SRC Member Zixuan Posted September 30, 2021 SRC Member Share Posted September 30, 2021 Good evening reefers!! Been keeping my tank for close to 2 months now. I started my hobby back in early Aug, dived head-on into marine keeping. Boy was I un-prepared. My tank went from a small 1ft cube to a 2ft 60L (~15G) tank. Enthusiastically, I went to many LFS to get corals and fishes. Right now, my tank's housing 2 clowns, 1 juvi sail-fin tang, a violet dottyback, a firefish and some CRCs. In it is also some SPSs (1 red planet, some golden tip acro & full-on gold one) & LPSs (3 branching hammers). My light's a Zetlight ZT6600 handed-down from a fellow reefer. I run mostly whites for about 5hrs a day, and in the evening its set to more blue. But for whatever reasons, I can't understand why I kept loosing my euphyllia(s). My water params are as such: Ammonia: .25ppm Nitrite: 0ppm Nitrate: - Magnesium: 1.125ppm KH: 9 (P.S. I know ammonia & nitrite is supposed to be 0. I think I got too enthu and thought that it was okay to add corals with live-stock in. I've since started dosing Nite-out II) I've also spoken to some reefers who told me my magnesium might be low. But my LFS also said that if my KH is fine, my magnesium should be too. I've got 3 more hammer spawns that are doing fine, but for whatever reason, the damn spot which I placed my hammer, or torch back then, is cursed to the point no euphyllia can grow there. Is there something wrong? Attached (my 3 hammers doing fine, but my 1 hammer just dying off. It had brown algae and I tossed it in fear of spreading) : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Jimbo Posted September 30, 2021 SRC Member Share Posted September 30, 2021 Good evening reefers!! Been keeping my tank for close to 2 months now. I started my hobby back in early Aug, dived head-on into marine keeping. Boy was I un-prepared. My tank went from a small 1ft cube to a 2ft 60L (~15G) tank. Enthusiastically, I went to many LFS to get corals and fishes. Right now, my tank's housing 2 clowns, 1 juvi sail-fin tang, a violet dottyback, a firefish and some CRCs. In it is also some SPSs (1 red planet, some golden tip acro & full-on gold one) & LPSs (3 branching hammers). My light's a Zetlight ZT6600 handed-down from a fellow reefer. I run mostly whites for about 5hrs a day, and in the evening its set to more blue. But for whatever reasons, I can't understand why I kept loosing my euphyllia(s). My water params are as such: Ammonia: .25ppm Nitrite: 0ppm Nitrate: - Magnesium: 1.125ppm KH: 9 (P.S. I know ammonia & nitrite is supposed to be 0. I think I got too enthu and thought that it was okay to add corals with live-stock in. I've since started dosing Nite-out II) I've also spoken to some reefers who told me my magnesium might be low. But my LFS also said that if my KH is fine, my magnesium should be too. I've got 3 more hammer spawns that are doing fine, but for whatever reason, the damn spot which I placed my hammer, or torch back then, is cursed to the point no euphyllia can grow there. Is there something wrong? Attached (my 3 hammers doing fine, but my 1 hammer just dying off. It had brown algae and I tossed it in fear of spreading) : Hi bro,I encountered the same before and narrowed down to Brown Jelly Disease. This only affects euphyllias and from the available resources online, once affected it is hard to remove unless you cut off the affected part. I do not know if you are encountering the same issue but unfortunately there is no known cure for Brown Jelly (assuming you face same issue)Some remedies include dipping but results may vary. Sent from my SM-F926B using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Zixuan Posted October 1, 2021 Author SRC Member Share Posted October 1, 2021 10 hours ago, Jimbo said: Hi bro, I encountered the same before and narrowed down to Brown Jelly Disease. This only affects euphyllias and from the available resources online, once affected it is hard to remove unless you cut off the affected part. I do not know if you are encountering the same issue but unfortunately there is no known cure for Brown Jelly (assuming you face same issue) Some remedies include dipping but results may vary. Sent from my SM-F926B using Tapatalk I see! Hmm guess i'll be giving LPSs a pause for now then! Thanks and cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefnewbie Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 The second pic does seem to have patches of brown on the hammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Zixuan Posted October 1, 2021 Author SRC Member Share Posted October 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Reefnewbie said: The second pic does seem to have patches of brown on the hammer Welp, yesterday night, I saw brown jelly flowing from the sides of the hammer, and it's tips started receeding. I was afraid so i'd just bin it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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