Coral help

[Vhuang168]

The problem with an alk of 10 initially is most of the tanks the corals came from run lower levels. I've found going from lower alk to a higher alk is riskier than the other way around.

As you get started, you WILL loose frags. Get used to it.

All of us still loose coral once a while.

I was talking to several members about red dragon being my achilles heel. I've had 5 frags of it by now, 2 were larger mini colonies and I've lost all except this last one from DTW. Buuuuuuuuuuut, came home from the frag and found it rtn'd. [emoji24]

Must have heard me.



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[Bruce Spiegelman]

I was talking to several members about red dragon being my achilles heel. I've had 5 frags of it by now, 2 were larger mini colonies and I've lost all except this last one from DTW. Buuuuuuuuuuut, came home from the frag and found it rtn'd. [emoji24]

Must have heard me.



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I can't keep a JF Fox Flame (or Prometheus) alive. I've tried it from different sources and always from healthy colonies in people tanks. I get home and the next thing I know it sends me audio tapes of the "13 Reasons Why" it just killed itself in my tanks.

 

[Yippee]

Maybe you should have tried one coral first instead of loading up. Killing a mushroom that fast????

 

[xcaret]

You should really consider installing an ATO unit. There are some very affordable; in fact I may have one I can mail to you; nothing fancy but should do the trick, you just cover the postage of it. Now that's affordable IMHO

 

[DEATH BY SNU SNU]

I would say, a few hours of transport, a few hours of swap, a few hours of transport, who knows what temp, acclimation and dropping into all of 10, and then a water change, bringing alk to 12. I'm not surprised he experienced some RTN. Not saying those all levels are too high. I've had acros RTN after far less.


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same

 

[tiwoo]

I'm planning to get a different kind of salt with a lower alkalinity and slowly switching over

Pm me about the ATO


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[scuzy]

I have a hydor unit I just decom


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[DEATH BY SNU SNU]

The problem with an alk of 10 initially is most of the tanks the corals came from run lower levels. I've found going from lower alk to a higher alk is riskier than the other way around.

As you get started, you WILL loose frags. Get used to it.

All of us still loose coral once a while.

I was talking to several members about red dragon being my achilles heel. I've had 5 frags of it by now, 2 were larger mini colonies and I've lost all except this last one from DTW. Buuuuuuuuuuut, came home from the frag and found it rtn'd. [emoji24]

Must have heard me.



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Vincent, your words are like gospel, let me be your disciple

 

[Vhuang168]

Lots of people have nicer tanks than mine.

Check out @Ibn 's tank.

 

[Bruce Spiegelman]

Here's one of my favorites in the area. This is just a side view.

 

[Edgar Sandoval]

Here's one of my favorites in the area. This is just a side view.
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Who's tank is this?


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[tankguy]

yeah Bruce that tank is smokin. Where did ya find it?

 

[daddio]

@tiwoo
Did these corals sit in the sun on the ride home?

 

[tiwoo]

No they were all in a styrofoam box and I tried to keep the temp in the car around 80


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[Wlachnit]

i top off about 1-2 gallons every 1-3 days, im using CoralLife marine salt mix and im using a API reef test kit

I have used coralife for years with no problems.

 

[scuzy]

The topping over over a few days is probably the issue. Salinity swing is not good for sps


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[Bruce Spiegelman]

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Belongs to Robert Brilliantes in Elk Grove. In person it's stunning. For SPS collectors he's also a great resource for frags.

 

[Wlachnit]

Belongs to Robert Brilliantes in Elk Grove. In person it's stunning. For SPS collectors he's also a great resource for frags.

looks stunning!

 

[ashburn2k]

it's still hard for me to believe that you can kill a mushroom, i've got several mushroom got crushed under rocks and yet they still survived, and grown bigger after I moved rocks around and found them..

 

[Bruce Spiegelman]

it's still hard for me to believe that you can kill a mushroom, i've got several mushroom got crushed under rocks and yet they still survived, and grown bigger after I moved rocks around and found them..

I have several rocks that I can't kill the mushrooms on. I put them on there when I first set the tank up and now that everything else is growing out I'm always looking for more real estate. I've yanked, pulled, and scraped them off two areas, but they always grow back quickly.