Are these dead?

[dedragon]

Most LFS are total money grabbers and or just dont know anything about what they are talking about. Usually they also are confident/arrogant so it is easy to just believe what they say. First take that rock out and chuck it and buy some new rock and fritzyme 9 as well. i wouldnt go back to that store

 

[John Bolden]

Yeah, what are your levels?

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

Most LFS are total money grabbers and or just dont know anything about what they are talking about. Usually they also are confident/arrogant so it is easy to just believe what they say. First take that rock out and chuck it and buy some new rock and fritzyme 9 as well. i wouldnt go back to that store

+1 to this, most LFS will tell you whatever they think will get them a sale

 

[Goaway]

+1 to this, most LFS will tell you whatever they think will get them a sale

I wish it wasn't like this. I guess they make most of their money from death.

 

[The_Phoenix]

I wish it wasn't like this. I guess they make most of their money from death.

That really sucks. I’m sure I don’t need to tell everyone how much I spent for these because we all know corals aren’t cheap. When I get home tonight I will do a water change (50% be too much?) and remove all of the lava rock. I had already been putting the live bacteria (Can’t remember the name but starts with an F) and all of my levels were fine last time I checked because of it. Do you think I need more of the bacteria if, after my water change and removing the lava rock, my parameters are still okay? I will post them as soon as I get home.

 

[Goaway]

How new is your aquarium? You'll need to test your water's chemistry. 50% is very excessive. This is kind of a critical situation though. How many lbs of actual live rock do you have? How large is your aquarium?

 

[The_Phoenix]

How new is your aquarium? You'll need to test your water's chemistry. 50% is very excessive. This is kind of a critical situation though. How many lbs of actual live rock do you have? How large is your aquarium?

The tank is about 8-9 weeks old. It is a 12g cube with I’d say roughly 5 lbs of live rock. That might be low though because I didn’t have room since I had lava rock in there too.

 

[flyfisher2]

Put some Polyfilter pads in and start swapping the rock slowly so as not to destroy your biological filter

 

[The_Phoenix]

How new is your aquarium? You'll need to test your water's chemistry. 50% is very excessive. This is kind of a critical situation though. How many lbs of actual live rock do you have? How large is your aquarium?

Here’s a shot of the whole tank. The purple is live rock and the other two are lava

 

[Goaway]

That's a lot of lava rock for 12 gallons.

Put some Polyfilter pads in and start swapping the rock slowly so as not to destroy your biological filter

I would do this and a 30% water change ever other day. You'll want to premix the salt. Fresh salt water is usually very corrosive. Watch to see if the corals respond to any of that.

 

[The_Phoenix]

Put some Polyfilter pads in and start swapping the rock slowly so as not to destroy your biological filter

Even if the other rock is harmful to the corals, I should take 1 out at a time? Just wanting to be clear because I’ve tried everything trying to get these corals to be happy & healthy.

 

[Goaway]

I don't like a lot of lfs.

 

[Goaway]

Even if the other rock is harmful to the corals, I should take 1 out at a time? Just wanting to be clear because I’ve tried everything trying to get these corals to be happy & healthy.

If you can find poly filter in a lfs, yes. There's a lot of metals leached into your system

 

[flyfisher2]

Even if the other rock is harmful to the corals, I should take 1 out at a time? Just wanting to be clear because I’ve tried everything trying to get these corals to be happy & healthy.

Id go slow
And do one at a time
Polyfilter absorbs metals
Carbon may help as well
Don’t see corals at this point and I wouldn’t add any until this process is resolved
Just keep your biological filter healthy
Go slow

 

[Goaway]

Here’s a shot of the whole tank. The purple is live rock and the other two are lava

You can get this under control. It's going to take some patience. So

Id go slow
And do one at a time
Polyfilter absorbs metals
Carbon may help as well
Don’t see corals at this point and I wouldn’t add any until this process is resolved
Just keep your biological filter healthy
Go slow

Pretty solid advice to follow here.

 

[The_Phoenix]

Id go slow
And do one at a time
Polyfilter absorbs metals
Carbon may help as well
Don’t see corals at this point and I wouldn’t add any until this process is resolved
Just keep your biological filter healthy
Go slow

You can get this under control. It's going to take some patience. So

Pretty solid advice to follow here.

Do you guys think my corals will make it out alive, or should I just focus on getting my tank stable?

 

[Goaway]

Do you guys think my corals will make it out alive, or should I just focus on getting my tank stable?

either way, getting your tank stable is the only way to help them. They may or may not make it. Most likely not.

 

[The_Phoenix]

either way, getting your tank stable is the only way to help them. They may or may not make it. Most likely not.

Gotcha. Thanks so much for your help. I’ll be back in a few days with results!

 

[Goaway]

NP. Hope things clear up for you.

 

[The_Phoenix]

NP. Hope things clear up for you.

Update: My water parameters are now:
PH: 8.2
Ammonia: <.25 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 5 ppm
Phosphate: 0 ppm
KH: 179 ppm
Calcium: 520 ppm

I also added the polyfilter and carbon to the filter. The Zoa is the only coral that remains alive in the tank. The others smelled like absolute death. The lava rocks have both been removed as well. The water looks much clearer (like glass) The Zoa still has not opened, however. Any further advice? Also, here is an updated tank shot!