LPS looks like crud

JZinCO · 02/09/2018, 11:44 PM

Hey everyone.
That subject line isn't totally accurate. My duncans are alright. But two weeks ago, my candy canes, blastos, and euphyllia started receding. In addition a specific candy cane of mine has been melting. The symptoms haven't gotten worse but they've not improved much. SPS and zoas have been doing exceedingly well lately.

A few of my leathers also got halfway to the point of death but recovered. I don't know if this was related.

I'll attach some photos.

The only thing that has recently changed is my flow. I have two jebao wavemakers (rw-15, pulsing 90-3400gph) in my 125 gallon.
salinity 1.026 (refractometer)
temp 80
no3 undetectable (API)
po4 0.25 (API)
alk 9 (API)
Ca 400 (API)

JZinCO · 02/09/2018, 11:53 PM

Here.

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rvareef · 02/10/2018, 07:11 AM

post a full tank shot, what led are you running? might need to feed your lps more

JZinCO · 02/19/2018, 10:17 PM

I made two adjustments. One, I dumped alot of food in three days straight, one week ago. Been feeding a bit more daily too. Phosphate and nitrate hadn't budged, but everything in the tank is looking better. I'm more than willing to let my two algae patches grow if it pleases the tank.
FYI, for anyone interested, I don't skim, just the occasional carbon and gfo in a blue moon.
Two, I moved some lps away from flow and the others just adjusted. I had no idea increasing flow by a small amount would create such a dire looking scene.

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02/09/2018, 11:44 PM	#1
JZinCO Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: northern CO Posts: 502	LPS looks like crud Hey everyone. That subject line isn't totally accurate. My duncans are alright. But two weeks ago, my candy canes, blastos, and euphyllia started receding. In addition a specific candy cane of mine has been melting. The symptoms haven't gotten worse but they've not improved much. SPS and zoas have been doing exceedingly well lately. A few of my leathers also got halfway to the point of death but recovered. I don't know if this was related. I'll attach some photos. The only thing that has recently changed is my flow. I have two jebao wavemakers (rw-15, pulsing 90-3400gph) in my 125 gallon. salinity 1.026 (refractometer) temp 80 no3 undetectable (API) po4 0.25 (API) alk 9 (API) Ca 400 (API) Last edited by JZinCO; 02/09/2018 at 11:58 PM.

02/09/2018, 11:53 PM	#2
JZinCO Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: northern CO Posts: 502	Here. Sent from my moto x4 using Tapatalk

02/10/2018, 07:11 AM	#3
rvareef In Memoriam Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 664	post a full tank shot, what led are you running? might need to feed your lps more

02/19/2018, 10:17 PM	#4
JZinCO Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: northern CO Posts: 502	I made two adjustments. One, I dumped alot of food in three days straight, one week ago. Been feeding a bit more daily too. Phosphate and nitrate hadn't budged, but everything in the tank is looking better. I'm more than willing to let my two algae patches grow if it pleases the tank. FYI, for anyone interested, I don't skim, just the occasional carbon and gfo in a blue moon. Two, I moved some lps away from flow and the others just adjusted. I had no idea increasing flow by a small amount would create such a dire looking scene. Sent from my moto x4 using Tapatalk