surf&turf July 9, 2013 Share July 9, 2013 Nope... No kids. Maybe a mad girlfriend... "You spend too much time on that tank!" Can't say how many times I've heard that!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachabballi reef July 9, 2013 Share July 9, 2013 I will check the heaters... I haven't in a long time. My fish seem very happy... An the only inverts I have are snails. And they are content. My two anemones died though RBTA and Sebae. I had a glass heater that cracked and did pretty much what you described and oddly enough. MY temp didn't change so I wasn't even aware it was happeneing...my fish were fine but corals were going south FAST. Now it's titanium for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachabballi reef July 9, 2013 Share July 9, 2013 Make sure she doesn't do any cleaning around the tank. Mine sprayed window cleaner on the tank when I first entered the hobby and the overspray went into the tank which caused a mess. I think another member here had a maid service do the same thing. I've read threads where people have had exterminators spray near the tank and cause issues. Just something to think about but the water change and poly filter should clear most of that up. Air freshners too..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind July 9, 2013 Share July 9, 2013 I caught my wife just today spraying on bug spray no more than three feet from my QT system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pettyrd July 9, 2013 Author Share July 9, 2013 (edited) Edited July 9, 2013 by Origami embedded images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pettyrd July 9, 2013 Author Share July 9, 2013 One of those is a pic of my large polyp acan (edges are dying) Another is my green cyphasyria One is the color void meat coral And one is my elegance colony (doing ok) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind July 9, 2013 Share July 9, 2013 Copy and paste the "IMG" codes if you want the pictures to show here. The actinic is so strong I can't really tell if the corals' colors are off or bleached. Everything looks almost normal to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind July 9, 2013 Share July 9, 2013 What fish do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachabballi reef July 9, 2013 Share July 9, 2013 I can see where the edges of the acan and cyphastreaare looking ragged and your meat coral looks a bit bleached but everything else looks fine to my eye.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte July 9, 2013 Share July 9, 2013 What fish do you have? +1 and what inverts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachabballi reef July 9, 2013 Share July 9, 2013 +1 and what inverts? He says just snails.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind July 9, 2013 Share July 9, 2013 How old are the bulbs? If old you might want to increase photo period or replace them. If newly replaced then they might be getting to much light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidm July 9, 2013 Share July 9, 2013 did the problems begin with the anemone's dying? they could have released some toxins. whether that's the cause or not, a water change should help. sorry for your setbacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pettyrd July 9, 2013 Author Share July 9, 2013 The bulbs are about 10 months old. Should I increase the photo period? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad908 July 9, 2013 Share July 9, 2013 (edited) Did your water plant change from using chlorine to chloramine? Edited July 9, 2013 by brad908 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraffitiSpotCorals July 9, 2013 Share July 9, 2013 First off, did you figure out what caused the cloudy tank a few months back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bravanc July 9, 2013 Share July 9, 2013 when was the last time you changed you RO filters? if asked already i might have missed it. sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pettyrd July 9, 2013 Author Share July 9, 2013 What fish do you have? I have a large Vlamingi tang, yellow yang, 6 line wrasse, pair of jigsaw clowns and a purple dotty back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pettyrd July 9, 2013 Author Share July 9, 2013 when was the last time you changed you RO filters? if asked already i might have missed it. sorry. I haven't changed the filters. They are less than six months old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pettyrd July 9, 2013 Author Share July 9, 2013 First off, did you figure out what caused the cloudy tank a few months back? My best guess is that I didn't dunce my Phosguard well enough before putting it into my media reactor. Once I doubled my filter pads and collected the sediment, the tank went back to normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pettyrd July 9, 2013 Author Share July 9, 2013 Did your water plant change from using chlorine to chloramine? I'm on well water at my house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtsusc83 July 9, 2013 Share July 9, 2013 How r u measuring your salinity? If refractometer, check the calibration. I had similar symptoms a few months back and come to find out my refractometer was significantly off ( before cal it was 1.026 and after it was 1.018). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohaverd July 9, 2013 Share July 9, 2013 Did anyone ask about RO/DI membrane? TDS? its a no brainer, but the life of that membrane does sneak up on you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraffitiSpotCorals July 9, 2013 Share July 9, 2013 Are you running biopellets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWyll July 9, 2013 Share July 9, 2013 +1 on check the heater. Could be a small crack that doesnt effect the temps. Also, how do the snails look. My first indication of faulty heaters was there were no snails on the glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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