Emergency help for gorgonian coral

[mBoN]

Hi. Im need to reef keeping. I have added gorgonia white coral in tank three days ago. And now it’s depleting like white stuffs on it. Please check video. Help me thanks

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hi. Im need to reef keeping. I have added gorgonia white coral in tank three days ago. And now it’s depleting like white stuffs on it. Please check video. Help me thanks

Pictures under white light intensity will be helpful. Having a few in my tank, they need medium light, good water flow and daily addition of phytoplankton in the water column

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

 

[vetteguy53081]

 

[BanZI29]

Welcome to our little piece of the reef.
I did not see a video posted. is it some where else? maybe post some pictures?
Also what are your water parameters? What lights do you have?

Welcome!!!

 

[mBoN]

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Pictures under white light intensity will be helpful. Having a few in my tank, they need medium light, good water flow and daily addition of phytoplankton in the water column

Thanks for quick response. I added video now with lens on

 

[mBoN]

I have AI lights. Parameters are
Kh 8.7
Cl 420
Mg 1440

 

[BanZI29]

I have AI lights. Parameters are
Kh 8.7
Cl 420
Mg 1440

What is you Ph, Nitrates, temp, salinity?

 

[mBoN]

Ph is 8.3
Nitrate 0-20ppm
Temp 26c
Salinity 25

 

[mBoN]

Thankyou for welcoming me to the community to all
Can i post video in mega or some drive and paste link here if its not visible? Is it allowed ?

 

[BanZI29]

Ph is 8.3
Nitrate 0-20ppm
Temp 26c
Salinity 25

the salinity is a bit low. should be around 31-34 that might be part of the problem. really need pix of the coral thou. as for the vid. you can post vids as long as they are not big files. maybe post on youtube?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hi. Im need to reef keeping. I have added gorgonia white coral in tank three days ago. And now it’s depleting like white stuffs on it. Please check video. Help me thanks

Still dont see video but warm temp and low salinity will be an issue.

 

[mBoN]

the salinity is a bit low. should be around 31-34 that might be part of the problem. really need pix of the coral thou. as for the vid. you can post vids as long as they are not big files. maybe post on youtube?

246.35 MB file on MEGA

mega.nz

I have uploaded video which is around 265MB. Can you help me by checking it please.

 

[mBoN]

Still dont see video but warm temp and low salinity will be an issue.

What is the recommended temperature please? I have other corals and sea horse which does ok with this temp and sal. Since it seemed ok i just didn’t do any change. If required im ready to do it

 

[BanZI29]

What is the recommended temperature please? I have other corals and sea horse which does ok with this temp and sal. Since it seemed ok i just didn’t do any change. If required im ready to do it

I believe between 23.5°c - 24.5°c. that is what is recommended for sea horses

 

[vetteguy53081]

What is the recommended temperature please? I have other corals and sea horse which does ok with this temp and sal. Since it seemed ok i just didn’t do any change. If required im ready to do it

74-78 although ive seen some in 82 degree water but lower end does best for some reason. Mine are in 77 degree water also favorable for seahorses. They dont do well in water elevated in phosphates and nitrates but you sure dont want zero
Each type differs in whats acceptable and optimum when it comes to water conditions

 

[mBoN]

Ok

74-78 although ive seen some in 82 degree water but lower end does best for some reason. Mine are in 77 degree water also favorable for seahorses. They dont do well in water elevated in phosphates and nitrates but you sure dont want zero
Each type differs in whats acceptable and optimum when it comes to water conditions

Ok please did you check my video? I uploaded and attached mega link above. Any suggestion why it is depleted like that?

 

[BanZI29]

Ok

Ok please did you check my video? I uploaded and attached mega link above. Any suggestion why it is depleted like that?

I did check and the video was good.
I would recommend you get your salinity up a bit and get your temp down to what I posted earlier. Do it slowly though, like get your salinity and temp to where it needs to be over 3-4 days, Little moves to see what happens. It may take some time to see any improvements in your gorgonians. if there is no improvement within a weeks time, start looking at lighting intensity and flow. That is what I recommend

 

[vetteguy53081]

Ok

Ok please did you check my video? I uploaded and attached mega link above. Any suggestion why it is depleted like that?

Cant play video
Can you post a you tube video?

 

[BanZI29]

Cant play video
Can you post a you tube video?

download the mega app. I have it and its safe. that will play the vid