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So as my last post stated i lost all my corals and fish during my move, I have decided to regain my momentum and start rebuilding. So i went to LFS to buy a Elegance Coral. got it home was in the tank for 2-3 weeks now was doing fine until yesterday when i fed my fish Marine Cruisine.

 

Now, its shriveled up in its skeleton is showing on one end, so i turned to a water test to see what is going on. 

 

Nitrates are about  20 mg/L

Ammonia is about 0.50 mg/L

Ph. 8.0

Nitrate 0.10 mg/L

 

 

Im planning on doing a 20Gal water change.. to lower the figures, Is there any chance of survival of the coral at this point.

 

 

By the way, the lighting I'm using is  3  Bulb 10k 48" T5 HO. and 1 Bulb Actinic T5 Ho.   Should i balance my Actinic back out. I have 2 fixtures on my tank and and have actinic bulbs just have them turned off since I don't have enough space on my timer to plug them in. I can buy another timer if needed.

 

 

Thanks

 

Alpha 

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That stinks! I know you probably don't want to hear this, but I don't there is much hope for the elegance. They're a really difficult coral, and that ammonia spike might have done it in. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you though!

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This may be out of left field BUT did any of the food get on your elegance.  I have a theory and this is only mine. Fish may peck at elegance either out of curiosity or if food gets caught in its tentacles. I believe this   interaction between fish and the coral may trigger a situation that causes the rapid decline in the coral

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