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[Cmas0814]

I have red and blue hermits some nasarrius snails a peppermint shrimp a brittle star these xenia were thriving last night params are right on track

 

[CWalters]

Might as well list out your parameters. "Right on track" does not help people pin point anything.

 

[Cmas0814]

Ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate barely traceable. Salinity .26

 

[AlgaeBarn]

Please list parameters as @CWalters mentioned, as well as if you did/added anything different recently, and if you dose anything -Raven

 

[Cmas0814]

All other corals are fine

 

[Cmas0814]

Do not dose.

 

[Dav2996]

Pulsing Xenia thrive in dirty water or high nitrate water. That is an issue. I recommend salinity to be around 0.25. What’s alkalinity? Alk swings kill coral easily. PH?

 

[Cmas0814]

Diff tank exact same params

 

[Cmas0814]

Alk is 10

 

[Dav2996]

I can tell the other tank has lots of algae which means you have lots of nitrates but it tests at 0. The one with the unhappy coral I see no algae and 0 nitrates. I know I have 10 nitrates when I see the algae but it tests at 0 because the algae is using it and coral. I think the tank that looks too clean is too clean.

 

[Dav2996]

How old is the the issue tank? Is it new?

 

[Cmas0814]

A yr

 

[Cmas0814]

My xenia was the first thing in my tank and now i have mushrooms devils hand clove polyps and all of those a killin it

 

[Dav2996]

A yr

Weird. Any fish in the problem tank?

 

[Dav2996]

My xenia was the first thing in my tank and now i have mushrooms devils hand clove polyps and all of those a killin it

I know soft corals and LpS like 5-10 nitrates. I keep only those kind of corals as well.

 

[StanD]

check temp

 

[Cmas0814]

74

 

[Cmas0814]

Weird. Any fish in the problem tank?

Nope was a damsel but transferred him

 

[Dav2996]

Nope was a damsel but transferred him

Fish are good for helping producing nitrates

 

[Cmas0814]

I know, but i got a brittle star and didnt want damsel to get ate. Couldnt put star in other tank because i didnt want my clowns to get ate the star came with a cleanup kit. I honestly posted this wandering if any of the above listed cc would eat my xenia