Help something is wrong with my corals???

Its OK

Carbon - activated carbon
Premium Activated Carbon: Seachem Matrix Carbon for superior chemical filtration

I use this one as an example for 2 reasons
1 - they are a sponsor of this site - Sea Chem
2 - becuase I use it myself and think its very good

there are other brands to choose from

you can either run these in a reactor chamber or put mesh bags of it in your filter?

carbon removes many nasties from the water and also helps with clarity of your water

Steve

 

well i have the carbon filter thing that goes in the first chamber of the biocube running???
those things are expensive. i thought i saw somewhere a DIY way around those things with filter fiber and bags of carbon????

 

should i do another water change???? i just did one before the tests. the reading for nitrate went down alot from last night because of the waterchange. Should i do another partial change???

 

10ppm Nitrate is not an issue Crusty, dont worry about that level
20 or 30 is not a major issue with those corals either

Steve

 

what do you think it is. The PH is alkaline at 8.2 and phosphate are a little high at .25.
Could it be ammonia or magnesium????

 

PH is fine

you dont have ammonia test, but as your showing 0 Nitrite - I dont think Ammonia will be the problem - but you would be wise to get that test kit - in other words its impossible to know for sure without the test results

Phosphate .25 - some of the more sensitive corals would not appreciate this level
and I would suggest you do get a phosphate remover like Phosban, Rhowphos, antiphos (GFO media) and add that to your system as you do have a bit of an algae issue in that tank - best to do that anyway rather than have plague conditions later with the algaes

dont forget to get your water tested for copper- just in case
I would always do that if I inherited someone elses set up.

Steve

 

thanks ill get on that tomorrow

 

One other thing to think of would be stray voltage. Take out the Korallia 1 for a day or two and see if the corals perk up.

 

I'm pretty darned sure it's the flow. Comin from a Nano owner. You have a Hydor 1 and a Hydor flow on a "14" gallon. I have a hydor 1 when I added a second one my xenia shriveled the same way. I took i out. When I removed my Aquaclear 70, and added a sump, my flow increased big time, and my xenia did the same thing. Give it a few days, or position the hydor to flow on a rock, to disperse some of the current. You will be fine in a few days, as long as your ammonia is in check.. with your nitrates at 0, you ammonia should be at 0.

 

I have a hydor flo nozzle on the pump return to the tank and then added a Koralia 1 which is pointed directly at the front upper center of the tank???? To Much flow??? My nitrates are at 10ppm, my nitrites are at 0??? Should i turn of the Koralia1????