Stressed or Dying Corals?

[CoralineCori]

hmmmm, interesting...never thought of doing that, but it makes all the sense in the world. I will start doing that. Will keep you posted on how everything goes in the tank, I am keeping my fingers crossed

[CoralineCori]

Well, things are slowly...very slowly starting spring back..however I see signs of cyano returning. It's very little and barely there but hubby and I can see it. Hubby was scared that the treatment completely stripped the tank of nutrients because all algae had gone including whatever was stuck on filter return, skimmer intake. I would imagine if we have a tiny bit of nitrate in there, that there is still some beneficial nutrients/algae? Anyways Gonio is reaching out a bit more, everyday I get more red polyps opening on the zoa and although the xenias are still shrivelled, the polyps have turned a light pink again...still not opening up but better than they were for sure. My fingers are still crossed lol.

[sphelps]

Did you perform a large water change after the treatment, I know I've used a red slime treatment before (can't recall brand) and I believe it called for several large water changes after the treatment. It could also take a few treatments to get rid of it 100%.

[CoralineCori]

Originally Posted by sphelps

Did you perform a large water change after the treatment, I know I've used a red slime treatment before (can't recall brand) and I believe it called for several large water changes after the treatment. It could also take a few treatments to get rid of it 100%.

No we didn't, this specific algae treatment explains that no water changes are needed, that it is 100% safe for all inhabitants in the reef system. We do however change 5gal of water each week just for our regular weekly maintenance. I've heard of a few others yes that are more "chemical" than a biological type of treatment that do require significant water changes. I'll tell ya though, I was a skeptic of this stuff but it really worked great..I would recommend it.

Thanks everyone for your input

[Madreefer]

I would'nt be adding anything else to your water. Do a couple of big water changes over the week or so until your water parameters are back to normal.Thats just plain silly to add anything else. There could be several reasons to the cause of your red cyano, try working on the reason why before adding some quick remedy chemical.

[CoralineCori]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

I would'nt be adding anything else to your water. Do a couple of big water changes over the week or so until your water parameters are back to normal.Thats just plain silly to add anything else. There could be several reasons to the cause of your red cyano, try working on the reason why before adding some quick remedy chemical.

My water params are fine, always have been, just calcium was up since the new salt we started using. I believe its becasue of the make-up of it being a reef mixture and not the marine mixture we previously used. We did try to single out causes of the cyano already by first cutting food back, lights back etc. The easy-Life excital got rid of the cyano...long process but it worked and I have no plans on adding anything else to the tank. My corals are springing back finally and water is still in perfect shape...probably a mix of salt change and cyano treatment. It's been 10 days since treatment and so far so good. been feeding corals more zooplankton and that may be whats made them come back. I'm starting to think it was the salt switch and the lack of plankton for my filter feeders now that stressed the corals cause I don't believe them to be dying at this point. Oh the joys of a reef tank lol. Seems we are tending to it 24/7. I enjoy it, just dont want a full out crash!!!!

[CoralineCori]

Great news! Everything has come back full force. Xenias are healthy and pulsing, gonio is extended completely and beautiful, red Zoas open up again and no cyano in the tank YES!!! Thank you for all the great tips guys!