grafgever
10/15/2012, 11:44 AM
Hi there, first post on the forum so hi to you all. I've been reading around here quite alot already. I figured the easiest way to find my answers would be to just ask the question to you pro's out there :).
I maintain the RSM 250 for my dad, it got setup by the aquarium shop about 7 months ago and they also maintained it for a while. Now I am doing the maintenance, first just water changes and testing KH / Salt, but recently did a nitrate test because stony coral was dying off. Nitrate was 100PPM+! I quickly did a water change and went to the store to get myself some NO3-PX Algue control from Red Sea, which together with water changes is bringing it down quite a bit. Levels are now around 25ppm, so still high but getting lower.
I change water weekly about 10%, and mix with Coral Pro Salt which I read was good. Calcium level was fine, don't have a magnesium test, phosphate was very low, ammonia non detectable.
My question is: I recently bought the white(pink) coral in the picture below, but it's just been hanging there for the 5 days that i got it, I tried moving it today and kept it in my hand about 4 inches away from the right pump, and a piece of coral got blown off! Does this mean the coral is dead?
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=6905&pictureid=47554
In my photo album there are a few more pictures of the tank, some soft coral which was quite dying and just hanging there, I found out there was a piece of fish wire stuck in it's base which I removed, so I hope it recovers. My anemone also stopped eating for the past 1.5 week, can this be because he ate the red plankton that I fed for invertibrates / corals?
Lots of questions sorry for that! Thanks in advance for any help, it's really appreciated!
I maintain the RSM 250 for my dad, it got setup by the aquarium shop about 7 months ago and they also maintained it for a while. Now I am doing the maintenance, first just water changes and testing KH / Salt, but recently did a nitrate test because stony coral was dying off. Nitrate was 100PPM+! I quickly did a water change and went to the store to get myself some NO3-PX Algue control from Red Sea, which together with water changes is bringing it down quite a bit. Levels are now around 25ppm, so still high but getting lower.
I change water weekly about 10%, and mix with Coral Pro Salt which I read was good. Calcium level was fine, don't have a magnesium test, phosphate was very low, ammonia non detectable.
My question is: I recently bought the white(pink) coral in the picture below, but it's just been hanging there for the 5 days that i got it, I tried moving it today and kept it in my hand about 4 inches away from the right pump, and a piece of coral got blown off! Does this mean the coral is dead?
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=6905&pictureid=47554
In my photo album there are a few more pictures of the tank, some soft coral which was quite dying and just hanging there, I found out there was a piece of fish wire stuck in it's base which I removed, so I hope it recovers. My anemone also stopped eating for the past 1.5 week, can this be because he ate the red plankton that I fed for invertibrates / corals?
Lots of questions sorry for that! Thanks in advance for any help, it's really appreciated!