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Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 11:56
PM
Subject: RE: Need some very good advivce,
Please!
Best
bet to revive the rock (I have done this already) get your self a large can of
some sort, purchase an amount of coraline covered live rock to seed the old
rock you have and place it in the bottom of the bucket with your old rock on
the top, or mix it in - NO LIGHTS - Lights only promote the algae you don't
want. Two to four weeks and you rock should be back to around
normal.
I do
have one question - what other chemicals have you used on your tank. The will
stay in the rock. Maybe you have used something that has killed the
coraline???
Anybody else??
I
did this with about 25lbs of old dead rock and it is really nice
now.
Thanks
Dave
I have had reef tank for approx. 4 years that
was doing great, corals growing, coraline growing nicely. About 6
months ago I wrote the group about my hard corals starting to die.
Here
is a synopsis on how it happened; first all of my snails died. Then slowly
my hard corals started to shrink back from the skeleton. I tried dipping in
Tectra D to no avail. The polyps that where on the rocks died,there
were many,all colors.
My present water Readings are:pH 8.35, Alk3.5, phos
.5, iodine .05, calcium 375ppm, Specific Gravity 1.024. temp around 84F
I
have a 65 gallon reef with a 15 gallon sump. An Amiracle 100 skimmer.
I
use a 300watt MH 10K along with 2 actinic bulbs and a Coralife
Trichromatic bulb, all about 1 year old now.
I have at present 3
toadstool leather corals that are opening nicely, part of a button coral, a
finger Coral and some mushrooms. All appear to be good.
The glass shows a
lot of algae growth, green and purple in color.I have to scrape it once a
week
The live rocks also have a green algea growth very low,covering
them. Feels like moss,
The coraline is gone
I have about 2 1/2 inches
of aragonite on the floor
I have used reef crystals and change 5 gallons
per week.
I used the following suppliments from the start: Seachem
Reef Iodine,Reef Calcium,Reef Strontium. Used them very inconsistantly.
I
changed to Tads iodine, KLH and vital gold, on a consistant basis.Changed to
this based on the praise I heard on various groups and started to drip
Kalk.That's when things started to go wrong.presently not using any
suppliments.
I also have a 30 gallon tank in the garage that
replenishes the water as it evaporates, through a tube. I use the Tap Water
Purifier by Aquarium Pharm.I have recharged them a few times myself.
My
question is, I want to start building up the reef again. What are your
suggestions ? Do I throw 120 pounds of live rock out and start fresh ? How
do I get rid of the algae on the rocks?
What suppliments do I use, what
manufacturer?
I have bubble tip anenome that is doing great, the fish are
doing fine.
I do not want this to happen again.
Any suggestions would
be appreciated.
Thanks
Bob
Stuhl
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