Problems with SPS and LED's with Miracle Mud

Ram Jr · 10/13/2010, 09:51 AM

Take a look at this video and let me know what you think the problems I am having with the SPS corals. This is week 10 of my build.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgeiI_umceM

Ethan_W · 10/13/2010, 10:58 AM

your calcium sounds a little high. also did u check the lights that they were under at the LFS? if their lights were weaker then yours, the lights are probably the problem. you have to acclimate new corals to your lights. start with lights on for 4 hours a day. slowly increase that to 9-10 hours a day over 2 weeks

other than that im no sps expert. nice setup though, i like ur aquascape

Ram Jr · 10/13/2010, 11:02 AM

never knew you had to get the corals acclimate to different lights. I think it was just 1-250w MH so now with the LED's it might be the problem.

davocean · 10/13/2010, 11:58 AM

It could be a number of things, but not acclimating to new lights would be my first suspect.

Ethan_W · 10/13/2010, 12:01 PM

yeah. when my old manager moved his tank, he had everything in buckets for a day or 2. when he put everything back he forgot and left all 8 T5 lights running. almost bleached his RBTA and some acans and bleached out a brain. a mistake he wont make again

rcoughtrey · 10/13/2010, 12:02 PM

I thought the white colouring on the tips is growth. However that one that is full white looks to be a different story

evsalty · 10/13/2010, 12:06 PM

Birdsnest can grow under power compact lighting so having up in the top zone of your tank is a problem. Also like stated on your vid your tank is not really stable enough yet for most sps. The birdsnest might be ok if moved down but stability and a completed cycle will greatly improve your success. FWIW a completed cycle is more then just your nitrifying bacteria.

Ram Jr · 10/25/2010, 07:45 AM

If my Mag was low, would i have a problem with Cal and Alk??? Every week I do tests everything comes back in range of what its supposed to be. This is going into week 12 and I still dont have any purple or red algae forming. Dont want to dose cal if I am getting readings of 440-460. Just wondering what I am doing wrong or why stony corals are dying.

10/13/2010, 09:51 AM	#1
Ram Jr Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Illinois Posts: 184	Problems with SPS and LED's with Miracle Mud Take a look at this video and let me know what you think the problems I am having with the SPS corals. This is week 10 of my build. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgeiI_umceM

10/13/2010, 10:58 AM	#2
Ethan_W Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 373	your calcium sounds a little high. also did u check the lights that they were under at the LFS? if their lights were weaker then yours, the lights are probably the problem. you have to acclimate new corals to your lights. start with lights on for 4 hours a day. slowly increase that to 9-10 hours a day over 2 weeks other than that im no sps expert. nice setup though, i like ur aquascape __________________ 29g mixed reef - Filtration: modded AC70 refugium/AquaticLife Mini Skimmer 115 Lighting:4x24" T5HO ATI bulbs Flow: Koralia Evolution 750 Ammonia:0 Nitrite:0 Nitrate:>5 pH:8.1 SG:1.026 Livestock: 2 true perc clowns, firefish, scooter blenny, yellow coris wrasse, harlequin shrimp, acan, brain, frogspawn, Z's and P's, few SPS, etc

10/13/2010, 11:58 AM	#4
davocean Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 14,655	It could be a number of things, but not acclimating to new lights would be my first suspect. __________________ There's a fine line between owning your tank and your tank owning you! Current Tank Info: SCA 120g RR Starfire, Tunze silence 1073.02 return, 40g sump w/ fuge, SWC Extreme 160 cone skimmer,Geismann reflexx 4xT5, 2x Panorama Pro LED strips, Vortech MP40QD

10/13/2010, 12:01 PM	#5
Ethan_W Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 373	yeah. when my old manager moved his tank, he had everything in buckets for a day or 2. when he put everything back he forgot and left all 8 T5 lights running. almost bleached his RBTA and some acans and bleached out a brain. a mistake he wont make again __________________ 29g mixed reef - Filtration: modded AC70 refugium/AquaticLife Mini Skimmer 115 Lighting:4x24" T5HO ATI bulbs Flow: Koralia Evolution 750 Ammonia:0 Nitrite:0 Nitrate:>5 pH:8.1 SG:1.026 Livestock: 2 true perc clowns, firefish, scooter blenny, yellow coris wrasse, harlequin shrimp, acan, brain, frogspawn, Z's and P's, few SPS, etc

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10/13/2010, 11:02 AM	#3
Ram Jr Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Illinois Posts: 184	never knew you had to get the corals acclimate to different lights. I think it was just 1-250w MH so now with the LED's it might be the problem.

10/13/2010, 12:02 PM	#6
rcoughtrey Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Noblesville, IN Posts: 168	I thought the white colouring on the tips is growth. However that one that is full white looks to be a different story

10/13/2010, 12:06 PM	#7
evsalty hmmmmmm Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: NW Mesa, AZ Posts: 3,531	Birdsnest can grow under power compact lighting so having up in the top zone of your tank is a problem. Also like stated on your vid your tank is not really stable enough yet for most sps. The birdsnest might be ok if moved down but stability and a completed cycle will greatly improve your success. FWIW a completed cycle is more then just your nitrifying bacteria.

10/25/2010, 07:45 AM	#8
Ram Jr Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Illinois Posts: 184	If my Mag was low, would i have a problem with Cal and Alk??? Every week I do tests everything comes back in range of what its supposed to be. This is going into week 12 and I still dont have any purple or red algae forming. Dont want to dose cal if I am getting readings of 440-460. Just wondering what I am doing wrong or why stony corals are dying.