agree with geoj and I suggest an water change (which you already did) and running some carbon to remove all the toxins out of the water and give it some time to bounce back.
Good luck!
 
mr. limpid

mr. limpid

Active Member
You'll need to get these test kits ALK, calcium, mag. and phosphates a most for keeping corals. Your PH is to low needs to be up around 8.3 this is essential for reef tanks. As for your cyno, you need to know why you got it. First your nitrates are high for a reef tank, try adding macro algae like, shaving brush; Halimeda; fern grass; etc., anyone of these will help. Also when did you change your bulbs?
 
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