About Had IT With Corals

[Dan_K1309]

We are down to an orange acan. I don’t know what we are doing wrong? Water parameters are good, we do water changes etc. like we have learned to do. Maybe we should go back to coin collecting?

 

[PDR]

I'm sorry you are having issues with your coral. Tank specs, parameters, equipment, inhabitants and maintenance schedule would really help us to determine what's wrong.

 

[Dan_K1309]

I'm sorry you are having issues with your coral. Tank specs, parameters, equipment, inhabitants and maintenance schedule would really help us to determine what's wrong.

Water parameters;Ph 8.4,Ca 440,dkh 9,temp 79, am 0, Nitrates 0, Ph <.25,nItrites 0 etc. 36” acrlyic 50 gal. Maxspec RSX led 150,hydor 350,skimmer,Reactor. Agamai kpm and a icecap I k gurr

 

[Dan_K1309]

Water parameters;Ph 8.4,Ca 440,dkh 9,temp 79, am 0, Nitrates 0, Ph <.25,nItrites 0 etc. 36” acrlyic 50 gal. Maxspec RSX led 150,hydor 350,skimmer,Reactor. Agamai kpm and a icecap I k gurr

2 yellow gobies, 2 fire fish, 2 clowns, 3 chromis, red fire shrimp, 2 peppermint shrimps and assorted snails.

 

[Medic58]

Gotta hang in there. Even the greatest reefers lose corals. I lost all of my first set of corals I bought from a frag swap a year ago. I just hit the reset button and now I am seeing some results and it feels good. I even put in some hardy acros. The first thing I do when I get home from work is look at the tank to make sure nothing has died. Well it did I lost an condi nem last week and I can’t find my bubble tip. I’m not stopping I’m jut not buying anymore nems. Try other speciesism to find your thing and hang in there.

 

[Billldg]

With nitrates and nitrites of 0, I wonder if your tank isn't to clean. I use a Maxspect razer x 200 fixture, what is your lighting setting and schedule? What type of corals did you have and want? I have LPS and started adding SPS. Hang in their, that's what this forum is for, to help each other out and to figure out problems, we got your back, let us help.

 

[Dan_K1309]

With nitrates and nitrites of 0, I wonder if your tank isn't to clean. I use a Maxspect razer x 200 fixture, what is your lighting setting and schedule? What type of corals did you have and want? I have LPS and started adding SPS. Hang in their, that's what this forum is for, help each other out and to figure out problems, we got your back, let us help.

 

[Billldg]

What type frags did you have in the tank?

 

[Dan_K1309]

We want an open brain coral, red and green war coral,blastomussa. Not too crazy about soft corals

 

[Dan_K1309]

What type frags did you have in the tank?

Hammer, Orange Acan (he is doing great) , Candy cane, Capt. America and a very small zoa frag from Tidal Gardens Never again from them. We got our acan from lfs and doing great. Thanks for your help we are still newbies

 

[Billldg]

Sorry for the double picture, but this is my schedule, was keeping LPS till a couple of weeks ago, then started to keep SPS and started to raise the red and white lights, but found the LPS actually liked it.

 

[Billldg]

Hammer, Orange Acan (he is doing great) , Candy cane, Capt. America and a very small zoa frag from Tidal Gardens Never again from them. We got our acan from lfs and doing great. Thanks for your help we are still newbies

We are here to help and learn, trust me when I say I also am a newbie, we newbies need to stick together, LOL! Don't give up on a reef tank, when you finally get what you want it will most definitely be worth it.

 

[Billldg]

Hammers don't like a lot of flow, something else to think of.

 

[Dan_K1309]

Thanks, glad we joined with you guys. We are not quitters.

 

[Dan_K1309]

Hammers don't like a lot of flow, something else to think of.

ok

 

[Dan_K1309]

ok

We are going to our lfs Wednesday, what would you recommend?

 

[Billldg]

We are going to our lfs Wednesday, what would you recommend?

As far as? You can look at my build thread to see what I have as far as equipment, the only thing I think I didn't list was my pumps which are Innovative Marine DC pumps so I can vary the speed of the pumps, I have one pulsing with the max gph at 2000 and the other at 1000 gph. I keep acans, favias, platys, torches and hammers, chalices, and now sps with that lighting schedule. my parameters are 0 nitrate, 10 nitrite, .02 phosphate, 8.5 alk, 1400 mag, 1480 cal

 

[Dan_K1309]

As far as?

We were looking at war
coral,blasto or open brain coral. Not to keen on soft corals

 

[Billldg]

My parameters are above, trying to raise phosphate as I was staying at 0, but I mainly started with acans and found them to be forgiving, blastos I found to be a little finicky, I had one blasto that would open up I thought until I moved it last week to its permanent spot and I was wrong, now it opens up to new limits, lol, go figure. All those are good choices. Do u acclimate and dip your frags, if not you should to keep pests out of your DT. Good Luck and start a build thread so we can watch as it comes together.

 

[Dan_K1309]

My parameters are above, trying to raise phosphate as I was staying at 0, but I mainly started with acans and found them to be forgiving, blastos I found to be a little finicky, I had one blasto that would open up I thought until I moved it last week to its permanent spot and I was wrong, now it opens up to new limits, lol, go figure. All those are good choices. Do u acclimate and dip your frags, if not you should to keep pests out of your DT. Good Luck and start a build thread so we can watch as it comes together.

Yes we dip and acclimate,won’t put anything in the tank without doing so.