Bubbles Issue

[wil_lee76]

Guys,

I believe that my bubble are not doing well ...but trying my very best to save it...Currently, i do not have any updated water parameters for your review. Will post up soon due to rescape.

What could it be? Still cannot figure out....

So fellow bros, guide me....thanks!

[damienkee]

last time my oso like that... u must be prepare. im sori to say that, they mayb go up lorry.

need ur water parameter oh.....

[wil_lee76]

will post once i checked tonight....thanks pal

[Marineman]

Guys,

I believe that my bubble are not doing well ...but trying my very best to save it...Currently, i do not have any updated water parameters for your review. Will post up soon due to rescape.

What could it be? Still cannot figure out....

So fellow bros, guide me....thanks!

Depends, parts of it may die and new babies comes out, so leave it and see. It happens to my bubbles. the small babies grown bigger after the mother colony had died.

[Marineman]

A few months later, it grew to this....

[wil_lee76]

Hey Pal, that something new that I learn....cool....ok, will monitor it.....

[Marineman]

Hey Pal, that something new that I learn....cool....ok, will monitor it.....

In the first picture, you can see the "white spots" which are the remnants (skin tissue) scattered over the skeleton, from there you can see tiny bubbles beginning to appear after a few weeks. If your bubbles does not have any skin tissue left on the skeleton, then no chance of baby bubbles lah.

[damienkee]

ya! marineman. nice!

but too bad. the baby of my coral die oso after few months!

[ReDDeviLs]

isit because it hasnt been fed?

[wil_lee76]

hey devil,

u r right...i realised that after frequent feeding....with plankton and cyclopezze....the thing start to grew back a bit.....current status showing some flesh on the bare skelton part.... BTW, how frequent to dose plant...mine dose directly to each coral (with plank and zoo) on every sunday....and does 3 caps of plant every week...(mon, Wed, Fri) is these sufficent? Maybe some exp reefers can share some comments on these....thanks again bro!

[alanseah]

how old is your tank..

looking at the pic.. it's seem like a very new setup...

beside bubble are very hardly LPS.. and even bubble also dieing then mean water parameter is out...

I never feed my bubble also like that.. and I still can have them in gd shape...

[wil_lee76]

how old is your tank..

looking at the pic.. it's seem like a very new setup...

beside bubble are very hardly LPS.. and even bubble also dieing then mean water parameter is out...

I never feed my bubble also like that.. and I still can have them in gd shape...

well...my tank is about 5 months....but in between...did some rescape....and top up some new sand. Yes i know that...water parameters all are ok except that my NO3 recently hits about 30ppm...which I knows it really DAMN JIA LIAT!

Trying ways to bring down the current problems!

[alanseah]

with no3 so high.. i believe your p04 should be high also..

yes with such high n03 and u still trying to keep pouring in plant and food in..

you are over feeding and it's going to affect most of your coral...

you tank are still young so try to control your feeding.. feed your fish once every other day... with little amt of food.. maybe pellat or a cube of fozzen shrimp...

and clean your skimmer everyday..and tune it to very wet skimming.. and if your skimmer is way under rated.. time to start looking for an over rate size skimmer for you. If you want to keep colorful coral...

[wil_lee76]

with no3 so high.. i believe your p04 should be high also..

Well, initally it shoot up to 1ppm , now close to 0.25 (if i can still rem) after installing FR.

yes with such high n03 and u still trying to keep pouring in plant and food in..

you are over feeding and it's going to affect most of your coral...

Yes, will take note of that. And what u reckon then? Once a week? Feeding?

you tank are still young so try to control your feeding.. feed your fish once every other day... with little amt of food.. maybe pellat or a cube of fozzen shrimp...

for your info,Im doing that now...

and clean your skimmer everyday..and tune it to very wet skimming.. and if your skimmer is way under rated.. time to start looking for an over rate size skimmer for you. If you want to keep colorful coral...

with no3 so high.. i believe your p04 should be high also..

