dying coral

[Dannyrb26]

my golf ball coral got covered in sand from my stupid wave maker that feel off the side of the tank... the coral is only small..what can i do to save it?

 

[little_fish]

blow the sand off? Im not quite sure what the problem is with the coral with that description.

 

[Dannyrb26]

its started to die skeletons is showing ...it was covered for a while

 

[little_fish]

ok, well move it to a different area and can you please post all of your parameters and equipment?

 

[Dannyrb26]

ph- 8.4
kh- 13
phos-0
trate-0
trite -0
amm-0
salinity-between 1.024 and 1.027

walbro skimmer it massive :D quad t5s 1500 or 15000 ltr wave maker with adjustments
......and a canister has my matrix and phos removers in it

 

[little_fish]

that is a huge range for your salinity, and what sort of lighting do you have?

 

[Smitty]

Can you post a pic of the coral? I'd like to see what kind of coral it is, and what type of shape it's in.

 

[Dannyrb26]

yea i know i bought the wrong refractometer ...and no i cant but i can get 1 off the net ....

Amazing animal pictures on Webshots

 

[BL1]

That's actually a goniopora or, Flowerpot coral

 

[little_fish]

they are also notoriously hard to keep

 

[Smitty]

Yeah, I've never had any luck with them neither.

 

[Dannyrb26]

we call it golf ball coral in aust ...and i know i bort it b4 i knew i got wrong refractometer

 

[Marines_Wife]

I would also say that you KH is a bit high, not by much but honestly with corals that are picky you have to keep everything just so