Somebody tell me why my corals are dieng and not opening?

[Seamore]

So many reasons why, as before not all tanks have the same volume or water perams even using the same water. Eventually they may all have phosphates high enough to cause the same issue. you are aiming at < 0.05 mg/L on Po4-3 for coral to thrive. Also remember it mat be a bad bulb as stated before, just because it is emitting light does not indicate it is enough light or not a damaging kelvin of radiation. bulbs go bad out of the blue some times, even new ones. Start with the obvious possibel problems then rule out others.

[Jadinop]

PC bulbs cannot leak UV that would harm corals. If the glass shielding cracks or breaks, they do not work anymore.

Check your return pump or heater if you have one. You probably have A/C current leaking directly into the water.

[Reeftanker3295]

Originally Posted by Jadinop

PC bulbs cannot leak UV that would harm corals. If the glass shielding cracks or breaks, they do not work anymore.

Check your return pump or heater if you have one. You probably have A/C current leaking directly into the water.

My return pump has been shooting microbubbles and being loud for the past couple of months so maybe its broken and leaking AC current into the tank. When my dad gets home tonight we'll check it out.

[cutietwo]

good luck hopefully everything works out ok for you, sorry for your losses

[Reeftanker3295]

Originally Posted by cutietwo

good luck hopefully everything works out ok for you, sorry for your losses

Thanks, but we need mistakes to learn i guess, now i know better. Hopefully with my new tank with my nice Tek fixture and new heater with a nice skimmer, new water, and no more algae my corals will thrive and ill finally have my perfect piece of the reef to study off of

[Dragonist]

wowthat is super high

[Reeftanker3295]

Originally Posted by Dragonist

wowthat is super high

Yup now i have to cook all of my LR

[bcrum51]

dang how cna an LFS sell that crappy of water might as well just use tap water with some conditioner like prime or something

[Reeftanker3295]

Originally Posted by bcrum51

dang how cna an LFS sell that crappy of water might as well just use tap water with some conditioner like prime or something

I think i may do my next water change with distilled water and see if my corals open back up

[Frank-n-Tank]

out on a limb here,....no new air frangrence used or smoking or anything toxic in the air?

[ibanez2k]

I think you'll find the distilled water will help. I started using distilled water for water changes when I first got a large hair algae problem. The distilled water helped me get my nitrates back down quickly and was a HUGE help getting rid of the algae. I REALLY need to just crack open my wallet for my own RO/DI unit. It's expensive to keep buying distilled water.

[Reeftanker3295]

Originally Posted by Frank-n-Tank

out on a limb here,....no new air frangrence used or smoking or anything toxic in the air?

Nope and i already stopped using windex months ago haha.

[Reeftanker3295]

Originally Posted by ibanez2k

I think you'll find the distilled water will help. I started using distilled water for water changes when I first got a large hair algae problem. The distilled water helped me get my nitrates back down quickly and was a HUGE help getting rid of the algae. I REALLY need to just crack open my wallet for my own RO/DI unit. It's expensive to keep buying distilled water.

Yea its deffinetely better than my LFS' water.. Im getting $270 soon so ill get my RO/DI system then but for now ill get my salt and distilled water... Do you add anything to the distilled water?

[bcrum51]

if your gonna do water changes the salt mixed in with the water has all the good stuff if you wondering about removing chemicals distilled is good to go right of of the jug also IDK if you have a walmart close but alot of the newer walmarts sell RO drinking water generally decent water and you can feel up a 5g jug so its up to you

[Dragonist]

just add salt and mix