Well, initally it shoot up to 1ppm , now close to 0.25 (if i can still rem) after installing FR.

yes with such high n03 and u still trying to keep pouring in plant and food in..

you are over feeding and it's going to affect most of your coral...

Yes, will take note of that. And what u reckon then? Once a week? Feeding of corals?

you tank are still young so try to control your feeding.. feed your fish once every other day... with little amt of food.. maybe pellat or a cube of fozzen shrimp...

for your info,Im doing that now...

and clean your skimmer everyday..and tune it to very wet skimming..

im cleaning once the chamber starts getting dirty..., as for wet skimming...how frequent should i do that then?

and if your skimmer is way under rated.. time to start looking for an over rate size skimmer for you. If you want to keep colorful coral...

Ok. noted!

im feeling like begin lecture by my lecturer....it been a long time since i had this experiences....... Yes sir, will note my mistake....

[alanseah]

Yes, will take note of that. wink.gif And what u reckon then? Once a week? Feeding of corals?

--> Coral do not really need feeding that much unless you can reach the stage of low nutrient like sps tank..

Plus your main concern now is to get your n03 and p04 to zero as much as possile.. so dont need to worry about feeding your coral... stop all feeding and try not to put any food in.. no food so no source of fuel for n03 and p04...

im cleaning once the chamber starts getting dirty..., as for wet skimming...how frequent should i do that then?

--> wet skimming is by tuning your skimmer to produce alot of very watery skimmate be it light brown or not... so long u can see your collection cup fill with very watery skimmate will do..

and you have to let your skimmer running wet skimmate all the life of your reef keeping..

1. You should also perform 10~20% water change everyweek...

2. Then do you use carbon..if not can start thinking about using it now..

go for brand like rowa carbon or zeovit carbon as these 2 brands are proof that they do not leak p04.

3. Do have some gd flow within the tank as this will prevent dead spot and you will not suffer from a sudden tank crash or anything misfortune from happenning.

4. Note having a high turn over rate is gd.... but having a better turn over rate of main to sump and sump to main is even better as this help bring all the shit to the sump and later gatta skim out by the skimmer or stay in low flow area in your sump to be suck out when u do water change.

5. Do not put any cotton or sponge or filter sock in your tank or sump as this will be a nutrient factor. let your skimmer do the job of skimming out all the waste.

[wil_lee76]

Alan,

Some doubts:-

--> Coral do not really need feeding that much unless you can reach the stage of low nutrient like sps tank..

Plus your main concern now is to get your n03 and p04 to zero as much as possile.. so dont need to worry about feeding your coral... stop all feeding and try not to put any food in.. no food so no source of fuel for n03 and p04...

When u mentioned that reaching a stage where low nutrient.To which stage? And how to determine? Is it where i reaches LOW NO3 and Oppm (PO4)?

I stop feeding my corals:- Without dosing of plantkon and Cyclop?

But every 3 days, i feed my fishes. (Currently, i have 10 chromis, 1x clown, 1x cleaner shirmp and 1x blood shrimp) Im feeding them with frozen brine shirmp and pellets.

--> wet skimming is by tuning your skimmer to produce alot of very watery skimmate be it light brown or not... so long u can see your collection cup fill with very watery skimmate will do..

and you have to let your skimmer running wet skimmate all the life of your reef keeping..

Yes! Will do that!

1. You should also perform 10~20% water change everyweek...

Im thinking of purchasing SW from LFS. Thinking of combination of prepared SW and SW from LFS. Will start the change starting from Friday night.

2. Then do you use carbon..if not can start thinking about using it now..

go for brand like rowa carbon or zeovit carbon as these 2 brands are proof that they do not leak p04.

What is the advanatge for using carbon? I heard some mentioning that carbon can make the water crystal clear? Do enlighten me on this issue. Currently, i have a packet of PURII in my sump compartment. Is these enuff?

3. Do have some gd flow within the tank as this will prevent dead spot and you will not suffer from a sudden tank crash or anything misfortune from happenning.

