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    Thread: Desperate for Help

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      This is going to be a long story. I have an 80 gallon reef tank with a 25 gallone refusium/sum. I run an ehiem 900 gallon pump, protien skimmer, and 2 power heads. Lighting is 6 T-5 lights (4 actinic, 2 10k). I use Tropic Marin Pro Reef, and have been doing 5 gallon water changes 2 to 3 times per week. I have begun to do 15 gallons 2 times per week recently.
      Here is the problem. Everything in my tank looks awesome, but the zoanthids and polys seem to just die off after a month or so. I have a variety of softies, a duncan, birdsnest, montie, acans, green star, and leathers, and they are all growing and looking great. 4 fish,(2 clowns, macoscer wraise, and a spotted Leopard.
      I test my water regularly, Calcium, alk, mag, phos, & Iodine, all perfect. Salinity is at 1.025, and my temp fluctuates between 77 and 80. Lighting is on from 11:30 am to 9:30 pm. Rufusiom lighting from 9pm to 10 am.
      Any thoughts would be helpful, I am lost.

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      do you have a picture of the dying zoanthid?

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      A more stable temperature might help. I have my heater set at 80 to avoid temperature swings... and I don't want to buy a chiller, so that made the most sense to me.

      You could also try laying off the frequent water changes and only doing them once every week or two... might make your water chemistry a little more stable. And if you live by Scripps, why not use Scripps water??

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      It could be "zoapox" or zoanthid-eating nudibranches...

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      Not sure what either of those are. What do you do to overcome?

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      Quote Originally Posted by SD-Cube View Post
      Not sure what either of those are. What do you do to overcome?
      here you go, http://zoaid.com/index.php?module=Ga...&g2_itemId=384

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