whotzler
12/04/2016, 08:41 PM
Old tank / New tank
Gal... 45 Pentagon 24 x 24 / 120 24 x 24 x 4' with 30 gal sump
Rock... 40 lbs / old tanks 40 lbs plus 80 new rock (reef saver dry)
Sand... 40 lbs DSB / 20 lbs. New sand
Temp... 78 / 78
S.G... 1.025 / 1.025
pH... 7.98 / 8
Nitrate... undetectable API / undetectable API
Calcium... 380 / 400
DKH... 8 / 11
Mag... 1150 / 1275
Light.... 1 Kessil 360 / 2 Kessil 360
Skimmer... small HOB / Skimz SM163
Feeding ... Reef Roids / Reef Roids
These are the numbers at the time of the tank switch, about a week ago. I have re-tested and numbers are about the same with exception to DKH dropped to 8 Nitrates up to 5, Iv been feeding lots of Roids. Some concerns I had right off the bat.. Difference in Mag and DKH between new and old tank.. Also loosing the Good Bacteria in the DSB, but I thought it was a reasonable trade by not bringing in all the bad with the old sand bed.. I planned on using the old water but was not able to pull it off, so its all NEW water in the switch. A large chunk of rock, the one with the problem also sat out of water for what was suppose to be 5 min but turned into 20. This rock had about 8 Acro's and a Monti on it. There is significant color loss on 4 of the Acros.. They do still have polyps some have color even on the base. The monti also has lightened in color quite a bit and its polyps lightened also.
Now today I have noticed my monti s that were not on the rock that sat out have lightened a bit and another that was looking great suddenly (within 24 hrs) has lost 3/4 of its tissue and is surely a gonner..
Take it easy on me I'm only a year into this, and I know that I have made some mistakes. Is there any advice out there on getting my SPS back to good. Im really worried, as in my Black Friday excitement I ordered 20 SPS from Unique Corals that are going to arrive in 2 days.. (Another rookie mistake.. inpatients)(but it was such a good deal)
I should also mention that these SPS have been doing great for the last 4 months with lots of growth in the old tank and that there are about 30 other LPS and softies that are not having any issue.
Gal... 45 Pentagon 24 x 24 / 120 24 x 24 x 4' with 30 gal sump
Rock... 40 lbs / old tanks 40 lbs plus 80 new rock (reef saver dry)
Sand... 40 lbs DSB / 20 lbs. New sand
Temp... 78 / 78
S.G... 1.025 / 1.025
pH... 7.98 / 8
Nitrate... undetectable API / undetectable API
Calcium... 380 / 400
DKH... 8 / 11
Mag... 1150 / 1275
Light.... 1 Kessil 360 / 2 Kessil 360
Skimmer... small HOB / Skimz SM163
Feeding ... Reef Roids / Reef Roids
These are the numbers at the time of the tank switch, about a week ago. I have re-tested and numbers are about the same with exception to DKH dropped to 8 Nitrates up to 5, Iv been feeding lots of Roids. Some concerns I had right off the bat.. Difference in Mag and DKH between new and old tank.. Also loosing the Good Bacteria in the DSB, but I thought it was a reasonable trade by not bringing in all the bad with the old sand bed.. I planned on using the old water but was not able to pull it off, so its all NEW water in the switch. A large chunk of rock, the one with the problem also sat out of water for what was suppose to be 5 min but turned into 20. This rock had about 8 Acro's and a Monti on it. There is significant color loss on 4 of the Acros.. They do still have polyps some have color even on the base. The monti also has lightened in color quite a bit and its polyps lightened also.
Now today I have noticed my monti s that were not on the rock that sat out have lightened a bit and another that was looking great suddenly (within 24 hrs) has lost 3/4 of its tissue and is surely a gonner..
Take it easy on me I'm only a year into this, and I know that I have made some mistakes. Is there any advice out there on getting my SPS back to good. Im really worried, as in my Black Friday excitement I ordered 20 SPS from Unique Corals that are going to arrive in 2 days.. (Another rookie mistake.. inpatients)(but it was such a good deal)
I should also mention that these SPS have been doing great for the last 4 months with lots of growth in the old tank and that there are about 30 other LPS and softies that are not having any issue.