coral turning white
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Re: coral truning white
Hello Dwayne
Tell us more about your "System" as a whole
what type of lights do you have?
How old are the bulbs?
What are your current water parameters?
What is your water change schedule and amount and when was the last one?
what specific coral are we talking about?
Any pics would be GREAT!
Hello Dwayne
Tell us more about your "System" as a whole
what type of lights do you have?
How old are the bulbs?
What are your current water parameters?
What is your water change schedule and amount and when was the last one?
what specific coral are we talking about?
Any pics would be GREAT!
cbrownfish
Well-Known Member
Re: coral truning white
^ What he said.
All corals do not have the same tolerance for contaminants, skewed parameters, allelopathy, etc. Hence you can see a huge and previously healthy coral colony just die off out of the blue. As Al alluded, you need to provide more data for an educated answer.
^ What he said.
All corals do not have the same tolerance for contaminants, skewed parameters, allelopathy, etc. Hence you can see a huge and previously healthy coral colony just die off out of the blue. As Al alluded, you need to provide more data for an educated answer.
dwtoddj
Member
i have 2 150 mh at 14,000 k 2 vho at 10,000. 2 vho at 50/50. 4 vhothat r blue . all at a 120 wates . and 3 75 wates mh water changs done every 2 weeks at 75 gl. ph is at 8.4- ammonia is 0.25-nitrite is at 0 -nitrate is at 5.0 -alkalinity is at 2.5-calcium is at 420. all my lights r about 6 months old. had a pink lather fingers it just died off a green lather that just looks like it wants to die. buttom polops that r sitting next to each outher half r truning white muchrooms some r truning white some r note if i know how to get lic on here i would i have a hard time getting pics on here
Sounds like your going through a cycle or something. Those readings I highlighted could also be from the die off of your system. Pictures would help a lot. From your near to perfect water parameters you should not be dealing with these issues unless it is something else all together like an out side contaminant of some type. Like a house hold product getting into the water.
With the ammonia reading above 0 tells us that you have a serious water quality problem. As pointed out, the tank is going through some sort of cycle. Most likely something is dead and decaying.
First check your system for any dead fish or corals. The best way to test the corals is smell them. A good coral smells bad. A dead or dying corals will smell extremely foul and bad. Either discard it, or frag it, saving only the good parts, discarding the rest.
Also -
What livestock do you have in the system? (all of it)
What size is the tank?
What kind of filtration, skimming, and circulation are you using?
First check your system for any dead fish or corals. The best way to test the corals is smell them. A good coral smells bad. A dead or dying corals will smell extremely foul and bad. Either discard it, or frag it, saving only the good parts, discarding the rest.
Also -
What livestock do you have in the system? (all of it)
What size is the tank?
What kind of filtration, skimming, and circulation are you using?
Aithnerikain
New Member
I noticed you said your lights are about 6 months old?
Not too experienced with VHO and such but I replaced my bulbs at 6-8 months, it might be a little early but that way I know they're not dead
It seems like a LOT of lighting, but it is a huge tank, again I have a 55 and I run 10,000 K and a blue so LOL
Not too experienced with VHO and such but I replaced my bulbs at 6-8 months, it might be a little early but that way I know they're not dead
It seems like a LOT of lighting, but it is a huge tank, again I have a 55 and I run 10,000 K and a blue so LOL
Aithnerikain
New Member
Yeah realized that after I posted, oops! ^^;