Please help.... corals dying :(

marmeesa · Jan 28, 2020

So the other day I did a 100% water change to get my nitrates down. Rookie mistake. There were no temp, pH and salinity swings. BUT I used water from my sink ( I just ordered an RODI so it should be here soon). I used a liquidmarine conditioner and the orange reef crystal salt. I noticed yesterday that my chalice and candy cane looked like ****. My candy cane looks worse today, and my cats paw stylo is doing a polyp bailout. I need help. I do not know what to do, and I have 250$ worth of Coral coming in tomorrow.

Do I get water from my LFS, and try to swap some out, or am I just SOL

marmeesa · Jan 28, 2020

I should add... my nitrates are >10

ThePurple12 · Jan 28, 2020

They're most likely not dying and should recover in a few/several days, but tap water can have some nasty stuff in it. I would just do frequent water changes (using RODI) and run carbon. I especially wouldn't worry about the candy cane- those things are invincible.

marmeesa · Jan 28, 2020

ThePurple12 said:
They're most likely not dying and should recover in a few/several days, but tap water can have some nasty stuff in it. I would just do frequent water changes (using RODI) and run carbon. I especially wouldn't worry about the candy cane- those things are invincible.

Thanks! How should I handle my corals that are coming in tomorrow? Should I just drop acclimate?
Also.. I am running carbon.