Barry's 29gal Coralife BioCube

Agreed. Much like stormy weeks in the ocean corals can go a few days without any light then bam full bore again. You should be fine as it is the same light they were already used to and 5 days is really nothing in terms of time without light.
 
Let there be LIGHT

Let there be LIGHT

Hi All,
My frogspawn and torch seem to be the only ones that have suffered from the five days without
my nanobox lighting. Below are a couple of photos. By the way my tank is 9 months old today.
Barry
 

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soulpatch said:
Looking good Barry. Torch and frog will take a day or two and be ok
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x2 lol why write it out twice?

Looking great, congrats at 9 months (I think I'm just about there too, mine was set up November '14).

I also love that you're doing something different with all of the non-photosynthetic corals, and its still coming along nicely. Great accomplishment.
 
Wish my black sun coral opened up like that. He does open up, but barely and usually after lights out. I still am taking it out of the tank every day to feed, Which IMO is a huge PITA!!

Looking good Barry. :thumbsup:
 
homer1475 said:
Wish my black sun coral opened up like that. He does open up, but barely and usually after lights out. I still am taking it out of the tank every day to feed, Which IMO is a huge PITA!!

Looking good Barry. :thumbsup:
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I just must be lucky. All I have to do is put some food in the tank
and my Black Sun Coral opens right up. At 4:00 pm this afternoon
I fed my two fish and he,she,it is open now.
I stopped taking my BSC out of the tank to feed weeks ago.
This photo was taken at 4:26 this afternoon.
Barry
 

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Torch trouble

Torch trouble

Hi All,
Still have problems with my torch. It went through 5 day with very little light.
Still look bad. Check out the photo below.
Any ideas?
Barry

Alkalinity: 8
Ammonia: 0
Calcium: 420
Nitrate: 5
Nitrite: 0
pH 8.4
Phosphate: 0.6 ppm
Salinity: 1.025/26
Temperature 79
 

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Soul the bace of torch seems to be dis-colored. He just looks bad.
Maybe he just needs more time?
Barry
 
I dont see anything glaring that would send me running. As long as the skeleton is not eroding or showing signs of necrosis you should be fine. I cant see that though the pic is not zoomed in either.

The discoloration could be a multitude of things. I know right after my black bugs my one frog actually split and it looked near death for a week or so. It picked a bad time to do it as I almost pulled it from my tank thinking it was near death and with everything else in the tank recovering I didnt want a death to be a final pin causing a crash. I rode it out and in a few days all was well.

Let this go and keep an eye of him. Might want to give some more TLC with spot feedings to aid things.
 
Same here, nothing glaring standing out to me either. My torch's base is a little discolored also. The upper portion where the actual polyps extend from is pure white, below that whiteness is a blue/green color. Been that way since I bought it, and while the upper grows more and more of the bottom becomes this blue/green color.
 
Torch Problems

Torch Problems

Hi All,
I think I may have figured out whats going on with my Torch Coral.
Do I have chemical warfare going on? My Torch is not getting any better.
From the photo below, you can see the the GSP are not opening ether.
I think I will move the torch to another spot.
Thoughts.
Barry
 

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As far as the torch stuff, Johnseye posted this in the coral propagation forum, but it sounds like your question above.

And as far as "chemical warfare" I don't think that's a problem. GSP generally doesn't release any chemicals as far as I know. The torch will sting the living bejesus out of the GSP before the GSP causes any problems. GSP's primary defense mechanism is prolific growth.

I think they're fine together and the torch will make a natural boundary. I would continue investigating why the torch isn't doing well. I have green/purple euphyllia ancora (hammer coral) that is closed up likes yours is, but next to it is my black/gold torch coral, and it's never been happier. They have each gone through periods of being closed up, then opened up nicely, and I don't know why for either, as tank parameters haven't changed much either way.

I would only worry if it gets a brown jelly infection, or you're really seeing tissue sloughing off and bare skeleton at the top/crown of the coral being exposed. Short of that I would just ride it out and make sure your parameters are still good.
 
ReefWreak said:
As far as the torch stuff, Johnseye posted this in the coral propagation forum, but it sounds like your question above.

And as far as "chemical warfare" I don't think that's a problem. GSP generally doesn't release any chemicals as far as I know. The torch will sting the living bejesus out of the GSP before the GSP causes any problems. GSP's primary defense mechanism is prolific growth.

I think they're fine together and the torch will make a natural boundary. I would continue investigating why the torch isn't doing well. I have green/purple euphyllia ancora (hammer coral) that is closed up likes yours is, but next to it is my black/gold torch coral, and it's never been happier. They have each gone through periods of being closed up, then opened up nicely, and I don't know why for either, as tank parameters haven't changed much either way.

I would only worry if it gets a brown jelly infection, or you're really seeing tissue sloughing off and bare skeleton at the top/crown of the coral being exposed. Short of that I would just ride it out and make sure your parameters are still good.
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Thanks for your input ReefWreak.
It sure looks like my Torch is on the way out. I just took another
photo a few minutes ago. It look bad. I just wish I new what to do.
I guess I will leave it put another day or so.
Here is the latest photo.
Barry
 

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Yea, that pic makes it look quite a bit worse. You're sure you're good on salinity, pH, calcium, alkalinity, nitrate, ammonia, TEMP? Everything else in the tank seems happy?

Have you been feeding the torch at all? I hope it doesn't get worse!
 
ReefWreak said:
Yea, that pic makes it look quite a bit worse. You're sure you're good on salinity, pH, calcium, alkalinity, nitrate, ammonia, TEMP? Everything else in the tank seems happy?

Have you been feeding the torch at all? I hope it doesn't get worse!
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This is last weeks test:
Alkalinity: 8
Ammonia: 0
Calcium: 420
Nitrate: 5
Nitrite: 0
pH 8.4
Phosphate: 0.6 ppm
Salinity: 1.025/26
Temperature 79

This weeks test
Alkalinity: 7***
Ammonia: 0
Calcium: 460***
Nitrate: 5
Nitrite: 0
pH 8.4
Phosphate: 0.6 ppm
Salinity: 1.025
Temperature 79
ReefWreak the only changes are noted with***
The only test I am having problems is the Red Sea Mag.
So now I have no idea what my mag is. I am not to fond of RED SEA's TESTS. As far as feeding yes I have been trying. But there is not much
to feed:sad2:
I think is is a goner....
Barry
 
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