colt coral HELP!!! - Page 2

Aquarist007 · 09/17/2007, 06:01 PM

your live rock is probably still curing---any phosphates and nitrates being realeased are taken up quickly by the algae bloom so you will get a zero reading.
Reduce your lighting time by 2/3 for the next five days--it won't hurt the colt. Then run them for only 4 hrs a day or so till that algae starts dying off
If you don't add any phosphates nitrates etc to the tank then that algae bloom should eat itself out of a food supply in the next couple of weeks

HDAlien · 09/18/2007, 08:24 AM

Just another thought on Colt's coral, it is basically a weed, I'm trying to rid my tank of it.

Aquarist007 · 09/18/2007, 10:25 AM

again no suprises---the live rock is stilll curing--in this process dead stuff becomes ammonia and phosphates--these are the fuel for the algae bloom------a perfectly natural event of the cycling process.
Most algae blooms eat themselves to death--consume the fuel because eventually the rock will be fully cured--all the dead stuff gone.
A good possibility here is that the algae is consuming the the nitrates and phosphates a quick as it is being produced by the live rock----and as a result your are not testing positive for nitrates.

what you can do:
first of all wait before adding any more bioload
feed your fish very little---if you feel guilty about it---feed little three times a day instead of two

thoroughly wash any frozen food--rinse it through a brine shrimp net with r/0 water
only use r/0 water for top ups and water changes(mixed with salt of course)
shut off your lights for the next four days---it won't hurt the colt coral
run your lights after that max 4 hrs per day until the algae dies off
make sure none of the algae is starting to cover the the colt coral
lightly use a turkey base over the substrate and rocks to get that debris back into the water column where it can be fillter out.

Aquarist007 · 09/18/2007, 10:28 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by HDAlien
Just another thought on Colt's coral, it is basically a weed, I'm trying to rid my tank of it.

it sure grows like one and so does xenia

ferg822 · 09/18/2007, 05:26 PM

thanks so much everyone. Hope this all helps.

09/17/2007, 06:01 PM	#26
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	your live rock is probably still curing---any phosphates and nitrates being realeased are taken up quickly by the algae bloom so you will get a zero reading. Reduce your lighting time by 2/3 for the next five days--it won't hurt the colt. Then run them for only 4 hrs a day or so till that algae starts dying off If you don't add any phosphates nitrates etc to the tank then that algae bloom should eat itself out of a food supply in the next couple of weeks __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

09/18/2007, 08:24 AM	#27
HDAlien Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 476	Just another thought on Colt's coral, it is basically a weed, I'm trying to rid my tank of it. __________________ ¡ʞuɐʇ ʎɯ ǝʌo1 ı Current Tank Info: 220 gal. reef

09/18/2007, 10:25 AM	#28
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	again no suprises---the live rock is stilll curing--in this process dead stuff becomes ammonia and phosphates--these are the fuel for the algae bloom------a perfectly natural event of the cycling process. Most algae blooms eat themselves to death--consume the fuel because eventually the rock will be fully cured--all the dead stuff gone. A good possibility here is that the algae is consuming the the nitrates and phosphates a quick as it is being produced by the live rock----and as a result your are not testing positive for nitrates. what you can do: first of all wait before adding any more bioload feed your fish very little---if you feel guilty about it---feed little three times a day instead of two thoroughly wash any frozen food--rinse it through a brine shrimp net with r/0 water only use r/0 water for top ups and water changes(mixed with salt of course) shut off your lights for the next four days---it won't hurt the colt coral run your lights after that max 4 hrs per day until the algae dies off make sure none of the algae is starting to cover the the colt coral lightly use a turkey base over the substrate and rocks to get that debris back into the water column where it can be fillter out. __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

09/18/2007, 05:26 PM	#30
ferg822 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 173	thanks so much everyone. Hope this all helps. __________________ Ferg :p Current Tank Info: Not much but some