reefermadness Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Spontaneously lost two Banded Trochus snails over the past 48 hours. They just dropped off the rocks and never got back up. Once the hermits started working on them I realized they had crossed the reef rainbow bridge. Temp is a steady 77 F, Salinity is 1.025, Nitrates are a bit high, trace phosphate, alkalinity is between 80 and 120. My PH is too low at around 7. My guess is that the alkalinity and PH are working with/against each other here, but not sure. I'm doing weekly, small water changes of 1 gallon each week--this is a 14 gallon tank. Zoas and Zenia seem fine, Ricordia aren't so good. Galaxea is doing very well. Any thoughts from anyone on what I might be doing incorrectly, based on the above? Is there a quick way to stabilize PH (aside from adding bicarb)? Is the best thing a partial water change in this case? Thanks for the input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewisriverfisherman Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Here is something to try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefermadness Posted July 25, 2019 Author Share Posted July 25, 2019 Thank you for the video, very informative! This tank is in an office building, so I cannot vent the skimmer to the outside or increase airflow. However, I am wondering if part of the problem is inadequate oxygen. I am running a tiny skimmer in the AIO sump on the back of this thing and no air stones other than that. It's an older Oceanic Biocube so it has a closed lid and even though there are fans for the light, they are enclosed in a smaller canopy within the canopy. I have not been running an air stone in my pre-mixed saltwater supply and so I'm wondering if a low oxygen flow might be contributing to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorW Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 I have a full container of Kent PH Buffer yours if you want it, I’d have to check the expiration date since I haven’t touched it besides the one time, I’m assuming it probably has an expiration date.... I’ve been using kalk in all three of my tanks ato’s and haven’t had any issues since. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.