marinebetta
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everytime i buy new corals they dont survive in my tank but the one that i already have when i first started my tank can survive any idea why.
why are my corals dying
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marinebetta
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Well its a 80 gallon nitrate and all those stuff is safe i had a guy from the pet store come test it for me and im using a coral- life light the guy i bought the light from had plenty of corals in his tank and they did fine. now i have feathers and mushrrom corals in my tank but when ever i buy other one they die in a couple of day even when i buy a anenome for clown it don't survive.
big
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Yes, welcome, too!!... But to help we will need to know more. How long up, test you have and have done, tank size lighting etc........ Nitrates are to me always the first thing I think about......... Warren
oops your reply beat me back......... BUT I do not think Anenomes are not a wise choice when things are not yet going well............
Lets see if folk here can figure out more of what is going wrong...........
oops your reply beat me back......... BUT I do not think Anenomes are not a wise choice when things are not yet going well............
Lets see if folk here can figure out more of what is going wrong...........
wfd1008
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how much and what type of filtration are you using? also, how old are the bulbs in the lights? are you acclimating your new corals? and i hate to say it, but the fish store your buying the corals from might be poo-poo. just because they look healthy in a pet store, doesn't mean that they are. you need good Ca. levels, along with iodine levels, and several other things. try another fish store, or buy something on line after you've gone thru all your water parameters. i've bought things from here and dr.smith and foster's, and they were pretty healthy. dr.smith's is kind of high priced. keep us updated.
marinebetta
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Will my nitrate is at zero i know for sure cause i can test my nitrate but when the dude from the pet store tested my water he said the corals should do fine in my tank. i have a xp3 filter and one of those sumps the store i buy them from is where i buy all my stuff included fishes and live rocks and all those stuff everything else do fine except the corals but i might buy one from here and see how it does.
wfd1008
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also, when you place them in your tank, start them down low and slowly move them to where you want them. this way, they are able to adjust to your lighting. also, i'm not saying that you're doing this, but space out putting things in. wait a few weeks b/t corals. and the temp. in your tank, it might be too hot, too cold. and the types of corals that are dying? shrooms are easy to keep. you can literally cut them in four and you'll get four shrooms. leathers are good beginners along with candy corals and colts. sun coral and carnations are cool as hell, but are hard to take care of. so it might be the type. also, i don't know what type of fish you have, but everytime you put a new coral in, one of you fish might be saying grace and then chowing down. also, what's your S.G.? it should be around 1.023. i thinks that's all i got for now.
wfd1008
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Originally Posted by qbnfreek
Was your tank ever used before? If so, if you have ever used any copper products which some people use to get rid of ich will kill your corals.
two of my tanks were used as freshies for a while and then i made them into reefs. from what i understand, copper and saltwater-NO BUENO, very NO BUENO. for ich, if you catch it soon enough, you can use marcyn or marcyn plus which is reef safe. it also kills red algae. the down fall is you have to treat it for awhile, then you have to do a good water change, and it cause ALOT of bubbles in the tank. protein skimmers hate it, but you can keep you carbon in, just change it after treatment. also, it doesn't kill of good bacteria in the tank.
Was your tank ever used before? If so, if you have ever used any copper products which some people use to get rid of ich will kill your corals.
two of my tanks were used as freshies for a while and then i made them into reefs. from what i understand, copper and saltwater-NO BUENO, very NO BUENO. for ich, if you catch it soon enough, you can use marcyn or marcyn plus which is reef safe. it also kills red algae. the down fall is you have to treat it for awhile, then you have to do a good water change, and it cause ALOT of bubbles in the tank. protein skimmers hate it, but you can keep you carbon in, just change it after treatment. also, it doesn't kill of good bacteria in the tank.
wfd1008
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as far as the anemone goes, i've been doing it for seven yrs and the longest i've been able to keep one is about six months, and then they just melt away into lovely brown goo. look on line and find a good test kit. they'll start around $30 and they'll last awhile. make sure it tests for the 4 basic and then for Ca. and phosphates, and dkH. that way, you'll become more in tune with what's going on in there. then get additives. I use trace elements, strontium, coral vit and coral accel. for Ca i use arga-milk., and start using those. all of that, you can get on-line for a good price. go with the 64oz. cheaper that way. about ich- all fish have ich, it's not a problem until your fish get stressed, usually water quality. over feeding is a killer. red algae is a sign of high phosphates and poor lights, and lights on for too long. with your own test kits, you can usually find the problem. also, i don't know what type of water you use, but mine is just plain ole tap. i use a de-chlor to get rid of the chlorine. that might be a problem for you. i hope you don't take all of this wrong, cause i'm not trying to preach at you, i just wish i had all the money back i spent at the school of hard knocks, cause i'd be a much richer man. even now there are times i'd like to take a ball-ping hammer to my tanks-thank God for my wife being a voice of reason.
nick76
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Originally Posted by marinebetta
Well its a 80 gallon nitrate and all those stuff is safe i had a guy from the pet store come test it for me and im using a coral- life light the guy i bought the light from had plenty of corals in his tank and they did fine. now i have feathers and mushrrom corals in my tank but when ever i buy other one they die in a couple of day even when i buy a anenome for clown it don't survive.
How many Bulbs do u have over the tank total and how many watts is each bulb?
It is very important to get a test kit and test the water yourself for nitrites, nitrates, and ammonia.
Well its a 80 gallon nitrate and all those stuff is safe i had a guy from the pet store come test it for me and im using a coral- life light the guy i bought the light from had plenty of corals in his tank and they did fine. now i have feathers and mushrrom corals in my tank but when ever i buy other one they die in a couple of day even when i buy a anenome for clown it don't survive.
How many Bulbs do u have over the tank total and how many watts is each bulb?
It is very important to get a test kit and test the water yourself for nitrites, nitrates, and ammonia.