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Nothing definitive so far; but, given it's "slow necrosis of everything", at least it hasn't gotten worse that I can tell. I'll have Aquabiomics results from the post-treatment sample I took in about two weeks. I've been dosing PNS bacteria and Microbacter 7 to re-seed, and I'm planning on...

Because there was nothing in there at the time except algae

I've still got another ~3-4 weeks until I get post-Oxolinic acid treatment results back. Once I get that, I'll decide whether or not to treat the garage tank.

Ich and velvet tomonts don't attach to coral flesh, but they do attach to stony coral skeletons, snail shells, rubble, etc. Source (at least for ich) with citations: https://humble.fish/community/threads/coral-invert-quarantine-time-frames.487/

You're not wrong; and this is a point I made sure to discuss at length in my article series on quarantining: https://www.bareefers.org/forum/threads/article-series-the-how-why-and-whether-i-should-of-quarantine.35831/

I do. Full QT of all invertebrates (except for urchins, which tomonts can't encyst on) and coral. The only exceptions are invertebrates purchased from Inverted Reef, or coral purchased from @Arvin R at Kay's Coral Cove.

Because I sent some pictures to Cos earlier - here's the Achilles hybrid in question. Going on two years in the tank now, and still fat, happy, and healthy. (Note: those white specks are dust/dried saltwater on the glass that accumulated before my weekly cleaning)

Haven't used it personally, but there's a Facebook group, as well as a few reviews from users on Humblefish. The one that comes to mind is from Jessican: https://humble.fish/community/threads/reef-kinetics-reefbot-lab.18224/ I was looking into it last year when debating moving on from my...

All the fish I've purchased from Kenny have been happy, healthy, and long lived. I'd especially like to highlight two main things: 1. I got a mandarin dragonet pair and a copperband butterfly from him when I was stocking my 200g. Not only did he ensure they ate frozen and made it through QT...

Three ways you can go about it: 1. Water change 2. Running GFO (use a calculator and monitor, since this can bottom out phosphates) 3. Dosing lanthanum chloride (e.g. Brightwell Phosphate-E). Quick, effective, but be VERY careful with it given it can create particulate matter that can...

Echinoderms are safe, but Humblefish recommends sea slugs have a full 45 day QT at 80.6 F in a fishless system to be safe because there's no definitive evidence for ich/velvet tomont adherence: https://humble.fish/community/threads/coral-invert-quarantine-time-frames.487 In theory, you're...

Nautella is gram-negative, and oxolinic acid targets gram-negative bacteria. I'll likely try reseeding my tank in the near future, but I want to wait and see what the microbiome balance looks like after oxolonic acid treatment prior to doing so.

Update 2-25-25 It’s been a while since my last update, and unfortunately not a happy one (though hopefully useful for others). ~9-10 months ago, I started having another round of torches dying off. It was identical to the last occurrence, and was a repeat of the same issue that’s plagued me...

I'd suggest an ATO given stock tank will have quite a bit of surface area and that'll promote evaporation. Powerheads/flow if you'll have any coral in there. I will say that I'd be careful of that green brittle starfish. There's reports of them eating fish.

From a quick glance online, I would say 'no' for this swap. We can revisit that discussion for the next swap. This is also a notice for everyone that, while I should have said this much earlier, the bonus/ultra list is locked effective as of now for tomorrow's swap. In the future (and I'll make...

We can discuss them for the next swap, but unfortunately there's no time the night before to discuss/agree on additions to the list. My fault for not including this cutoff in the main post, but in prior swaps I've given a 72 hour cutoff for situations like this.

We'll have a list of members (including volunteers, who get checked in first, highlighted in green) for you. :)

Hope everything is going better for your fish; and happy to help answer any questions I can

Given I'll be transporting the phyto and pods to the raffle for him, I'm going to guess he will not be attending (though I'll follow up with him today).

Just a reminder, if you haven't RSVP'd yet, PLEASE DO SO NO LATER THAN 5 PM TOMORROW, 2/21. I'll be making the check-in list then, and not being on it may cause delays. Cheers, all!