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05-27-2018, 08:48 PM
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Did a 100% water change and added a bunch of activated carbon. Still smells like chemicals though.
Not sure if I will have the budget if I have to buy new sand and new live rock. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk 
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05-27-2018, 10:02 PM
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All the snails, pods and the kole Tang I picked up yesterday died.
The frogspawn and hammer coral look ok, but not super happy in my low flow weak light 10 gallon. The acropora I have have all lost their colour. Not sure if it will come back or not. Going to try and find someone who can take my coral for a bit. I am pretty sure the tank will have to recycle and I don't think they will survive my 10 gallon. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
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05-28-2018, 04:09 AM
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I don’t think you would have to change the sand bed. The big WC and GAC should help out. You may just be smelling residual burnt plastic as that’s nasty stuff when it melts.
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05-28-2018, 05:01 AM
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Unfortunately your Acro probably won’t survive the water parameter swings. If your lucky you may get STN and not RTN. I’m hoping they are dealing with stress and swing back.
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05-29-2018, 07:45 PM
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Bit of an update.
I have for sure lost my largest acro frag. It has gone bone white. The other acro frags aren't looking great, but 2 still have a bit of colour. Although, the one that had coloured up and was doing the best has lost all its polyps. Just empty holes, but still has a bit of colour. The frogspawn and hammer coral aren't looking great either. The frogspawn hasn't opened yet while the hammer coral is barely opening. The orange eye chalice is still green, but there are no longer any orange eyes.. The acan looks surprisingly unaffected. So hoping it will survive. The apartment no longer smells, but when I open the lid to the tank I can still smell the melting plastic smell. Still unsure if I will have to go through the cycle again. I will test the water on wednesday. Trying to look on the bright side, at least this happened now and not when my tank was fully stocked. And I no longer have any cyno.... Anyone have good recommendations on a new power head?
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05-29-2018, 11:20 PM
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As far as some decent powerheads I have used the gyres and the Rossmont movers and really liked both. The movers are priced well for what to get and were very reliable.
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05-30-2018, 08:08 PM
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The hammer and frogspawn are looking a bit better, but still not great. No change to the chalice and acan. The acros are slowly getting worse  I don't think I will be able to save them.The tank is having a massive diatom bloom. Really bad on the side where the powerhead died. For the gyres powerheads which brand would you recommend? Seems like there are a few brands for them at varying prices. Also picking up a skimmer today. So that should help with any future algae problems.
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05-31-2018, 04:26 AM
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I will give fragging the acro a try although it's a pretty small frag to begin with.
I think I could get away with the glamorca gyre. It's flow rate is higher than the hydor koralia I had. I'm going to look into them more. Tested my water Ammonia - 0.50 Nitrate - 0 Nitrite - 0 Looks like I'm going to have to cycle again. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
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