Please ID, are these dying out?

cmc3502

cmc3502

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I got these about 2 weeks ago and they haven't opened up as much as they were at the LFS. Are these slowing dying? It seems that I see them opening less and less each day.
I have compact lighting and they are 2/3 the way down in the tank (40 gallons tall).
Also I have a picture of my encrusted gorgonian that I think is doing good. It's starting to rap around the bottom of the rock and hopefully will continue on to the next!
 
cmc3502

cmc3502

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OK.. i think these might be green star polyps. Is my lighting enough and should there be high current on them? ie. a RIO 50 pointed at them...?
 
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n_sarno

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Green star polyps are pretty hardy corals easy to take care of.. I wouldnt say that they need direct heavy heavy flow..
Id say anything from low-moderate flow on them, and lighting shouldn't be an issue.. I'd just leave them alone and wait it out they'll probalby start opening soon.. What are your water parameters and are any of the other tank ihabitants pestering them?
 
cmc3502

cmc3502

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nobody is bothering them and I havent done a test (other than salintaty yesterday). Check back in about 10 minutes on this post and I'll get some water params posted....
 
cmc3502

cmc3502

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PH 8.4
AMMONIA .25
NITRITE 0
NITRATE 20
FYI... I had a fish die a week and half ago while on vacation (although they were still lokked after) and had a small ammonia spike...
 
rwp1202

rwp1202

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Originally Posted by cmc3502
FYI... I had a fish die a week and half ago while on vacation (although they were still lokked after) and had a small ammonia spike...
I'd say your problem is the ammonia. Let the tank get caught up again and see how everything recovers.
Ammonia = Dead Inverts & Corals
Nature will bring the water parameters back in line. Give the system 30 days without adding any fish or corals and you should be fine. You should continue your weekly water changes while you are waiting.
That's my 2 cents worth...
 
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n_sarno

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Originally Posted by rwp1202
I'd say your problem is the ammonia. Let the tank get caught up again and see how everything recovers.
Ammonia = Dead Inverts & Corals
Nature will bring the water parameters back in line. Give the system 30 days without adding any fish or corals and you should be fine. You should continue your weekly water changes while you are waiting.
That's my 2 cents worth...
I must agree, ammonia is the cause of it
 
cmc3502

cmc3502

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my tank is a 40 gallon... right now I do 5 gallon changes every week. Is this correct? My polyps are all closed... I hope they survive, as I'm done adding fish and corals for a month or so. Then only corals will be added...
 
jebar777

jebar777

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do you test for calcium, alk, magneisum? these may all play a part. strotium(sp?) also. you may have a crab, snail, nudi type thing eating them at night also.....look ni on them at night with a blue light....
 
puffer32

puffer32

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Your trates are not the problem, your tank is to small for this many fish of this size. Sorry, but the tang should go, then do some larger water changes to get the ammonia down. 20 trates won't kill, but ammonia will.
 
reef diver

reef diver

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True, i didnt mean that to sound as the main problem, its just something to look into as it will help, a reef, but ammonia first!
 
puffer32

puffer32

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Originally Posted by Reef Diver
True, i didnt mean that to sound as the main problem, its just something to look into as it will help, a reef, but ammonia first!
Yeah, I want the poster to concentrate on the why his ammonia spiked, once he solves that issue by removing some of the fish, mainly the tang, and does super water change, the trates should go down.
 
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