Hey there--
I have a 30 gallon tank that is using a Marineland HOB filter. I have one smaller powerhead on the opposite side of the water inlet from the filter and I do water changes every two-three weeks using reef crystals. I have two ocellaris clown fish, a couple damsels, and a CUC that consists of a cleaner shrimp, 15 snails, and a common starfish. The tank has 50lbs live sand and 30lbs of live rock.
Over the past four weeks, I've been adding an amount of coral. I have a handful of mushrooms, about 8 frags of zoas, and some anthelia. I also have a smaller frag of frogspawn and a hammer coral that a friend gave me. Most recently, I added a three inch frag of green goni to the tank.
Everything in the tank was doing great-- I made an auto-top off that keeps my tank consistently around 1.025 before I left for vacation.
Here's the problem-- before leaving, I noticed the goni wasn't doing too hot and feared it was getting too much light and direct flow. I moved it to the corner of a tank and fashioned a "hut" using some safe plastic. When I got back from vacation, both the hammer and the frogspawn frags were dead. They were located fairly close to the goni (each has ample room to avoid stinging). They were looking really healthy and melted away in less than four days. Does anybody have thoughts about what it could be? I don't dose with calcium, but fear that's a road I might need to take.
Thoughts on the next move for me? I understand they are harder corals to keep.
I have a 30 gallon tank that is using a Marineland HOB filter. I have one smaller powerhead on the opposite side of the water inlet from the filter and I do water changes every two-three weeks using reef crystals. I have two ocellaris clown fish, a couple damsels, and a CUC that consists of a cleaner shrimp, 15 snails, and a common starfish. The tank has 50lbs live sand and 30lbs of live rock.
Over the past four weeks, I've been adding an amount of coral. I have a handful of mushrooms, about 8 frags of zoas, and some anthelia. I also have a smaller frag of frogspawn and a hammer coral that a friend gave me. Most recently, I added a three inch frag of green goni to the tank.
Everything in the tank was doing great-- I made an auto-top off that keeps my tank consistently around 1.025 before I left for vacation.
Here's the problem-- before leaving, I noticed the goni wasn't doing too hot and feared it was getting too much light and direct flow. I moved it to the corner of a tank and fashioned a "hut" using some safe plastic. When I got back from vacation, both the hammer and the frogspawn frags were dead. They were located fairly close to the goni (each has ample room to avoid stinging). They were looking really healthy and melted away in less than four days. Does anybody have thoughts about what it could be? I don't dose with calcium, but fear that's a road I might need to take.
Thoughts on the next move for me? I understand they are harder corals to keep.
