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Xenia and Zoa not looking so hot..
hey guys they have been like this for about a week
Parameters Nitrites 0ppm Nitrates 0ppm Ammonia 1ppm Alk good and high Gh good and high lights are t5ho one white one blue salinity is at 1.024 |
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Ammonia 1ppm? that's huge. Where is that coming from? I am pretty sure it's the ammonia that is upsetting your coral. Ammonia that high is not good. There should not be any amount of ammonia.
Is that tank cycled? Do a few large water change so that the ammonia return to zero or near zero. You can also treat with Seachem Prime to help control this ammonia until you have done enough water changes. Quote:
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Ok that's better but it still should be zero. Maybe do a water change still.
To understand what is hapening to your coral, it is best to first get the water quality perfect and if that does not solve the problem, then maybe try a dip. Check if there is no parasite. Because the xenia is also not looking good, this makes me think that it's the water quality that is the problem. Quote:
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Might want to try moving your Xenia to a less flowed area in your tank as well. They are a touch coral at times and I found moving mine to a low flow area helped a lot. I also have another that loves the flow. Just a thought.
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thats very possible, corals need tme to adjust to new lighting:):) do it slowly:) |
I noticed in another thread that you mention using treated tap water. How long has your tank been running & how long have the corals been in there? Even though whatever you use to treat the tap water will bind the chlorine, there could be traces of other elements building up in your system that are making the coral go funky. See if your water provider (city?) posts water tests online and check it out. Should be a good list of what's in your tap water & at what percentage. Even a trace of copper or some other metal not harmful to us, will eventually build up in your system & can affect invertebrates & corals in particular.
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try moving it to the bottom of your tank in ambient lighting and see if that helps:):) i believe you have some light shock happening plus the move to a new tank:)
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Hmm, too bad you can't find a water report. Here's one from Greater Vernon. As you'll see there are some things in there that we actually need in our tanks such as calcium & magnesium. But there are also traces of undesirables that are just too risky IMO to keep feeding into my tank year after year. Come to think of it, I don't really even want to drink some of that stuff myself, even though according to the authorities it's at safe levels. I've been using RODI water for my tank for well over three years now & tapping off RO water for coffee, tea, drinking water as well. Great investment.
Testing for the standard parameters like nitrates, ammonia, phosphates, pH, calc, alk etc. is all well & good, but we don't generally test for copper, arsenic, aluminum...... so saying everything is zero is fine, but what about all the goodies (nasties?) you can't test for? North Kalamalka Lake Intake Water Quality 2008 Water System: Greater Vernon Water Source: Kalamalka Lake Facility: Kal Lake Pumpstation Sampling Point: Kal Lake Intake Date: 7/14/2008 INORGANIC Results (mg/L unless noted) Aluminum <0.050 Antimony <0.0030 Arsenic <0.0050 Barium 0.027 Boron 0.021 Cadmium <0.00010 Calcium 40.6 Chloride 5.38 Chromium <0.015 Copper <0.0030 Cyanide < 0.01 Fluoride 0.24 Iron <0.20 Lead <0.001 Magnesium 19.8 Manganese <0.0050 Mercury <0.00030 Molybdenum 0.005 Nitrate (as N) 0.069 Nitrite (as N) <0.010 Potassium 5.07 Selenium <0.0050 Sodium 18.4 Sulphate 51 Uranium 0.003 Zinc 0.011 PHYSICAL Results (mg/L unless noted) Alkalinity (as CaCO3) 152 Colour <5 TCU Conductivity 409 microS/cm Hardness (as CaCO3) 183 pH 7.8 Total dissolved solids 238 Turbidity 1.0 NTU UV Transmittance @254(%) 91% |
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So if I got this right it was in another tank with PC light and unknown water parameters, then they were moved to another tank after they started to close and they have not open yet under the T5 and new water condition.
That's a lot of things to adjust to for a healthy coral, even more so for a sick coral...they will need time and a slow acclimatation to the new light. They might come back, they might melt..hard to tell. It will probably take some time to come back if it does. Quote:
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