ChuzUThisDay
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Last Friday everything from this 95 gal wavefront tank
was moved into a 125 we had. Without telling a long story, basically we're having some big problems with the corals responding positively now after the move.
Zoas and palys aren't wanting to open fully, the devils hand won't open or stand up fully, some mushrooms are fine while others aren't open as fully as they were, most of the xenia isn't pulsing or is shriveled and/or getting brown on the tips, and it's quite puzzling. I feel like we're loosing everything that's supposed to be "easy to keep". All of the fish seem to be fine at this point, along with some of the coral, but we're not feeling good and scared at this point.
The original tank was setup with the three Kessils and a wave maker on two powerheads. The 125 is running T5 lighting and three powerheads with no wave maker at this point. I also haven't setup the skimmer in the sump just yet.
The original water we brought with the livestock was only about 50% of what's in the tank. We mixed up the other 50% with RO/DI and Instant Ocean salt. The salinity is 1.024, no ammonia, nitrite, and the API kit shows no measurable nitrate. Phosphate hasn't been measured yet.
Do we just ride out the storm and see if they recover after the move or do changes need to be made like more flow, rockwork change to get closer to lights, etc?
This is a shot from Wednesday evening.
We've kept tanks off and on for years and currently have a 30 gal setup and running. This has us puzzled and all help will be appreciated.
was moved into a 125 we had. Without telling a long story, basically we're having some big problems with the corals responding positively now after the move.
Zoas and palys aren't wanting to open fully, the devils hand won't open or stand up fully, some mushrooms are fine while others aren't open as fully as they were, most of the xenia isn't pulsing or is shriveled and/or getting brown on the tips, and it's quite puzzling. I feel like we're loosing everything that's supposed to be "easy to keep". All of the fish seem to be fine at this point, along with some of the coral, but we're not feeling good and scared at this point.
The original tank was setup with the three Kessils and a wave maker on two powerheads. The 125 is running T5 lighting and three powerheads with no wave maker at this point. I also haven't setup the skimmer in the sump just yet.
The original water we brought with the livestock was only about 50% of what's in the tank. We mixed up the other 50% with RO/DI and Instant Ocean salt. The salinity is 1.024, no ammonia, nitrite, and the API kit shows no measurable nitrate. Phosphate hasn't been measured yet.
Do we just ride out the storm and see if they recover after the move or do changes need to be made like more flow, rockwork change to get closer to lights, etc?
This is a shot from Wednesday evening.
We've kept tanks off and on for years and currently have a 30 gal setup and running. This has us puzzled and all help will be appreciated.
