Unhappy Corals

[Craigdillman]

Werid that they do better in at than main? What's the difference between the two tanks

[Sebae again]

I would cut back or even remove the Purigen and Chemi-pure for awhile at least. Your tank is '' too clean '' for LPS

[canadianbudz604]

Did your qt have chemi pure? I know the first 3 or 4 times I used chemi pure all of my Lps closed up. Must have something to do with the Gfo in it?!?

[RMC]

The QT tank I use for coral is a 5.5 Gal with a small HOB wheel style filter with floss inserted into it (no carbon or anything else). The suggestion of my tank being “too clean” does make sense. I’m thinking of removing the Chemi-pure, as that was the last form of media added, about 2.5 month ago, then see if the coral improve. I do like the “polished” look of the water with the Chemi-pure. If the removal of the Chemi-pure works, I may add carbon to get the polished look and monitor the situation!?!

Thanks everyone for your input. If it wasn’t for such a supportive community I may have been discouraged and given up on the hobby!

[canadianbudz604]

Ya try taking it out, it took my corals a couple months to get used to chemi pure.

[RMC]

Update. The Chemipure has been out of my DT for 3 months. My corals are alive but not opening up, aside from the flower pot coral that didn't make it. All of the corals are not opening up.
The fire and ice zoas have multiplied but have never opened completely.
I've moved them around in different light and flow conditions, left them alone for a couple of weeks then moved them again.
My levels are all in line
PH 8.0-8.3
Ca 470
KH 174
Mag 1350
Nitrate between 0.0-0.2
PO4 between 0.00-0.02

My live stock list:
1 black and white Orc clown
1 true Perc clown
1 fire shrimp
2 cleaner shrimp
6 blue legged hermits
3 snails

The shrimp don't go near the corals unless I'm target feeding the corals.
Any suggestions?

[RMC]

Zoa

[Craigdillman]

And having po4 below 0.04 is a stresser for corals not sure if thays enough for them not to open never got my levels that low and honestly I find it hard to believe that with just chemiclean (small amount of gfo) and not carbon dosing or biopellets your able to get them this low in a small tank

I'm inclined to thing the levels are much higher and your test kit is off, any algea anywhere else in tank?


Im stumped

[canadianbudz604]

I do see some hair algae in your pic. So it may be eating up nitrates/phosphates and ur tests will read 0, but it does seem like you have some algae troubles. What kind of water are you using (tap/Rodi)? What r u using to test your salinity?