SPS STN'ing

[cymaster007]

Well it has been 2 weeks and about 75% of my SPS is STN-ing. I grew most of these from little booger frags, ..... so frustrating and depressing...:frusty:
I know the tank is still trying to really stabilize so I hope this recession stops soon or I wont have anything left.

 

[joker295]

good luck on the tank cy... hope everything works out.. whats fluctuating on your tank?

 

[cymaster007]

I know my ph/alk is swinging as I am trying to dial in the new tank requirements, also having a mini cycle from the sand I rinsed.

So far lost-receding
Pink lemonade, red planet, bubblegum milli, green milli, rainbow milli, snowcone prostrata, pink prostrata, green slimer, nana, grafted milli, purple plasma, skittles granulosa and a few others....

 

[SchnitzelReef]

Sorry to hear bro! such a bummer especially since u grew them out from tiny frags...good luck

 

[cymaster007]

I may need some donor frags from people Ive sold/traded with over the past couple years....
Pictures Before my tank swap

 

[gonumber24]

Wow, what a bummer.

 

[johnwin84]

when you are ready, you can have anything from my tank

 

[Ghost]

I may need some donor frags from people Ive sold/traded with over the past couple years.

I know what your going through Cylix. Once you got your system dialed in come on by, I'll hook you up with a frag of what ever you like. Oh yea the Gliders are doing great!!!!

 

[cymaster007]

when you are ready, you can have anything from my tank

I may need some donor frags from people Ive sold/traded with over the past couple years.

I know what your going through Cylix. Once you got your system dialed in come on by, I'll hook you up with a frag of what ever you like. Oh yea the Gliders are doing great!!!!

Thanks guys- I really appreciate it.

 

[ShiftyGirl]

I'd give you anything I could. Our stuff is still too new, small, and common. GL in replacing what you've lost

 

[OCReefMadness]

Do you lately change your lighting?

 

[cymaster007]

Lighting is the same but everything moved tanks and I added more lr and some more sand

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[lowbudget]

hows the temp cy, i notices my sunset millie i got from dave at cfm did the same thing was growing and encresting. then next day started receeding from the bottom. you might want to cut a frag of each see if you can save a frag of each

 

[cymaster007]

Temp was low last week- swinging around 76-78. I upped the heaters to turn on earlier as I am learning how long it takes them to heat the new water volume. Good suggestion- I may do some trimming today..

 

[wickedfish]

What water changes have you done? What carbon source are you using? What is the alk swing? More than 1 dkh?

 

[cymaster007]

60 gallon water changes 1x a week so far, using vodka & prodibio bacteria, alk looked like it was swinging a bit last week but has stabilized out around 160-170 w/ the hanna alk checker.

 

[smalltime]

When you did the tank swap did you test all new tank water? Was it close in levels to your old tank? How did you do the tank swap?

 

[cymaster007]

It was pretty close- alk was a bit lower with the new water.
I swapped the water back-and forth over a 2 day - 10 gallons from the DT (new water) into the holding tank (gray bin) and then letting it sit for about an hour then taking 10 gallons back into the DT. - everything looked ok - polyps out, colored up, until about mid last week.
I know something is spiking/fluctuating too much but I just need to figgure it out & nail it down....

 

[lowbudget]

using vodka & prodibio bacteria, have you been doing this? i also notices when i started back my vodka dosing it would rtn from bottom up. exactly like your pictures alk swings dont make corals look like that they go from the tips.

salt mix you are using? before and after. sorry to hear man estaban and i went through this before tank o death. make sure when you cut the coral cut at least half in before the dying part you want a good clean frag

 

[cymaster007]

using vodka & prodibio bacteria, have you been doing this? i also notices when i started back my vodka dosing it would rtn from bottom up. exactly like your pictures alk swings dont make corals look like that they go from the tips.

salt mix you are using? before and after. sorry to hear man estaban and i went through this before tank o death. make sure when you cut the coral cut at least half in before the dying part you want a good clean frag

I was using vodka & prodibio before in my 125g- I have kept the dose the same as it was in the 125g- maybe i should cut it down? How long did your vodka-RTN effects last?

I use NSW- always have for the past few years.