isistius
Active Member
i haven't been on in quite some time due to a very busy work schedule. all of the issues i am going to describe have been on going for quite some time. first some background:
i had a 135 up and running for about 18 months and a 30g frag tank running for about 5 months before i downsized and condensed both tanks into my 54 corner. right now there is about 110+ lbs of lr and 20lbs ls. my flow inside the display is about 50x with the water being pushed by 2 koralia 4s. i have a phosban reactor running with new (3 weeks) phosban and carbon (3 weeks also). i have an octopus dnw-110 (recirc) as my skimmer. it's rated at 150g. i have yet do do a few mods to it like a mesh mod and a gate valve mod. but that will be done within the next few weeks. my lights fixture is an aquactinics tx5. 5x39watt. my bulbs consist of (from front to back) actinic plus (geisemann), 6500k (ge), actinic plus, 3500k (phillips), actinic plus. the bulbs were installed in june of '07. stock consist of 1 false perc, 1 b&w perc, yellowtail blue damsel, royal gramma, sixline. i just lost the female false perc this morning after noticing that she was extremely skinny, to the piont where her bones were showing. all of the others are almost fat enough to throw on the grill (need to mention that she was at least 5yrs old).
on to my issue(s):
all of my softies are doing fantastic. the growth of zoas/palys, mushrooms and my neon green leather is almost explosive. i have a few lps in the tank, consisting of 2 acans, a blasto, and a yellow tipped torch. due to the direct feedings, the acans are blasto are doing well...nice and plump but i have not noticed any new growth since i've had them (the acans since sept/oct and the blasto maybe since august) my torch on the other hand has slowly but steadily declined. out of the original 9 heads, there are 5 left, and the flesh is very slowly receding.
onto my sps:
i have lost god knows how much $ on sps since june. after setting up my frag tank, i saw some growth on some of my frags. some i lost almost immediately due to rtn. others bleached and took months to recover. one that has recovered nicely is a pink-tipped green pocillipora. the others that i have had major issues with and that are still alive are an orange monti, red monti, and rose milli. i have given a few to saltn00b to try and bring back to life, such as my superman monti (where all flesh receded, but polyps remaind) and my sunset monti (the only sps to brown out when all the otheres eithered bleached or rtn'd). getting back to what i have in the tank.......the orange monti and red monti have lost all color except for the polyps. this happened over a period of many many weeks at a distance of 18-22" from the lights.
i owed many of the issues to the tank transfer, but i don't know how true that is. maybe my tank just isn't stablle yet after the transfer? idk. the transfer took place in mid december. now almost 3 months ago.
i am about to do a 15-20% water change so i thought i'd share my current levels with you before i do it. i use red sea coral pro salt, and do the same change every 2-3weeks. i also dose diy 2part every other nite to keep my alk steady.
temp 79-80
sg 1.025
no2 - 0
no3 - 10
ca - 480
ph - 8.2
alk - 7.0 dkh (low - i know)
po4 - 0
lastly - all water changes and topoff are done with ro/di that reads 0.000
if anyone has any suggestions i would love to hear them.
i know it was a lot to read, so thanks to those that did...
i had a 135 up and running for about 18 months and a 30g frag tank running for about 5 months before i downsized and condensed both tanks into my 54 corner. right now there is about 110+ lbs of lr and 20lbs ls. my flow inside the display is about 50x with the water being pushed by 2 koralia 4s. i have a phosban reactor running with new (3 weeks) phosban and carbon (3 weeks also). i have an octopus dnw-110 (recirc) as my skimmer. it's rated at 150g. i have yet do do a few mods to it like a mesh mod and a gate valve mod. but that will be done within the next few weeks. my lights fixture is an aquactinics tx5. 5x39watt. my bulbs consist of (from front to back) actinic plus (geisemann), 6500k (ge), actinic plus, 3500k (phillips), actinic plus. the bulbs were installed in june of '07. stock consist of 1 false perc, 1 b&w perc, yellowtail blue damsel, royal gramma, sixline. i just lost the female false perc this morning after noticing that she was extremely skinny, to the piont where her bones were showing. all of the others are almost fat enough to throw on the grill (need to mention that she was at least 5yrs old).
on to my issue(s):
all of my softies are doing fantastic. the growth of zoas/palys, mushrooms and my neon green leather is almost explosive. i have a few lps in the tank, consisting of 2 acans, a blasto, and a yellow tipped torch. due to the direct feedings, the acans are blasto are doing well...nice and plump but i have not noticed any new growth since i've had them (the acans since sept/oct and the blasto maybe since august) my torch on the other hand has slowly but steadily declined. out of the original 9 heads, there are 5 left, and the flesh is very slowly receding.
onto my sps:
i have lost god knows how much $ on sps since june. after setting up my frag tank, i saw some growth on some of my frags. some i lost almost immediately due to rtn. others bleached and took months to recover. one that has recovered nicely is a pink-tipped green pocillipora. the others that i have had major issues with and that are still alive are an orange monti, red monti, and rose milli. i have given a few to saltn00b to try and bring back to life, such as my superman monti (where all flesh receded, but polyps remaind) and my sunset monti (the only sps to brown out when all the otheres eithered bleached or rtn'd). getting back to what i have in the tank.......the orange monti and red monti have lost all color except for the polyps. this happened over a period of many many weeks at a distance of 18-22" from the lights.
i owed many of the issues to the tank transfer, but i don't know how true that is. maybe my tank just isn't stablle yet after the transfer? idk. the transfer took place in mid december. now almost 3 months ago.
i am about to do a 15-20% water change so i thought i'd share my current levels with you before i do it. i use red sea coral pro salt, and do the same change every 2-3weeks. i also dose diy 2part every other nite to keep my alk steady.
temp 79-80
sg 1.025
no2 - 0
no3 - 10
ca - 480
ph - 8.2
alk - 7.0 dkh (low - i know)
po4 - 0
lastly - all water changes and topoff are done with ro/di that reads 0.000
if anyone has any suggestions i would love to hear them.
i know it was a lot to read, so thanks to those that did...
