bridge man
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My torches, frogspawn, and hammer are all beginning to peel away from their branches and not inflating much at all. Once I noticed this happening, I pulled them out of the main tank and put them into my 10 gal. QT with a cheapo 18" flo. light strip.
There are three possible answers to this problem:
1) Last week I added Phosguard in a media bag in the sump to combat silicates. I am also running my RO water through Phosguard before topping off with it through a Nilsen Reactor.
2) I added some calurpa (feather I believe) to my refugium on the same day as I added the Phosguard. Maybe the corals don't like the new algae?
3) I came home a little over a week ago to find my galaxae upside down in the sand after being pushed off the rocks, probably by an emerald crab/turbo snail. It has began to die, so that could be a source of some toxins. I pulled it out also and put it in the QT with the others.
Either the Phosguard, macro algae, or the galaxae could be the source of all my trouble. Seems funny that only the corals of that family are affected. Any suggestions would much appreciated.
And of course: Amm-trite-trate=0, pH~8.3(+/-), calcium=400, alk~2.5-3.0, phosphate=0, silicate=0 (undetectable in tank and RO water after passing through Phosguard)
There are three possible answers to this problem:
1) Last week I added Phosguard in a media bag in the sump to combat silicates. I am also running my RO water through Phosguard before topping off with it through a Nilsen Reactor.
2) I added some calurpa (feather I believe) to my refugium on the same day as I added the Phosguard. Maybe the corals don't like the new algae?
3) I came home a little over a week ago to find my galaxae upside down in the sand after being pushed off the rocks, probably by an emerald crab/turbo snail. It has began to die, so that could be a source of some toxins. I pulled it out also and put it in the QT with the others.
Either the Phosguard, macro algae, or the galaxae could be the source of all my trouble. Seems funny that only the corals of that family are affected. Any suggestions would much appreciated.
And of course: Amm-trite-trate=0, pH~8.3(+/-), calcium=400, alk~2.5-3.0, phosphate=0, silicate=0 (undetectable in tank and RO water after passing through Phosguard)
