Possibly, while you were in the hospital the levels might have gotten slightly out of wack without your
on everything and maybe that caused weakening of corals in combination with the cyano. Then the chemi clean and lighting issues on top might have pushed the envelope a bit. .....patience and slow and steady changes.....
So were you running KZ and Chemi concurrently or close together? I haven't dabbled in enough SPS beyond some Monti and hydnophora years ago to speak terribly compentitally but between the dosing, the swings, multiple anti-cyno regimes and lighting changes my 2cents is to just invest in some weekly waterchanges and try to just cruise for a few months. Keep everything as stable you can but don't number chase for a bit.
Thank you!
hang in there
I’m wondering if people are looking at the dates on my pictures. Day to day I don’t have severe swings in any parameters. These notes date back to at least November. I was, however, in the hospital for 6 weeks straight and with all of my husbands other responsibilities (2 jobs and caring for our adult brain injured son) it was all he could do to get the fish fed let alone test the water. I do appreciate everyone’s input. We also found a new pest yesterday and haven’t yet figured out what the heck they are. Tiny skinny worms on the glass. They don’t seem to be bristleworms. Also, figured out yesterday that my fancy Inkbird temp controller is toast. That’s why my temps were fluctuating wildly. Thing I absolutely do not understand is why my back up heater/controller didn’t kick on. These are practically brand new BRS titanium heaters. I plugged in a brand new finnex heater into the Inkbird and it still didn’t work but when I plugged it into the Finnex controller - BAM it worked. So now I’m thinking that brand new heater has been bad all along because it’s not the finnex controller that failed because it is working now. I still have the Inkbird temp probe in there because it is accurate within a few tenths of a degree and sends me phone alerts for temps out of range. Really disappointed that I got only 6-7 months out of it and only about 3-4 months out of those BRS heaters.The thing I immediately looked at was the dkh. You have a range from 6.2 to 10.5 (can’t see the post on my phone ha) imo that’s a pretty severe swing. Yea it’s still in range, but for all stability is way high on the priority list.
I’m not saying you’re doing something wrong, but the dkh range is a lil suspect imo(some may disagree)
Beat of luck
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I wonder if that was a testing error? I’ve had the Hanna give me some oddball results. I’m thinking this was when I first started the 2 part, I can’t remember
Is it significant if it goes from 8.4 to 8.9 over the course of 24 hours? I still don’t understand what would be causing the swings. Should I discontinue the ATI 2 part? I don’t feel like it’s been particularly helpful. It was recommended to me by a fellow reefer but not an ARC member. I needed to get my calcium up because it had bottomed out. I feel like I’m brain damaged now. I’m not joking. I’m malnourished and I’m trying really hard to wrap my head around the chemistry. We had gotten a clam and I didn’t do enough research. I didn’t realize they were such calcium consumers and my calcium bottomed out and the clam died then my monti’s started dying. The tank was truly perfect and beautiful before we got the clam. The hammer looks like it’s trying to come back. Although it’s still pale I’m starting to see brighter green in it now. This tank is being dismantled soon and only the fish will be going to the new tank. None of the rock or sand will be transferred and the corals will be dipped and fragged and placed in quarantine before being put into the new system. Maybe I’ll be able to do a better job. We’re going to have significantly more system volume because of the water/sump system we will be building in the basement. Will have auto water changes programmed in. I just need to figure out my new rockscape for the 180 so we can start cycling the rocks
Really doesn't matter - your parameters are swinging - or your testing is no good. The results are the same. Potential sources for the problems you are asking about.
I completely agree with you but I also completely do no know what is making it unstable. Do you think it’s the ATI 2 part? Should I discontinue it? I don’t add any other supplements and it’s only going at 2ml/hour. I’m wondering if it’s even stable anymore because I diluted it so long ago and infuse so little of it.
Yes, it is significant. That much change so quickly could cause a lot of damage in only 24 hours.
I know there has been a bunch of advice on here but this is essentially the same thing I said a few days ago (no harm in the repeat @trizzino). Yes, @NanCrab, you should stop dosing (for now). You have to get a handle on your consumption. Dosing without knowing the consumption isn't going to be productive. Its also something you have to stay on top of because as your corals grow, they will take up more elements. So, if you start a tank with a bunch of 1" frags. You could have your dosing down perfect but if they grow into full colonies, your dosing regimen isn't likely to be sufficient anymore.
