Hi everyone, I recently had my first ever bout with RTN. Lost all of my SPS and LPS over a 2 day span (monti cap, chalice, stylo, and hammer), as well as some mushroom corals. My remaining corals look fine (toadstool, palys, GSP, and ricordea), and my 2 maxima clams and BTA look good. Tank is a biocube 32 w/AI prime light, has been up for >3 years now. I have a pretty light bioload with only 2 clowns and a royal gramma. I haven't added any new corals to the tank in about 2 months. Temp has been stable at 78-79 with inkbird controller, SG 1.024. Other params:
Alk: 7.1
Ca: 420
Nitrate: 0 (using API test kit)
Phos: 0.2
I had been trying to naturally raise my nitrate by feeding more recently....not sure if this may have set something off to cause the RTN? I've been reading everything I can find about RTN, and so far this is the only possible culprit that I can find.
Now that the damage has been done, how long should I wait before attempting to add any stony corals back to the system? And does anyone have any other advice/other treatments I should be doing in the meantime? Thank you for your help!
Alk: 7.1
Ca: 420
Nitrate: 0 (using API test kit)
Phos: 0.2
I had been trying to naturally raise my nitrate by feeding more recently....not sure if this may have set something off to cause the RTN? I've been reading everything I can find about RTN, and so far this is the only possible culprit that I can find.
Now that the damage has been done, how long should I wait before attempting to add any stony corals back to the system? And does anyone have any other advice/other treatments I should be doing in the meantime? Thank you for your help!