polyps corals

by **puffedupseagull** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:43 am

1. AS A RULE I DO AND RECOMMEND 10-20% REGARDLESS OF TANK SIZE EVERY WEEK.
2. ALSO WASHING CORALS IS GOOD BUT I DON'T WORRY. I BELIEVE FRESH WATER DIPPING STRESSES THE CORAL.
3. ALSO COPPER IS VERY HARD TO REMOVE. THERE IS A REAL GOOD ABSORBENCY FOR COPPER CALLED CUPRISORB BY SEACHEM. ITS REUSABLE TO.
4. GET A TEST KIT AND TEST FOR AMMONIA NITRITE NITRATE AND PH. ALSO ONE FOR COPPER WHICH I DOUBT YOU HAVE.
5. NITRATE IS THE MAIN ON TO KEEP AN EYE ON TRY TO KEEP IT AS LOW AS. BELOW 20PPM IS GOOD, THIS IS ACHIEVABLE BY WEEKLY WATER CHANGES.
6. DON'T HOT MIX YOUR WATER - THIS MEANS LET IT SIT FOR A DAY OR SO OR IT BURNS EVERYTHING BECAUSE IT HAS NOT DISSOLVED PROPERLY.

by **puffedupseagull** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:45 am

AS FOR THE OTHER WATER PARAMETERS - DON'T BOTHER WITH THEM YET AS YOU WONT NEED TO WORRY AT A LEARNERS STAGE IN THE HOBBY. DEFIANTLY LATER BUT NOT YET.

by **lionlord3502** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:47 am

lol not trying to be a smart arsh but everyone keeps saying the same thing kinda funny. ok by what you are saying this so called alge looks like brown mud and starts at the sides and works it way in till the coral is dead. fisrt of stop buying stonys with that new of a tank. and second it isent algy it is a bacterea infection. do so good water changes and git alot more water flow and that should take care of your tank try putting in some leather corals. good luck

by **Snowboss4492** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 11:35 am

all good info from everyone.....the only thing no one has mentioned is that the tank is only 3 months old.....................sorry to say..but theres no way that tank is established ...............if you can wait for a few months you will have much better luck, you haven't done anything wrong per say, it just takes a long time to get a tank stable and some species especially corals are very suseptible to any changes {or swings} in your water parameters

just takes time bud .......believe me .....i destroyed my tank the first go round, by rushing things

SnowBoss

by **daddy018105** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:59 am

i'm from philippines, i'll check it, i did the water change already and i bought one coral to examine it
thanks guys.

by **daddy018105** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 3:52 pm

THANK YOU SIR

by **daddy018105** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 3:54 pm

THANKS YOU SIR

by **fihsboy** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 6:57 pm

Dude straight up.....my gonipora did that......got a brown sludge on it....and died off.....BUT it was only one spot on the coral......So i would go out on a limb to say its probably a diseased coral or hurt coral. Mine did it after it got hit by a turbo into the glass. The spot that hit the glass was the spot that died with the brown slimy stuff. Its gotta be stress or disease. Buy a xenia.....see how it responds to your tank.

by **blueshoes2208** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:16 am

yes i am guilty of the hot water changes........ another rookie mistake

by **gonzaimaki7563** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:46 am

daddybogs! Your liverocks are pretty much safe if you asked your LFS if it has been treated before. Are you using tap water directly in every water change? I am also new to this hobby and my first set-up was a complete blunder! Im trying to start from the very beginning again, and now im making sure to remember the word PATIENCE. Im now running my tank for 3 weeks now with just liverocks, some tubeworms, damsels and a couple of crabs that survived from my previous set-up. Now im seeing better results than my before..

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