High Nitrates, Browning Coral and Detritus. Help!

[Ren's Reef]

My kryponite candy cane coral is turning SUPER brown on one side, and my rock is full of detritus. My nitrates sit at 60 ppm and I've been dosing Nite-Out every other day.
My tank is only 3 days old as I finished cycling for 6 weeks. HELP!

 

[Saltyreef]

Edit......just read the last sentence of your post....

Tank is too fresh for coral. It needs to stabilize.
You can start thinking about coral after about 3 months if everything goes smooth.
Or else youre throwing money away on top of killing things that dont need to be killed.

 

[Ren's Reef]

OK thank you, I will move my coral to my more established tank and leave my clownfish there.

 

[mike550]

Definitely relocate your coral. I think it needs nitrates below 10 ppm. A water change will help reduce your nitrates. What are your other levels?

 

[Ren's Reef]

Phosphates 0.1ppm
PH 8.1
Ammonia 0 ppm
Salinity 1.026

 

[Kdub Koral Guy]

Edit......just read the last sentence of your post....

Tank is too fresh for coral. It needs to stabilize.
You can start thinking about coral after about 3 months if everything goes smooth.
Or else youre throwing money away on top of killing things that dont need to be killed.

Once your tank starts showing signs of Coralline Algae, then it is likely ready for Corals

 

[Ren's Reef]

I have a little bit of coralline algae, but will wait another week or 2. also my tank smells fine but once the water gets on my hand, its smells really bad, is that normal?

 

[PicassoDan]

my tank smells fine but once the water gets on my hand, its smells really bad, is that normal?

Nope