Hello reefers

[Baz's reef]

Help my hammer corals and torches are losing their polps

 

[725196]

Hey Baz. Can you give some more info... a lot more info please.
specific parameters, what are the numbers exactly? How old is your tank? What lighting do you have and do you know the par levels? How long have you had the corals? Do you dip your corals before you add them?
This will help in identifying the issues.

 

[SchrutesReefs]

Help my hammer corals and torches are losing their polps

Might want to post parameters, pics, general tank info. Im no expert, but the ones that are won’t be able to help without those specs.

 

[Baz's reef]

Hey Baz. Can you give some more info... a lot more info please.
specific parameters, what are the numbers exactly? How old is your tank? What lighting do you have and do you know the par levels? How long have you had the corals? Do you dip your corals before you add them?
This will help in identifying the issues.

My tank is 6 months old and I run 2 hydra 32HD.
Alk 8.2 PH 8.2
Magnesium 1200
Calcium 450
Phos 1
Nitrate 25 using the salifert test kit
Salinity 25.
I am running blue and royal blue at 100 and white at 50

 

[Baz's reef]

Yes i dip my corals in coral rx

 

[BeltedCoyote]

Hm. Let’s get more help in here. @ReefSquad

 

[Billldg]

I would dip the corals in a Iodine base dip. I use Seachem coral dip for these issues.

You may need to frag them , if possible, to get ahead of the issue also.

 

[Baz's reef]

I would dip the corals in a Iodine base dip. I use Seachem coral dip for these issues.

You may need to frag them , if possible, to get ahead of the issue also.

Thanks for the advice though the coral is all ready died. Any advice on how to get corline algae to grow in my tank. How long would i need to run my tank before I try sps coral.

 

[Billldg]

Thanks for the advice though the coral is all ready died. Any advice on how to get corline algae to grow in my tank. How long would i need to run my tank before I try sps coral.

Sorry to hear that.

As far as coraline algae, it decides when it wants to grow. In my 120 gal tank it took several months before it started to grow. I am currently upgrading, and moved my frags over to a 40b with actual live rock from KP aquatics, and the coraline started to grow within a month. Unfortunately, SPS takes time and patience. How long has your tank be running?

 

[Baz's reef]

My tank is running 7 months i have a button coral, leathers and mushrooms, 4 goniporia any advice on any other coral thanks

 

[Billldg]

My tank is running 7 months i have a button coral, leathers and mushrooms, 4 goniporia any advice on any other coral thanks

You may be able to get a few tester SPS corals to see how they respond. Are the corals you have growing?

 

[Baz's reef]

Could you please give me some names of sps coral i could try. Yes the coral i have is growing