75 gallon tank.
So previously I posted about a cyano problem and got a couple peices of feedback. Too much light (lfs told me this)
Too much food
Too many fish.
I reduced my light so that my white bulbs were running for about 3 hours a day. Actinics are running nearly 12.
I reduced feeding to every other day. Probably still too much.
I added a full pack of snails from reef cleaners.
Increased my pump capacity on my protein skimmer (put in a bubble master)
Decreased the amount of fish in my tank too:
yellow tang
six line wrasse
2 clowns
a goby
When I brought in the fish I traded in I had my lfs run water tests for me to double check my own readings.
Salinity was .025
no nitrates
no nitrites
no ammonia
calcium was where it was supposed to be (dont remember the number right now)
Phosphates were high (no supprise) this was using an electronic test. They didnt show up on the drip test for me at all.
I'm still having cyano issues but more importantly most of my corals have died or are shrinking back. I noticed that some of them appeared to be shrinking back and then I noticed that the cyano would grow in the extra space. It didn't look like the cyano was the culprit to me.
Any idea of other things I can look for. I raised the amount of light back up after the die off but no luck.
I'm using RODI water that I run in my basement.
I'm thinking I may not have enough flow as when I use a turkey baster to blow off the cyano from the rock I get a mist of white dust with it. Although I am running 2 khoralia powerheads. I'd have to double check their specs to tell you what size they are.
Any thoughts or suggestions cause at the moment I'm feeling cursed and I've lost a fair amount of money I cant afford to replace. Plus I'm starting to see die back on a 200 dollar coral.
So previously I posted about a cyano problem and got a couple peices of feedback. Too much light (lfs told me this)
Too much food
Too many fish.
I reduced my light so that my white bulbs were running for about 3 hours a day. Actinics are running nearly 12.
I reduced feeding to every other day. Probably still too much.
I added a full pack of snails from reef cleaners.
Increased my pump capacity on my protein skimmer (put in a bubble master)
Decreased the amount of fish in my tank too:
yellow tang
six line wrasse
2 clowns
a goby
When I brought in the fish I traded in I had my lfs run water tests for me to double check my own readings.
Salinity was .025
no nitrates
no nitrites
no ammonia
calcium was where it was supposed to be (dont remember the number right now)
Phosphates were high (no supprise) this was using an electronic test. They didnt show up on the drip test for me at all.
I'm still having cyano issues but more importantly most of my corals have died or are shrinking back. I noticed that some of them appeared to be shrinking back and then I noticed that the cyano would grow in the extra space. It didn't look like the cyano was the culprit to me.
Any idea of other things I can look for. I raised the amount of light back up after the die off but no luck.
I'm using RODI water that I run in my basement.
I'm thinking I may not have enough flow as when I use a turkey baster to blow off the cyano from the rock I get a mist of white dust with it. Although I am running 2 khoralia powerheads. I'd have to double check their specs to tell you what size they are.
Any thoughts or suggestions cause at the moment I'm feeling cursed and I've lost a fair amount of money I cant afford to replace. Plus I'm starting to see die back on a 200 dollar coral.