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Unread 08/07/2019, 07:23 AM   #1
fishkeeprian
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Sps help

Hello, I've had a few SPS issues mainly, I've had a blue Digi that was doing fantastic start to encrust over rock, full poly extension, great colour, but then over a course of a few weeks, the poly extension was very little, white abrasions started to appear on the body. I've had a setosa frag I 've had for a while be up and down, looks as tho it's stripping, recoup, then strip again, and then finally stripped and never recovered. Birdnest starting to strip at the core.

I put it down to my bi-colour blenny going rouge on be and taking a liking to my sps. I've seen him nipping around the bases, but just wanted to check out other things before I remove him from the tank.

I did a round of tests last night;

Alk - 7.7
Cal - 465
Mag - 1410
Nitrate - 10ppm
Phos - 0.031
Salinity 1.028
Temp - 25.9 - 26.2 degrees

The tank is pretty stable at those figures other than the phosphates which fluctuate at little up and down.

Not changed lighting or intensity, I produce my own RO which is reading Zero on the inline TDS metre.

I know salinity is a little high and I am going to adjust this down to 1.026.

I can't put down what is happening to the parametres, so just want to check if there is anything that could be present in the water which isn't obvious, also I've checked my equipment and there are no signs of rust. My hinges are a little rusty on the cabinet, could this be contaminating the water?

Any advice welcome.


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Unread 08/07/2019, 09:29 AM   #2
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The fish might be the problem. I had a black sailfin blenny that absolutely wiped out several chalice over night.

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