Losing corals

jzdad · 04/02/2018, 10:40 AM

Tank was doing fine, tank started to leak, so I purchased a new tank same gallons, transferred everything over. thought I was fine. a few days later STN so I checked the water parms everything was fine, began to frag, a few days later bleached corals one at a time , lost almost all sps

Left the tank alone for weeks to watch a tank diminish, so I need help

tank has been cycled well over a year before the transfer
Tank is 80g
6 bulb ATI fixure
vertex omega 150 skimmer (off now until I get nitrates)

watch for a mini cycle didn't happened

Ammo 0
Mag 1300
Calk 490
Alk 7.9
Salt 1.026
Nitrate 0 and i do mean zero ( 2 fish )
Phos 0.03 (hanna checker)
temp 75 to 77

mcgyvr · 04/02/2018, 10:55 AM

Your levels look fine and nothing in your post stands out as a "oh.." issue..
But SPS corals need/thrive on stability.. So have your levels remained consistent through the change?
What was your alk before the leak?

jzdad · 04/02/2018, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mcgyvr

Your levels look fine and nothing in your post stands out as a "oh.." issue..
But SPS corals need/thrive on stability.. So have your levels remained consistent through the change?
What was your alk before the leak?

That’s what I focus on stability, and I keep everything the same, I read that anytime you move things around it takes time to balance out and I’m guessing that I made a major change from one tank to another

What bothers me is there are a lot of people that upgrade from a small tank to a very large one with more sand and a lot of new water as if they are doing a big water change and nothing ( I just moved from one to another same size an no sand and big water change with little to no disturbances )..... go figure

04/02/2018, 10:40 AM	#1
jzdad Love2Reef Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Rosedale, NY Posts: 414	Losing corals Tank was doing fine, tank started to leak, so I purchased a new tank same gallons, transferred everything over. thought I was fine. a few days later STN so I checked the water parms everything was fine, began to frag, a few days later bleached corals one at a time , lost almost all sps Left the tank alone for weeks to watch a tank diminish, so I need help tank has been cycled well over a year before the transfer Tank is 80g 6 bulb ATI fixure vertex omega 150 skimmer (off now until I get nitrates) watch for a mini cycle didn't happened Ammo 0 Mag 1300 Calk 490 Alk 7.9 Salt 1.026 Nitrate 0 and i do mean zero ( 2 fish ) Phos 0.03 (hanna checker) temp 75 to 77 __________________ Things ain't always what they appear to be........Trust me! Current Tank Info: 80g , ATI 6 bulb fixture, Omega 150 skimmer

04/02/2018, 10:55 AM	#2
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	Your levels look fine and nothing in your post stands out as a "oh.." issue.. But SPS corals need/thrive on stability.. So have your levels remained consistent through the change? What was your alk before the leak? __________________ Who me?