corals are melting??

[SDK]

If you can get rid of the ammonia quickly, and the remaining corals seem OK I would just hold onto them and observe. I'm not sure if a back and forth to the LFS will be helpful or further stress them.

Hopefully someone else can chime in about the plumbing. I have never had that situation. I have upgraded to larger tanks, and always fully cycle both before moving livestock. If you have the room, that would be my recommendation. Get both tanks up, running and with matching stable parameters before connecting them...

 

[BeejReef]

Hope it goes well for you. Following bc my tank is same age and sounds like similar set up.
FWIW, my hammers and zoas react like you're describing when I bottom out on phosphate.

So many possible variables with a young tank and the addition of new corals... chemistry, disease, lighting, placement

Your calcium is pretty high. I don't think that's dangerous in and of itself, but it means there's a good chance your alkalinity is up there as well and that can cause problems.

Yeah, I just re-read the thread carefully. Doesn't look like you're testing for alkalinity. U got to. That's the one test you do multiple times a week.

 

[Tuan’s Reef]

Didn’t see any mention of why your calcium is at 500 ppm , and PH is 8.6?

 

[fishhead1973]

hey guys I got my 24 gal jbj nano cube and im having trouble with it. My SPS corals have been melting from the bottom up until they are fully dead so i tested my levels and have done 2 waterchanges today already. My hammers are all receeded and not opening but my zoes and acan look alright. I tested levcels and Im getting .25-.5 ammonia NI 0 NA 0 Cal 500 and ph 8.4 idk what to do everywhere is closed now so all i can do is another water change but I just did one two hours ago any ideas??

 

[fishhead1973]

hey guys I got my 24 gal jbj nano cube and im having trouble with it. My SPS corals have been melting from the bottom up until they are fully dead so i tested my levels and have done 2 waterchanges today already. My hammers are all receeded and not opening but my zoes and acan look alright. I tested levcels and Im getting .25-.5 ammonia NI 0 NA 0 Cal 500 and ph 8.4 idk what to do everywhere is closed now so all i can do is another water change but I just did one two hours ago any ideas??

 

[fishhead1973]

Sorry for you lost wait a least a year and try again. Read some books on how to reef.

 

[elcapitan1993]

For lighting I have a 165 W light with blues at 60 percent and whites at 10 percent

Would this 165 W light happen to be a black box? Also this just happened to me not more than 2 months ago, my tank had a ammonia spike like yours and I had a massive amount of corals melt, I did water change every day and dosed seachem AMGAURD to protect fish and corals from toxic ammonia, I did this until the cycle was over and there was undetectable levels of ammonia

 

[vetteguy53081]

Would this 165 W light happen to be a black box? Also this just happened to me not more than 2 months ago, my tank had a ammonia spike like yours and I had a massive amount of corals melt, I did water change every day and dosed seachem AMGAURD to protect fish and corals from toxic ammonia, I did this until the cycle was over and there was undetectable levels of ammonia

That would be a black box and with ammonia spike, there is a chance nitrate also did the same and would impact the coral.
If PH changed, then alk would have also and many reasons for melting in this case.