WarDog's Tank Thread : Episodic Trial And Error

[Wheelman76]

"Jake from State Farm", best commercial ever lol

[Wheelman76]

Looking great Warren , and the sump area is awesome!!! Great job.

[Wheelman76]

Come on by for a visit anytime Warren , no need to buy anything. Or maybe you can come over sometime with Rich , however he's probably getting tired of coming over here lol

[Roskoreef]

I am no expert by any means but i had the same problem about a month ago...for me it was low alk and mag to start with, then i discovered my skimmer pump had a snail stuck in it and wasnt pumping much water all. fixed all that and they stopped stning after a day or 2, i also cut back on feeding the fish a tiny bit.. So i beleive i had too high nutrients, not enough oxygen and too low alk and mag

[Roskoreef]

I did end up fragging up the pieces it was too late for and they are thriving now...

[WarDog]

Originally Posted by Roskoreef

I am no expert by any means but i had the same problem about a month ago...for me it was low alk and mag to start with, then i discovered my skimmer pump had a snail stuck in it and wasnt pumping much water all. fixed all that and they stopped stning after a day or 2, i also cut back on feeding the fish a tiny bit.. So i beleive i had too high nutrients, not enough oxygen and too low alk and mag

Originally Posted by Roskoreef

I did end up fragging up the pieces it was too late for and they are thriving now...

Thanks Rosko, everything seems to be in check. Tested yesterday. I wouldn't mind checking my o2 levels.

Alk : 8.3
Ca : 430
Mg : 1275
Salinity : 1.025
NH3 : 0
NO2 : 0
NO3 : 5 (finally dropping)
PO4 : 0 Salifert (bought a Hanna, but haven't tried it yet)
pH : 8.24 - 8.31

[gregzz4]

Sorry to hear about the grief Warren
I wouldn't fret about O2 if your skimmer is producing micro bubbles under the foam head

[Wretch]

So Warren hows everything looking now? Still having issues or back to normal?

[WarDog]

Everything appears to be back to normal. Ended up tossing the piece as it was too late to save. Going to monitor for one more week then begin mounting the frags.

[Roskoreef]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I've never heard that, and according to a study I found, not really valid.

"The effects of dissolved oxygen on tomont development were examined. Tomonts were incubated in hyperoxic (141%), oxic (100%), hypoxic (24%) and anoxic (0%) conditions. Under the hypoxic and hyperoxic conditions, tomont development was suppressed. Under the anoxic condition, tomonts died. However, when tomonts were transferred into an oxic condition after 2 or 4- week incubation in the hypoxic condition, development resumed, showing a rapid increase in theront excystment rates 10 to 11 days after the transfer."

I phrased that wrong. I should have said low dissolved oxygen is stressful for fish and stress makes the fish more prone to parasites. Higher DO would help the fish be less stressed.