Reef Bruh's 600 Gallon Upgrade

Yea. I know. I need to just go get one. Always worried about their longevity. But the seem to be very popular these days.

 

Well like most aquaculture corals the frags have a better history than wild caught.

 

UPDATE!!!!! Every time I come to my build thread it's never good.



So I'm going to play a game with everyone and if you can solve the puzzle then I know you're a true reefer. Ok. Here's the situation.



Tested my water this weekend.

Calcium - 400 ppm

Magnesium - 1200 ppm

Alkalinity - 5.8 dKh

Nitrate - .25

Phosphate - .11 ppm



Here's the kicker. I've went from 10 Dispar Anthias and Lyretails Anthias to one Dispar and 3 Lyretails. Can you guess why this happened?

 

Strictly a guess here. I'm saying your alkalinity, magnesium is low. Nitrates a little high but not too bad same with phosphates. Your nitrates killed your fish.

 

My nitrates are .25. That couldn't have done that. Besides I like my water a lil dirty to control phosphates.

 

So you're inferring that water chemistry played a role in the demise of your Anthias?

If not then logically disease so I would want to know how quickly the fish dead, over what span of time, the last time you added any fish?

For chemistry are you using a Ca reactor, when was the last time you tested, did it drift down or was it a significant swing over a short period?

All equipment malfunctions have been ruled out?

 

Ok. Here's what happened. First of all it's sorta my fault. I don't have a ph meter in my calcium reactor. The alk is low due to adding to much co2 to my reactor. But I had it on it's lowest setting. The calc reactor clogged up and co2 was being added to the tank thus depletion the o2 in the tank.

 

I am sorry Wayne about the fish.

I am still curious did they die within a short time span?

 

It was a matter of over a week or two. Stupid on my part.

 

So they suffocated? Sorry for your loss. Still learning Need to be a chemist to keep these parameters in check.