Corals slowly dying.. help
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not necessarily. Corals do like dirty water but there is such a thing as too dirty. My previous tank was sitting at 30-35. But corals where ok then got them down to 20 and corals were doing much better. Now with my new tank they sit at 12-15.
One thing is don’t get stuck chasing numbers. You’ll drive yourself crazy. Find your tanks happy spot.
One thing is don’t get stuck chasing numbers. You’ll drive yourself crazy. Find your tanks happy spot.
That's exactly what I was thinking when I choose this as my new media. I first used MarinePure blocks but threw it away after learning about some sort of metals leaching into the system so I decided to go with Siporax sintered glass. I noticed the Marinpure block (I had 2 big "8x8x4" blocks in my sump) shrunk by the time I decided to throw it away. If I had to guess, I would say it shrunk by about 10% to 15%.
I was excited to try using the new reef safe media, Siporax. I carefully rinsed them out about 7 times with tap water then let them sit in a bucket with RODI water for a few days. Finally, I cured it with waste water from my tank and some live rocks for about a month. Unfortunately, I had a long history of bad reefing since I started using MarinePure blocks and Siporax media.
I started to see a change after replacing the Siporax with some good quality live rocks I found from the local LFS, I started to see nice polyp extension again and the colors have also improved. I can't wait to see how things go from here. Thanks again for the tip joseserrano! I owe you a Denny's Grand Slam breakfast platter. I will look for you at our next in-person meet. Have a great day sir!
I was excited to try using the new reef safe media, Siporax. I carefully rinsed them out about 7 times with tap water then let them sit in a bucket with RODI water for a few days. Finally, I cured it with waste water from my tank and some live rocks for about a month. Unfortunately, I had a long history of bad reefing since I started using MarinePure blocks and Siporax media.
I started to see a change after replacing the Siporax with some good quality live rocks I found from the local LFS, I started to see nice polyp extension again and the colors have also improved. I can't wait to see how things go from here. Thanks again for the tip joseserrano! I owe you a Denny's Grand Slam breakfast platter. I will look for you at our next in-person meet. Have a great day sir!
I started to see a change after replacing the Siporax with some good quality live rocks I found from the local LFS, I started to see nice polyp extension again and the colors have also improved. I can't wait to see how things go from here. Thanks again for the tip joseserrano! I owe you a Denny's Grand Slam breakfast platter. I will look for you at our next in-person meet. Have a great day sir!
