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07-07-2009, 04:24 AM
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07-07-2009, 04:38 AM
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I'm thinking its a good thing I stocked up on salt 
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07-07-2009, 04:42 AM
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After a couple of good water changes, I just left it with lots of GAC running. I found corals I tried to frag just got more stressed and I lost the whole colonies. Once you've got a decent handle on it, wait and see where it goes. Minimal lights for a couple of days too. keep temp a bit lower to increase O2 saturation, and lots of surface agitation.
I'd mix some new water and get the sump going, that will increase O2 uptake as well, and get the skimmer going and clean it as required to keep it empty.
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07-07-2009, 04:52 AM
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Oh No Christy sorry to read of your troubles. I would get that Sump online. Maybe dump the water and give it a good rinse out. That way you'll be able to get your skimmer fired up. Get some filter floss in there and a ton of carbon.
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07-07-2009, 05:05 AM
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+1 on the last 2 or 3 posts. Sorry to hear of your troubles .. moving tanks sucks big time..
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07-07-2009, 07:12 AM
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Well, sometimes we underestimate the strength and durabeiility of corals.
Keep in mind that on some reefs during low tide coral are exposed to nothing but air for a long period of time. Once I helped a friend moving his corals to a new tank, the new tank was located 6 hours away by driving. He had there some huge monti's and acro's the biggest monti was 60 cm diameter, the biggest stag was 56 cm high!!! We had no choice but delivering them in big garbage bags with out any water (only some for humidity). Guess what….zero fatalities! I put my finger on destruction of bacteria colonies and death of small critters in the LR, causing sharp rise in ammonia. The best way to deal with that problem imo would be water changes and using some good quality bacteria supplements…. Beside that keep in low on feeding and calibrate your skimmer for wet foaming (skimming) Good luck ( If it didn’t kill you it will strengthen you  )
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07-07-2009, 02:42 PM
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So sorry to hear, that really sucks. I hope some corals make it.
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07-07-2009, 03:22 PM
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actually now that I think of it, most of the rock was in a cooler so the temps weren't quite as low as the rubbermaid totes that the corals were in. this am, I still can't see in the tank, I have enough water to do a decent water change and at least clean out the sump and get it going. I'll make more water after that and I think I'll just do back to back waterchanges for the next few days. thanks for all the sugggestions guys, I'm on it!!
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