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05-22-2015, 11:06 PM
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what went wrong
Oh and a substrate of 3"LS.
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05-22-2015, 11:47 PM
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seems like you should remove the coral.
just because you take the time to acid bath and then wash them, they can still have all kinds of stuff that can leach into a body of water. Not sure I'm following this correctly, but it would seem like all your problems started when you added the coral. The fact that it was from a garage sale is somewhat concerning. There could be copper or other hazardous trace metals, chemicals or compounds in there and you would have no way of knowing until you have an issue (which seems to be the case). Lots of people like to add coral to their freshwater tanks, and if this was the case, may have dosed with all kinds of stuff that would be very detrimental to a sw ecosystem. they could also have been stored somewhere and exposed to something hazardous (like a garage or under the kitchen sink). I'm if following this right, get rid of all that dead coral you added, put your live rock back in, add some bacteria (like prodibio) and do lots of water changes until things start to improve. Last edited by gobytron; 05-22-2015 at 11:52 PM.
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05-23-2015, 12:39 AM
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With phosphates at 2.4 I would recommend frequent water changes and some Foz Down. The Foz Down will be able to cost effectively and easily remove the Phosphates and keep new phosphate under control while the rocks finish leaching.
I would recommend reducing phosphate over a period of 2 weeks. 1 $30 bottle of Foz Down should remove all the Phosphate plus more. No need to remove rock and disturb your tank again. FYI I produce the Foz Down and lots of people here have used it successfully. Cheers, Tim
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05-23-2015, 12:42 AM
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Thanks Gobytron
Actually this happened over a period of two to three months, everything was great until we removed too much LR two weeks ago. I'm guessing the phosphates levels slowly got to where they are now. The coral came from someone I knew here in Whistler that had it on display so I was pretty sure the dead coral was safe, except as a phosphate factory.
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05-23-2015, 12:47 AM
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So Tim are you saying I can leave the dead coral (base rock) in the tank if I use that product?
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05-23-2015, 02:38 AM
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Yes, it will neutralize any phosphate that the rock releases.
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www.oceanfreshaquarium.com/foz-down.html - Foz Down - an easy way to eliminate algae outbreaks caused by Phosphate and bring back the fun of reef keeping.
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