Need some help. All my softies have closed up

[harleybraydin]

So I get home from work yesterday from work and my lab had tried to get behind my tank and ended up un plugging my lights and skimmer. All my corals were closed. I figured it was from lights being out. So I plugged everything back in and went on my way. So fast forward to today and when I arrived home from work to find everything still closed up even though everything was working fine. So I start searching around to make sure all components are working and find the clip on fan over my sump had been nocked in. So I pull it out. Checked parameters salinity 1.023 amnonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrates 20. So I did a 10% water change to bring the nitrates down. All my fish are happy as ever but none of my corals are opening. Coral in tank are mushrooms, gsp, palys, zoas, toadstool leather. Anyone have any ideas on what to look at next?

 

[Marty.H]

They are more then likely just moody soft corals are hardy and can get in a mood keep an eye on the water quality and give them a couple of days and I would say they will all be out by then.

They would also benifit pushing SG upto 1.025

Did you get a temp spike or anything ?

 

[harleybraydin]

No temp spike. I would a green with the moody idea if it was one or a few but not a whole tank full. But got to thinking about the copper in the electric motor of the fan that fell in so running carbon through the night just in case. Salinity is at 1.025 my wife was reading things off to me. Seemed odd when she told me that but was least of my concerns.lol. thanks Marty for your thoughts much appreciated.

 

[PfenWendt]

Can't hurt running carbon overnight, Softies are generally very hardy i find... My GSP would close up for a couple days for absolutely no reason that i have found then just open and almost double in size...If all your params are good then i'd just let them be for a few days before getting to concerned.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

You probably made your water too clean, softies love dirty water. I don't know why so many of the newer people that come on here are wanting to be 0 nitrates and 0 phosphates. LPS and Softies love both. Only SPS want the water that clean.

If you are running a skimmer turn it off for a few days and let the water dirty up a bit.

 

[Marty.H]

I have all including SPS and my systems runs at

Nitrates 5ppm
Phosphate 0.03

All is fine I don't get caught up on the chasing 0 - 0 a trace of each is beneficial as you have said

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Maybe you don't, but many do. Good luck with the mix. I have a new fish that ate all of my SPS like candy Cherub Angel, leaves LPS and softies alone.