when corals die

sh2000

sh2000

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when corals die in your DT can they make the nitrates go up or effect any levels ? when the tissue is dead for example one of the heads of a branching hammer and the fish are nipping at the corals is it unhealthy for the fish to eat it and is it better to remove it quickly which i usually do...or u can just leave it in.. ?
 
aquatica-tech

aquatica-tech

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well with some coral if its dead its dead so I would think that yes it would cause I minor level raise, but if a fish just nipps it and it falls off then I would think that part would grow somwhere else or that part that has been nipped would rejuvinate
 
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lsu

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When your coral dies you should remove it, it will raise your levels. The first thing you should do is figure out why your corals are dying. Check your params. Fish will not nip a t dead coral, bristles and clean up will
 
sh2000

sh2000

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I have 43 corals one of the heads of a branching hammer died..the water is fine..acctually perfect I also lost an elegance after 5 weeks. I have mostly LPS, a few SPS, leathers...and other I can't classify.
 
m0nk

m0nk

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Originally Posted by SH2000
http:///forum/post/2485240
corals can cause a nitrate and ammonia spike ?
in a 120 gal. ?
please explain that.
Coral is an animal, well, lots of animals... when they die they have the same affect as a fish or some snails dying. It also really matters how big the coral is... I've broken off pieces of my montis and they've fallen into a shady area and died but had no impact because the piece was so small. If my frogspawn would die and I would leave it in there, that would crash my tank, since it's pretty big.
 
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lsu

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in a 120 i would not expect an ammonia spike from a coral that died, unless it was a fairly large one, but a coral will not die that quickly where you will not see warning signs. What are your params? An ammonia or nitrate spike in an established 120 is odd? Did anything else die besides the coral.( and by the way the Mets do blow ass)
 
m0nk

m0nk

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Originally Posted by SH2000
http:///forum/post/2485247
I have 43 corals one of the heads of a branching hammer died..the water is fine..acctually perfect I also lost an elegance after 5 weeks. I have mostly LPS, a few SPS, leathers...and other I can't classify.
You really need to know why it died and make sure it doesn't cause issues with your other coral. Take the hammer out and break off the dead head at the base. There are stony coral fragging tools at most LFS, or you can use a bone cutter. Since LPS has independent heads, if it RTN'd it won't affect the other corals, but if it died because of bugs or something, then that would be bad for the others. If the head is small, it shouldn't cause any spike in your tank, but you still want to get it out.
 
sh2000

sh2000

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that sounds right I agree but a hammer head the size of a quater is fine I would remove it just so I dont see it ..but its like when a snail or hermit crab or even a small goby dies in a 120 and you have a massive CC no worries
 
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lsu

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Originally Posted by SH2000
http:///forum/post/2485267
that sounds right I agree but a hammer head the size of a quater is fine I would remove it just so I dont see it ..but its like when a snail or hermit crab or even a small goby dies in a 120 and you have a massive CC no worries

What's a massive "cc"?
 
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lsu

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Originally Posted by reefmate75
http:///forum/post/2485287
hermitts, flesh eating snails, shrimp, you know the scavengers CC= cleanup crew

I don't know the new kid lingo. I'm a 29 year old attorney=out of the loop
 
reefmate75

reefmate75

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i just bought a stocked 135 gallon tank, it had a massive pink leather in it, it didnt handle the move to well and died on the second day, i came home from work and it was a large ball of slime, with yellow stuff exposed and it was just falling apart, so i took it out and checked my water and the ammona was at 1ppm (i expected it to recycle as we took out about half the sand becuase it was so heavy and i almost dropped the one end so i thought we had better take something out to make it lighter) the next day (did a water change after i took the leather out and checked water) the ammona was already back down to .25ppm so i belive it hasnt started the real cycle yet, but if it hadnt started with that leather dieing its about to if its going to (i hope its not to bad sence it has the nicest looking yellow tang ive ever seen in it)
anyways i belive dieing or dead corals can and do change your lvls in your water
 
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