Red Planet Acro Looks Dead

[krzyphsygy]

You think so? I felt my UG to double the water volume, with all new water and sand would have made it a "new tank". Maybe I just got lucky? That and I check my params frequently.


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12 year old rock provides a tremendous amount of bacteria. Always a great idea to use rock like that. Bacteria doesn't live in the water column, but on the rock, sand, walls, etc. If you used wet live sand you also benefited from that as well. I have done this a few times with no cycle and corals right in. But some always suffer a bit, but it might be a finicky piece.

 

[jbvdhp]

12 year old rock provides a tremendous amount of bacteria. Always a great idea to use rock like that. Bacteria doesn't live in the water column, but on the rock, sand, walls, etc. If you used wet live sand you also benefited from that as well. I have done this a few times with no cycle and corals right in. But some always suffer a bit, but it might be a finicky piece.

Surprisingly, the coral that suffered the most during my upgrade was a pink seriatopora and JMT monti.

Sorry to thread Jack OP.


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[kevin_e]

That is a very new tank. Are you sure it cycles? As long as it cycled and is stable, it can be okay. A dKH of 12 is pretty darn high too.

 

[jam.jo]

I had wet live sand and bulk reef supply's reefsaver rock. The tank is cycled to safe parameters. I just tested it again, ammonia, nitrates, and nitrates all 0. Ph 8.2-8.3 I have a phosban reactor keeping phosphates low.. below .03 which is as accurate as I can tell with salifert test kit. I moved the acro down a little bit too because it was really high up in the tank. It is starting to get it's color back and I saw a little green come back in it today. I think it will live. But I don't plan on adding any more corals for a while. This is my test coral and once it is growing/thriving then I will add others.

 

[itz frank]

Honestly, I know everyone is pretty heavy on the idea of "new tank" = big problems.

But I just went through an upgrade myself. Half dry rock and half live rock. Cycled it all together for a month and seeded with Biodigest twice a month. 0 Issues in my sps tank.

I think the rule of thumb for time is just for the learning curve for the owner. Period.

Your issues aren't nutrient related. At least, IMO. It looks like your 12dkh was too much of a shock at once. I know people run it this high but I've always wondered how you acclimate a coral over an hour to 3-4dkh higher when we all know swings of .5 can cause major issues.

How long did you have this piece in the tank before you took these photos?

 

[EvMiBo]

It looks really high up. Was it acclimated to your light, or put on the top rock immediately? Your alk may be related, but if it's progressively getting worse I'd suspect light.

I'd move it down and feed fish and extra meal daily.

 

[gmlee]

Gee just one????? My dead corals gets thrown over in my neighbours yard.

 

[jam.jo]

I think I had it in there for 2 weeks and it was slowly losing color over time. The tip at the top became white first which I thought was new growth, and then I noticed it started to go pale. Its brown in natural light and has some spots of white. I did a 25% watee change to brightwell and I am going to do this every 2 weeks until it is completely changed over.. and then how do I get the color back? How long does it take for a frag to recover from this?

 

[itz frank]

Color can take awhile. Some corals just go through ugly phases that can take months when you put them in a new tank.

Work on resolving the health issue and color will come over time. I have a few frags that went in my tank over a month ago. Frag rack was low so they browned out. Then they got moved to their homes under the lights and the bases have great colors and the actual frag is brown. Give it time.

Is the damage still progressing?


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[Peter Eichler]

Did you dip this coral before adding it. Also, did you acclimate it to the light before putting it at the top like that? If it's shocked from too much light it can take many many weeks to recover. There are so many factors here that it could be a combination of things and not just one issue.