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RedSea 425XL-G1 Build
- Thread starter MadReefer
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No clue what the HE!! is going on with the tank. I lost 5 heads of this Hammer over the weekend. LPS has been dropping slowly for a few weeks now and its getting extremely old and tiring.
If I cannot correct this and the tank goes downhill I am out.
If I cannot correct this and the tank goes downhill I am out.
reefsandrotts
NJRC Member
Looks like brown jelly disease from the skeleton.
Well that sucks as I have not added any coral recently. To be honest the coral looks fine all day and then next day its gone. I never see the jelly.
I pulled 2 corals - hammer and torch. No brown jelly. The hammer had bunch of sponges and both had vermatid snails. I removed the snails and sponges and did a peroxide dip. I noticed both coral skeletons seemed soft as I easily broke them with my tongs. Any ideas why they seem so brittle?
reefsandrotts
NJRC Member
What's the brown stuff on the dead heads?
Its not slimy like jelly; its just brown algae.
The coral look a bit better today and no lost heads overnight. Will have to keep an eye on them and see.
I accidentally gave my one Torch BJD when I was cleaning out my waterbox 10 AIO rear chambers and by mixing up so much bacteria and detritus it got to the coral, some ways I have helped stop BJD from spreading in my new larger tank Is any time I have it happen I run new Felt filter socks or finer one to catch anything in the water, run full carbon. And if you have it run a UV
As long as it’s RODI it shouldn’t matter
radiata
NJRC Member
I recollect one is more efficient than the other. I think It depends on the amount of CO2 in the incoming water which has an effect the DI usage.
I did notice ATO chamber was going fast and kept filling it. This weekend realized the hose from float switch to ATO chamber fell off the chamber so was dumping 5g of water in sump a few times. I tested and salinity is 1.025 now with no salt addition.