Dana42078
Dana
Looking good, like your clowns =)
Dro and Mermer's first 29 gallon reef"
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Droskie20
where's nemo?
just an update. clowns are both doing great buttttt my corals are not! :( my branching hammer died from one night to an other my zoa's are all brown and shriveled up and dying and my sps is bleaching out...checked my water, everything is good. no idea why my corals are dying!
Mr.D
Reefing newb
There's more to keeping corals than keeping your water in check.
Droskie20
where's nemo?
what could it be?
ZyberGoby
Because I'm clever
That's odd Mmmmmm.... The only thing I can think of is that its some sort of bio-load stress. That happened to me when I first started. I got some demanding corals for my tank to only have the die a week later never took in to effect my bio-load and all I had for my young tank.
chichimom79
reef junkie
What all are you testing for? How long are you running your lighting period?
Droskie20
where's nemo?
i test for phosphate, calcium, alkalinity, nitrite, and nitrate everything was good. i run my lights for 8-9 hours a day
little_fish
Moderator
Where did you get your rocks and sand?
Droskie20
where's nemo?
my lfs. my lfs has cured live rock in a big tub and you go and pick out the pieces you want and my sand was store bought Bio-Activ brand live sand
chichimom79
reef junkie
How about specific gravity and pH? Are you using a refractometer?
little_fish
Moderator
If you fish are doing fine and you cant keep any corals, i wonder if you have some rocks with copper soaked into them. That would prevent you from keeping any corals alive, but fish will do just fine. Can you also keep any type of shrimp?
Droskie20
where's nemo?
i checked my ph a while ago it was fine havent checked lately and yea i use a refractometer i keep it at .025
Droskie20
where's nemo?
ive had a skunk cleaner for about 5 weeks already and a pepermint shrimp for like 2 or 3 weeks already both doing fine
chichimom79
reef junkie
Hmmmm :scratchch
little_fish
Moderator
How odd
Droskie20
where's nemo?
the only thing I can think of is some sort of pest but I don't see anything I even check at night when its lights out and I don't see anything....btw I went out and got a ph test....ph is at 8.0
little_fish
Moderator
pests would tend to pick one type of coral, i am still leaning towards copper or some sort of heavy metal issue. Not enough to bother the shrimp, but the corals cant handle it.
Droskie20
where's nemo?
little_fish
Moderator
at worse, you will have to replace all the rock and sand. However, before you take those measures, try running carbon for a month. Be sure to change the filter pad frequently and try and still up the sand a little bit. The carbon should help in removing some heavy metals.
Droskie20
where's nemo?
yikes! I totally don't wanna do that! And ok I'll run some carbon, I hope it helps
