Around 3 months ago, I began using RowaPhos to bring my phosphate level down. Everything went really well for around 2 weeks. The RowaPhos got rid of some really tough algae in my frag tank, my water clarity was superb, and the colors of my corals deepened greatly.
After 1 month of using RowwaPhos I had no problems. Then I went on vacation and, of course, something went really wrong. My calcium reactor output tube clogged and when I returned after a week of vacation, my alkalinity dropped to 6 from around 10.
Shortly after, the dying started.... first it was the tips and then whole colonies died off....tricolor gone, blue tort gone, neon pink stylophora gone, huge green monitpora cap gone, green hydnophora gone, purple monipora gone, etc...I can't definitively say it was the RowaPhos or the alkalinity drop, but my remaining corals are still being affected. I would like to think that it was not the RowaPhos and that it seems that the low alkalinity did the job.
The remaining acros are still slowly dying but I am hoping to save as much as I can. I am doing massive water changes and running carbon and polyfilter. I have some really beautiful blue acros that I got on the road trip last year and also the ORA blue acro I got for Reef TV that have not shown any die off. Through all of this, I have been working on my remote fish room which is finally up and running...of course there is still a little morework to do on the room.
Please, if anyone has any frags from me, please save a frag of your colony for me so I can rebuild. I will be glad to trade you a frag of the above mentioned corals and others for a frag of the tricolor coral...most of the others are lost forever since I did not begin fragging them.
I have also gotten offers to give away some frags of my remaining acros and I am still looking for "surrogate tanks". I read that only 2 things work when the acro dying domino effect takes over your tank: 1. Dilution or water changes 2. Isolation or fragging and moving the frag to another tank.
Please contact me if you are interested in either trading back one of my frags to me or if you would like to offer your tank as a surrogate for some really nice frags.
Thanks to all,
Chuck Spyropulos
After 1 month of using RowwaPhos I had no problems. Then I went on vacation and, of course, something went really wrong. My calcium reactor output tube clogged and when I returned after a week of vacation, my alkalinity dropped to 6 from around 10.
Shortly after, the dying started.... first it was the tips and then whole colonies died off....tricolor gone, blue tort gone, neon pink stylophora gone, huge green monitpora cap gone, green hydnophora gone, purple monipora gone, etc...I can't definitively say it was the RowaPhos or the alkalinity drop, but my remaining corals are still being affected. I would like to think that it was not the RowaPhos and that it seems that the low alkalinity did the job.
The remaining acros are still slowly dying but I am hoping to save as much as I can. I am doing massive water changes and running carbon and polyfilter. I have some really beautiful blue acros that I got on the road trip last year and also the ORA blue acro I got for Reef TV that have not shown any die off. Through all of this, I have been working on my remote fish room which is finally up and running...of course there is still a little morework to do on the room.
Please, if anyone has any frags from me, please save a frag of your colony for me so I can rebuild. I will be glad to trade you a frag of the above mentioned corals and others for a frag of the tricolor coral...most of the others are lost forever since I did not begin fragging them.
I have also gotten offers to give away some frags of my remaining acros and I am still looking for "surrogate tanks". I read that only 2 things work when the acro dying domino effect takes over your tank: 1. Dilution or water changes 2. Isolation or fragging and moving the frag to another tank.
Please contact me if you are interested in either trading back one of my frags to me or if you would like to offer your tank as a surrogate for some really nice frags.
Thanks to all,
Chuck Spyropulos