Healthy Corals?

[trearick2]

Do my corals look Healthy?

I'm new to Reefing.

My tank fully cycled in about a month.
PH: 8.0
Ammonia: 0
Nirtite:0
Nitrate: 0

I just stated dosing calcium.

Kenya tree is 1 week old

Pulsing Xenx is about 3 days
It's never pulsed since I acclimated it in.

 

[cloak]

Yeah, they look ok to me. Xenia, while easy to keep can be kind of temperamental sometimes though. GL.

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[R eef]

Looking good.
They should pulse soon, do they move at all when you stop flow?

 

[reef_junkie]

They dont look the greatest to me. You might have added coral too soon.

 

[tautog83]

there is no need for calcium at all now. so just stop that altogether. are you getting current to the xenia ? good starter corals for someone new, if ya cant get a kenya tree to grow then try freshwater but you got polyps out so you should be on right track .

 

[Nick92515]

you should never dose something you cant test for, also you tank looks sparkly clean, to clean for corals. how old is this tank, what is your mag, alk,cal numbers?

 

[trearick2]

My LFS told me to start dosing my tank for health of the corals. I bring my water to him to test for calcium, mag, and Alk.

My tank actually wasn't as clean as it looks there about a week ago. After I added the cleaner crew they whipped it right into shape. I also just did a water change.

Since I am a newbie I want to make sure I'm doing everything correctly. People on the fourms seem to know way more than my LFS.

 

[3dees]

I have a 120 gal. full of softies and lps. 2 1/2 years and I still don't dose anything. if you get into sps, you may need to dose but not now. wc's will do everything you need for now. I don't have zenia but most say that they like their water a bit on the dirty side.

 

[anthonywesty]

They're dying to me. These are from my tank

 

[WVReefJunkie]

I agree, you should not be dosing at this point. When you take your water in for testing, tell him to write your levels down on paper, then post here.

 

[trearick2]

Got it Thank you everybody for your awesome responses.

I can't tell you how much I appreciate everything.

My tank has been up for a month. I preform 20% water changes every week. Is that too much for keeping corals?

 

[WVReefJunkie]

I would say yes, but it depends on your water parameters.

 

[trearick2]

I know my Ammonia which is 0 , My PH which is 8.0, My Nitrite is 0, and my nitrate is 0.
I just did those readings yesterday.

My next question would be, is there anyway to save or help with the health of two soft corals I have?

Or should I just let them be for now.

They don't seem to be thriving but I don't think they're dying either...

 

[robosworld]

You need to be patient. ..things have to adjust to tank,lights,placement etc...i wouldn't put anything else in there until i see something happening with the first 2 corals.

 

[bairdimusprime]

Personally if my tank was a month old there wouldn't be anything in it but a cleanup crew for the diatoms... this tank IMO is too young for corals even softies. 3 months is when i would add fish and 6 months is corals, then after a year of stable conditions i would add an anemone if interested. best of luck and please use the pinned threads for guidance as that's why they're here
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/new-to-the-hobby-and-have-questions.9412/

we will all be happy to help you along the way

 

[mmw64]

Yeah, they look ok to me. Xenia, while easy to keep can be kind of temperamental sometimes though. GL.

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-02/ac/feature/index.php

I see you are from Stockton. I live in Modesto. Have you found ant decent fish stores within 50 miles?

 

[Reefnoobie12]

Could just be bleached a little if you're parameters are fine I would look into how strong ur light is and maybe the flow in the aquarium. The first tanks always the toughest good luck !