Corals not doing good please help

[Town-916]

Do you run carbon?

Just what is in my filter pads

 

[Town-916]

Does anyone else think I should raise phos and nitrate

 

[Maggie321]

Do you think the gravel could have mess with it I just put it in there about last weekend ????

Is last weekend when the problems started? If the black is arag alive it's likely fine. But the neon pebbles are likely not ok for saltwater. Start picking those out.

 

[Capitol Reef Corals]

First think I'd do is buy a trition icp test kit and send one off for your tank. There are so many parameters that we don't test for that could cause corals to die or close up. I had rusty screws in my system and lost most of my acros due to high tin, aluminum, Lithium, etc. Next thing I'd do is ditch API and get quality test kits such as Red Sea. You only need it for Calc, Alk, Mag, Nitrate, and Phos (probs should get some pH testers too). Or you could get your LFS to test the water. And see how those compare to your results.

 

[Capitol Reef Corals]

Does anyone else think I should raise phos and nitrate

My nitrates and phosphates are at 0. I am growing all types of zoas, lps, and sps (including acros). I don't think low nutrients would cause a bubble coral to die off like that personally. Low nutrients usually negatively affect coloration in sps.

 

[Maggie321]

Euphillia, (bubble, torch, frogspawns, hammers) actually like the water a little "dirty". Some phosphates and nitrates are welcomed by them.

 

[Town-916]

Is last weekend when the problems started? If the black is arag alive it's likely fine. But the neon pebbles are likely not ok for saltwater. Start picking those out.

No problems started about 3 days ago . I didn’t like those neon pebbles anyways wife convinced me to put them in there because it said on the bag reef safe. Will pick them out as soon as possible .

 

[Town-916]

Thank

First think I'd do is buy a trition icp test kit and send one off for your tank. There are so many parameters that we don't test for that could cause corals to die or close up. I had rusty screws in my system and lost most of my acros due to high tin, aluminum, Lithium, etc. Next thing I'd do is ditch API and get quality test kits such as Red Sea. You only need it for Calc, Alk, Mag, Nitrate, and Phos (probs should get some pH testers too). Or you could get your LFS to test the water. And see how those compare to your results.

will look in to it . I have read sea for ca,mg,alk, but the rest is api

 

[Town-916]

Euphillia, (bubble, torch, frogspawns, hammers) actually like the water a little "dirty". Some phosphates and nitrates are welcomed by them.

Thanks for the tips everything is much appreciated

 

[Town-916]

Went home on break and bubble coral seems to be getting a little better I will post pic when I go home maybe it’s a good sign .

 

[chowwil]

May I ask how old is your. Just thinking that it might to too new for the bubble and torch coral. They like little dirty.

 

[Town-916]

May I ask how old is your. Just thinking that it might to too new for the bubble and torch coral. They like little dirty.

I want so

May I ask how old is your. Just thinking that it might to too new for the bubble and torch coral. They like little dirty.

say about 3.5 months. Just kinda confused because it was my best coral yet for a whole month and out of the blue it closed .

 

[TexasTodd]

Are you using RO/DI water to make your saltwater? What skimmer are you running? What is flow in your tank?...gph total? What specific gravity are you running your saltwater at?

 

[Flippers4pups]

Okay, let's start out from the beginning. Are you using RO/DI water for top off and water changes?

Has anyone sprayed anything in the house? Air fresheners, candles burning....etc.

I would remove the colored pebbles as a safety measure as of right now.

 

[Town-916]

Okay, let's start out from the beginning. Are you using RO/DI water for top off and water changes?

Has anyone sprayed anything in the house? Air fresheners, candles burning....etc.

I would remove the colored pebbles as a safety measure as of right now.

Yes using ro/di water for top off and no candles or spray .

 

[Flippers4pups]

Yes using ro/di water for top off and no candles or spray .

What other changes have you made recently? Other than the colored pebbles?

 

[Town-916]

Ye

Are you using RO/DI water to make your saltwater? What skimmer are you running? What is flow in your tank?...gph total? What specific gravity are you running your saltwater at?

s to ro/di water . I have an octo bh -1000 I belive the power head is 850 Gph had a dual head one when I first started but flow was to strong so I switch to the 850 corals were doing fine with it till about 3 days ago . Salinity 1.025

 

[Town-916]

What other changes have you made recently? Other than the colored pebbles?

No other changes

 

[Town-916]

vermetid snails can they be causing any issue with my Corals?

 

[Maggie321]

Wow I messed that up