And it is certainly interesting to see what the tank actually uses when you run out of things too!
It sure is. All dosing is back on track now. Took about a week to get everything back in balance and at acceptable levels.
A few corals were unhappy, other corals didn't show any signs of distress. The gorgonian (
Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae), my blue tipped acro, and the purple
Turbinaria reniformis, were the corals that showed the most distress.
The gorgonian's polyps have been closed for a week and a half now. The polyps just began to open yesterday. In the week and a half time that they were closed, the stocks of the gorgonian started to gather film algae, in which I started to blow off daily. I assumed that the gorgonian is not happy w/the water quality, I don't blame it, I wasn't happy with the water quality either, but also the monti caps have grown too much around it and have cut off flow. I pruned back the monti caps last weekend to allow a little more flow to it. Then two days ago a few polyps were open and it was shedding with lots of skin. I again took the long pipette to it and blew all the shedding parts off it. Yesterday more polyps opened up. They shed from time to time, but I have only witnessed small sections at a time, not the entire gorgonian (which is over a foot tall with many branches).
The acro began to bleach. It has stopped bleaching now. It is a bit white. I will have to wait and see if it recovers.
The Turbinaria is splotchy white, the way corals look when the alk is off and is affecting them. Again, I will have to wait and see if it pulls through.