29g Reef Tank in Trouble/ Possible Teardown/ Restart

[Flyboy450r]

Hi, guys haven’t been on for a long time. Work has been crazy but I'm in need of help and don’t really know how to begin and am aggravated with my tank. It has been up and running for 2 years and was just amazing corals looked great, fish were happy, coralline just growing like crazy and most of all my parameters were in check. But the last few months it’s all went to hell and I’ve been working non-stop which has not helped at all. I mean 80-90 hour weeks for the last 2-3 months so I’ve been neglecting my tank. I dont know where to start. Aptaisa has taken over more than once. I’ve been hitting them with aptasia x and peppermint shrimp but it’s almost a losing battle. Then the asterina or i believe so star fish have been eating my corals and are all over my tank. Then the bristle worms are going crazy left and right and they are getting huge. I realize they are part of having a tank but it’s just a unsightly thing and another thing to bitch about. Also my xenia I cannot keep in check along with a little polyp coral that has been growing like a weed all over my corals. Also I have calpura in my sump that keeps going sexual and is now in my main display. And I’m sure there’s more I’m forgetting about I just don’t know what to do. I’ve been approaching each problem individually but it’s to the point I’m just lost. Corals are dead or dyeing and my tank looks like crap and I just and tired of fighting the issues. If my tank was yours what would you do? I love my tank and hate to call it quits I’m just tired of the issues.

[Reefing Madness]

Get rid of the Calpura, get Cheato. Next, the Bristle worms are getting big because they have something to eat, your overfeeding your tank, they have an abundance of nutrients to chose from. What kind of snails or hermits do you have, some of these guys will take care of the Calpura issue, if you have none, you need to get some. Apitasia, either get more Peppmermint Shrimp or a Coralbanded Butterfly. Other way would be to inject boiling water at them instead of the juice, the juice sometimes doesn't kill em off and they will release spores to grow more, where as the boiling water kills on contact. The star fish, you'll have to remove by hand.

[Flyboy450r]

I agree on the Calpura to cheato. No problem with that and I have tried the boiling water trick with not much luck. I have 9 shrimp in my peperment shrimp in my tank and they dont help much I try to keep the aptasia small so they will eat them. Also its a 29 wouldnt it be cruel and unfair to the butterfly to stick it in my tank even if it would be for a short time. Even though I have thought of it. I'm affraid my water quality isnt good enough to support a nubi other wise id have one in my tank by now. I have been removing the star fish by hand but I have not been on top of it aka the time issue. How about a harlequin shrimp you think that would help. Also I have a very well stocked clean up crew so no worries on that. I do need to get my water with in the perameters before I worry to much about anything else but Im getting a game plan together. Anyone have any idea's about the pest corals. Also I try not to over feed and have a longnose hawk fish in my tank to help with the bristil worms. I love the little guy and thank god he hasnt ate any shrimp.

[Reefing Madness]

Not overfeeding.? Hmm, the Bristleworms are thriving on something. I have some bristleworms, a few, and none big. Gotta think what would be giving them nutrients, if htey had none, they would be thinned out.
Coralband Butterfly would be ok in your tank, if you got the 3". You could keep him for awhile, until you got your tank situated and figured out what would replace him.
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