what went wrong

[tanksman]

I bought some coral the other day I when it arrived in the mail I floated it for about 30 minutes this is my first time to have SPSafter that I dripped it for about 1 hourthen I added about 15 drops of coral rx and let it sit for about 10 minutes with a small power head after that I rinse it in fresh aquarium waterthen I placed it at the bottom of the aquarium in the sand bed so that they could acclimate to the lightsthe next day this is what I found

 

[ben canant]

i dont think your supposed to rinse them in freshwater

 

[Clearwater]

BUMMER. What are your params?

 

[Eienna]

i dont think your supposed to rinse them in freshwater

He means clean SW from the tank.

Sorry to hear about your coral

 

[ben canant]

haha ahhh

 

[trido]

Sometimes that just happens when shipping. For your first SPS I'd recommend getting a frag from a fellow reefer or your LFS and see how that goes. Shipping stress on frags requires a bit of experience to know what to expect and how to react.

 

[larangcon]

good advice ^^^

 

[tanksman]

Thanks guys , all the parameters are normal

 

[tanksman]

and yes it was clean aquarium water not freshwater,,, were my procedures correct or did I miss something

 

[Mike J.]

Your coral RTN'd. Could be a number of reasons why. On my last coral shipment 2 out of 14 RTN'd.

 

[tanksman]

Lol. what is RTN ? - what does anybody see anything wrong with the procedures that I use

 

[Alabamareef]

Rapid Tissue Necrosis. Lots of people have had lots of success using many different techniques. I take new coral, temp acclimate for 20-30 min, dip it in coral RX. Then set it out on the counter for about 3-5 min then put it in the tank. This allows the coral to expel its water and take on your new water.
And Sorry to hear about your coral.

 

[tanksman]

Wow,, I have a lot to learn,,, thank you