a few issues

Remmers · 11/11/2014, 11:20 AM

I have lost a few fish the past week, and I cant get the brown algae to stop growing on the glass. I also have a few spots of black hairy stuff on one corner of the sand.

Also it looks like cob webs on my rocks.

All my numbers are in check, I am running phosguard in a reactor, lights 12 hrs (black box led's) my skimmer is pulling dark stinky stuff everyday, and another thing is I cant get the water to stay clear. Seems there is always particles floating.

I have live rock and live sand in the fuge (no cheato yet), I have a ehiem 1262 return pump on a 90 gallon center overflow.

I have a wp-20 on the right side of the glass pointing across the tank and then I have 2 hydro korillas in each corner(back) pointing towards the frt frt at a slight angle

Just did a water change 4 days ago and I am using ro/di water with reef crystals

The corals I have seem to be doing good, mostly frags. My bta keep traveling around the tank, one day there out next there there hidden.

I have a clown fish (had 4) a file fish, some different star fish, some engineer gobies (found one dead today along with one of the clowns that I had left) and tons of different snails (maybe 25 or so)

Anything jump out that could be wrong and how to fix it

Thanks

Rich

Crooked Reef · 11/11/2014, 01:32 PM

Need water parameters. The cobweb stuff could be vermited snails or a bacteria bloom or something else entirely. Pics would be helpful.

11/11/2014, 11:20 AM	#1
Remmers Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 332	a few issues I have lost a few fish the past week, and I cant get the brown algae to stop growing on the glass. I also have a few spots of black hairy stuff on one corner of the sand. Also it looks like cob webs on my rocks. All my numbers are in check, I am running phosguard in a reactor, lights 12 hrs (black box led's) my skimmer is pulling dark stinky stuff everyday, and another thing is I cant get the water to stay clear. Seems there is always particles floating. I have live rock and live sand in the fuge (no cheato yet), I have a ehiem 1262 return pump on a 90 gallon center overflow. I have a wp-20 on the right side of the glass pointing across the tank and then I have 2 hydro korillas in each corner(back) pointing towards the frt frt at a slight angle Just did a water change 4 days ago and I am using ro/di water with reef crystals The corals I have seem to be doing good, mostly frags. My bta keep traveling around the tank, one day there out next there there hidden. I have a clown fish (had 4) a file fish, some different star fish, some engineer gobies (found one dead today along with one of the clowns that I had left) and tons of different snails (maybe 25 or so) Anything jump out that could be wrong and how to fix it Thanks Rich

11/11/2014, 01:32 PM	#2
Crooked Reef Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 1,765	Need water parameters. The cobweb stuff could be vermited snails or a bacteria bloom or something else entirely. Pics would be helpful. __________________ “In wine there is wisdom; in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria.” - Benjamin Franklin Current Tank Info: 90 gallon reef. Biocube 29 lionfish tank. Mantis tank.