OK, will note that. Right now, i have one seio pump creating some flow.Getting another Sieo pump to add in more flow to the deadspots.

4. Note having a high turn over rate is gd.... but having a better turn over rate of main to sump and sump to main is even better as this help bring all the shit to the sump and later gatta skim out by the skimmer or stay in low flow area in your sump to be suck out when u do water change.

OK. Noted!

5. Do not put any cotton or sponge or filter sock in your tank or sump as this will be a nutrient factor. let your skimmer do the job of skimming out all the waste.

Will removed all fliter wool.

Once again, thanks!

[flying carpet]

Guys I got one question to ask. You guys mention that when bubbles die of new baby bubbles will form. But will the dead part be covered back then?

[shoelevy]

wil_lee76, po4 level of above 0.3 is undesirable..IMO 0.25 is still high...po4 should be kept at 0

no3 of 30ppm isn't much of a problem, although many sources would tell u keeping it below 20ppm is recommend

but then again, i've seen a couple of reefers successful with corals at 50ppm no3...but again, not recommended

carbon is used to absorb DOC, heavy metal ions like copper and is used to absorb medications

[alanseah]

When u mentioned that reaching a stage where low nutrient.To which stage? And how to determine? Is it where i reaches LOW NO3 and Oppm (PO4)?

I stop feeding my corals:- Without dosing of plantkon and Cyclop?

But every 3 days, i feed my fishes. (Currently, i have 10 chromis, 1x clown, 1x cleaner shirmp and 1x blood shrimp) Im feeding them with frozen brine shirmp and pellets.

-->time to change your style of feeding.. feed your fish with little amt of pellets every other day (if your fish all know how to eat pellet)... and feed them frozen brine shrimp on every sat or sunday.

Yes stop all your dose of plantkon and cyclop.... for the time been and once your n03 and p04 reach zero or near there.. then pm me and I teach you how to check for low nutrient stage...

Im thinking of purchasing SW from LFS. Thinking of combination of prepared SW and SW from LFS. Will start the change starting from Friday night.

--> My advise I dont trust SW from LFS.. so best you go for a gd qty salt like TM Pro...

About Carbon, ans already given so no worry....

anyway if possbile post me some pic of your setup and list down all the equipments you are using and all your water parameter and your tank size. Then it will be easier for me to help u...

[wil_lee76]

wil_lee76, po4 level of above 0.3 is undesirable..IMO 0.25 is still high...po4 should be kept at 0

no3 of 30ppm isn't much of a problem, although many sources would tell u keeping it below 20ppm is recommend

but then again, i've seen a couple of reefers successful with corals at 50ppm no3...but again, not recommended

carbon is used to absorb DOC, heavy metal ions like copper and is used to absorb medications

hey shoelevy,

thanks for your answer. will take note of that! Appreciate your help!

[wil_lee76]

When u mentioned that reaching a stage where low nutrient.To which stage? And how to determine? Is it where i reaches LOW NO3 and Oppm (PO4)?

I stop feeding my corals:- Without dosing of plantkon and Cyclop?

But every 3 days, i feed my fishes. (Currently, i have 10 chromis, 1x clown, 1x cleaner shirmp and 1x blood shrimp) Im feeding them with frozen brine shirmp and pellets.

-->time to change your style of feeding.. feed your fish with little amt of pellets every other day (if your fish all know how to eat pellet)... and feed them frozen brine shrimp on every sat or sunday.

Yes stop all your dose of plantkon and cyclop.... for the time been and once your n03 and p04 reach zero or near there.. then pm me and I teach you how to check for low nutrient stage...

Im thinking of purchasing SW from LFS. Thinking of combination of prepared SW and SW from LFS. Will start the change starting from Friday night.

--> My advise I dont trust SW from LFS.. so best you go for a gd qty salt like TM Pro...

About Carbon, ans already given so no worry....

anyway if possbile post me some pic of your setup and list down all the equipments you are using and all your water parameter and your tank size. Then it will be easier for me to help u...

once again...thanks!!