Supplementing No fish reef tank

Craigdillman · 01/29/2014, 11:40 AM

Hey (long story) but all my fish are in QT now so I'm running the DT with no fish and the first 2 weeks corals sps mostly looked awesome and now going on the 3rd and 4th week with no fish my corals are starting to look just "Meh" not bad but just not as "excited" as they usually do some of my zoa look kinda sad. Wondering if maybe I'm overskimmming or something since there is no fish now

Im wondering what i can do/add to help them till all the fish poop comes back?

Currently I'm adding Reef roids, Osyer feast and marine snow alternating every other day so one of each is getting every day and I'm still feeding my bubble tip and duncans every few days

Parameters still looking good
Cal-440
Alk-8
mag 1380
P04-0.09 with hanna

still doing my WCs

oscarinw · 01/29/2014, 11:46 AM

I think it's hard to tell. The best way to know would be to make a testing comparison between before 'exodus' and after. Without that, it would be all speculation to determine that fish poop is what's lacking. Don't get me wrong, it could be, but it's hard to be for sure.
I would say to try and feed the tank with 1/10 of what you used to feed when the fish were there and see if that makes a difference. It might take a while for that to make any difference in the water so be patient and keep an eye out for chemicals that might be in the water. Perhaps see what some carbon or a metal remover to see if the issue may lie there...
Good luck anyway!

Craigdillman · 01/29/2014, 11:53 AM

Ok thanks

01/29/2014, 11:40 AM	#1
Craigdillman Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Lethbirdge Posts: 487	Supplementing No fish reef tank Hey (long story) but all my fish are in QT now so I'm running the DT with no fish and the first 2 weeks corals sps mostly looked awesome and now going on the 3rd and 4th week with no fish my corals are starting to look just "Meh" not bad but just not as "excited" as they usually do some of my zoa look kinda sad. Wondering if maybe I'm overskimmming or something since there is no fish now Im wondering what i can do/add to help them till all the fish poop comes back? Currently I'm adding Reef roids, Osyer feast and marine snow alternating every other day so one of each is getting every day and I'm still feeding my bubble tip and duncans every few days Parameters still looking good Cal-440 Alk-8 mag 1380 P04-0.09 with hanna still doing my WCs __________________ Current tank---125 gallon mixed reef 60 gallon sump, Reef octopus nw200 skimmer, Rapid LEDs, Maxspec gyre, Mp10s, Fuge, Biweekly 20% WC, QT everything

01/29/2014, 11:53 AM	#3
Craigdillman Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Lethbirdge Posts: 487	Ok thanks __________________ Current tank---125 gallon mixed reef 60 gallon sump, Reef octopus nw200 skimmer, Rapid LEDs, Maxspec gyre, Mp10s, Fuge, Biweekly 20% WC, QT everything

01/29/2014, 11:46 AM	#2
oscarinw Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Western Massachusetts Posts: 1,091	I think it's hard to tell. The best way to know would be to make a testing comparison between before 'exodus' and after. Without that, it would be all speculation to determine that fish poop is what's lacking. Don't get me wrong, it could be, but it's hard to be for sure. I would say to try and feed the tank with 1/10 of what you used to feed when the fish were there and see if that makes a difference. It might take a while for that to make any difference in the water so be patient and keep an eye out for chemicals that might be in the water. Perhaps see what some carbon or a metal remover to see if the issue may lie there... Good luck anyway!