Well I came back from vacation to some sad news.... When last working in my fish room where my frag tank is, I must have inadvertantly separated the return pipe in the overflow and for the most part all of my frags perished. Fortunately I didn't have anything that was super expensive but it was sad none the less. I assume that the tank went for a full week with very little fresh water and very little temperature regulation. Somehow, all of the fish survived and I have some coral that might pull through.... To make matters worse I typically pull my water for testing out of the frag tank and I did this immediately but before I realized what the issue was. Long story short the Alk was WAY off and I immediately dosed the rest of the system. In effect, I was correcting for a problem that didn't exist in the DT and I am sure that the dose of Alk didn't help things there.
As for the Triton update... Things are looking spotty there as well. I got my results back (attached below) from the second water test. Comparitively they are still very similar to the original results. Despite the relatively stable results, I am seeing some issues in the tank. My monticaps particularly are beginning to struggle. My big green colony is almost completely bleached and I am noticing some reduced color in others as well. My zoas continue to look weak and at best are open 75% of the way. On the other hand some of my sticks continue to thrive and show nice color and PE. I am also seeing some really good results in my acans, brains, and favia. Then there are some that are in between.
My biggest concern is that I am battling hair algae and cyano. I have never had issues w/ HA but I have battled cyano multiple times... My P and PO4 registered 0 and my nitrates are around 2ppm. Not quite sure what the cause is but I did lose 4 fish to ich about 2 months ago. Those fish could not be removed b/c they disappeared deep into the rock work. I have to assume they atleast caused part of the issue. The HA seems to be on the slow retreat but I have it growing in areas where I can't manually remove it. My Ca, Alk, and Mg are all stable and close to range with needs for only minor tweaks.
Because of some of my test results, (high Li) I am considering a small water change with their pure salt.
At this point, I'm still comitted to the method. With so many variables and the fact that my water quality seems to have been pretty stable, its hard to say what are causing the issues. I plan to stay the course and try to make small corrections as needed.
Water Test #2 attached...
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