Blue corals dont survive in my tank!

bcarleton · 06-07-2008, 10:39 PM

Ok, I have something here that is completely blowing my mind. I have been adding corals to my 75g at about 1 new one every 2 weeks. I am about where I am going to leave it to start filing in on its own. Gonna be hard to stop buying, its addictive. Anyway, something strange has been happening for a while now. Anything i put in my tank that is blue does not seem to last. I have added several different zoos and polyps of differing colors. Got reds, oranges, greens, browns, etc. All of them are doing great, but three times I have tried to add blue zoos and/or polyps and the fade away in just a matter of week. My latest was a so called fire/ice zoo frag. The reds are doing well, the blues are about half what they were 2 weeks ago. Any ideas? Have done different placements, flow, light intensity, ec. Only thing offered up is the kind of lighting, the freq. I have 3 T5 HO bulbs for my dawn/dusk and a 400W MH 20,000, for my main. Is it the color range of my lights? Only thing that we can come up with.

Dentoid · 06-07-2008, 11:07 PM

400Ws over a 75 is a lot of light. Is it 2-200W MHs or 1-400W? Maybe that is too much light. Try starting them on the bottom then slowly move them up over a period of weeks.

kathywithbirds · 06-07-2008, 11:18 PM

that is kinda weird. But I've noticed my blue and purple zoos are the most tempermental zoos I have. everything upsets them.

rmlevasseur · 06-07-2008, 11:41 PM

i think Scott is prolly right

bcarleton · 06-09-2008, 07:48 PM

It is a single 400 placed almost dead center. I have tried on the bottom in the middle, bottom in the corners, mid water and out to the sides, top and out to the sides. Name a spot besides no-light and I have tried it. Tried everything from heavy direct flow to near dead water. Pretty much gonna give up on blue things. I am looking at some black/red and black/orange palys to give some color contrast in the tank.

BigAl07 · 06-09-2008, 09:20 PM

that is a LOT of light. I'd give them a more "shaded" area and then let them alone and see what they do long term.

Good luck

corrado007 · 06-09-2008, 10:02 PM

Tagging along, I'm looking at adding some blue zoas to my tank as well.

06-07-2008, 10:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
bcarleton Fire Coral Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: south mississippi Posts: 70 View Gallery Karma Komment	Blue corals dont survive in my tank! Ok, I have something here that is completely blowing my mind. I have been adding corals to my 75g at about 1 new one every 2 weeks. I am about where I am going to leave it to start filing in on its own. Gonna be hard to stop buying, its addictive. Anyway, something strange has been happening for a while now. Anything i put in my tank that is blue does not seem to last. I have added several different zoos and polyps of differing colors. Got reds, oranges, greens, browns, etc. All of them are doing great, but three times I have tried to add blue zoos and/or polyps and the fade away in just a matter of week. My latest was a so called fire/ice zoo frag. The reds are doing well, the blues are about half what they were 2 weeks ago. Any ideas? Have done different placements, flow, light intensity, ec. Only thing offered up is the kind of lighting, the freq. I have 3 T5 HO bulbs for my dawn/dusk and a 400W MH 20,000, for my main. Is it the color range of my lights? Only thing that we can come up with.

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Dentoid Over Achiever Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 10,240 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Blue corals dont survive in my tank! 400Ws over a 75 is a lot of light. Is it 2-200W MHs or 1-400W? Maybe that is too much light. Try starting them on the bottom then slowly move them up over a period of weeks. __________________ Scott Dentoid's Reeforama

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bcarleton Fire Coral Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: south mississippi Posts: 70 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Blue corals dont survive in my tank! It is a single 400 placed almost dead center. I have tried on the bottom in the middle, bottom in the corners, mid water and out to the sides, top and out to the sides. Name a spot besides no-light and I have tried it. Tried everything from heavy direct flow to near dead water. Pretty much gonna give up on blue things. I am looking at some black/red and black/orange palys to give some color contrast in the tank.

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