New Coral Bleaching - Need Help

Trompz · 11/08/2012, 02:10 PM

I just set up a new 15 gal Reef Tank 2 weeks ago. Bought 2 damsels and 18 Lb of Fiji Live rock, Some of it came with corals (including a LPS that I can not identify). I added Bacteria to speed up the nitrogen cycle process, I was able to read some signs of ammonia the first 2 days and afterwords ammonia,nitrites and nitrates have remained undetectable. I did a 5 gal water change yesterday to help export some of the phosphates the macroalge that came with the live rocks is releasing.

I'm trying to save this coral but it seems I don't know what to do next. Any ideas?

My salinity is stable at 1.024, Ca 440, Alk 4.0 dKh, PH 8.1, Temp 74 F. I have 2 8W Skye LED lights.

kingfisher62 · 11/08/2012, 08:58 PM

Temp, alk and pH seem a little low Plus I do not know if 16 watts of light will support corals. I used to have a 14g biocube with 48 watts of pc lights and the seemed to do well.

darkiss · 11/09/2012, 09:06 AM

wow your alk is really low, wonder how you have ca so high but low alk.

11/08/2012, 08:58 PM	#2
kingfisher62 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: massachusetts Posts: 4,972	Temp, alk and pH seem a little low Plus I do not know if 16 watts of light will support corals. I used to have a 14g biocube with 48 watts of pc lights and the seemed to do well. __________________ 55g Tank - 216W T5's Foxface, tomato clown, yellow tailed damsel, Starrie Blennie, LPS and softies 29G Biocube- 120W LED's 2 percular clown, Six line Wrasse , LPS and softies Current Tank Info: 55 gl. Reef tank ,29g biocube Reef

11/09/2012, 09:06 AM	#3
darkiss Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 569	wow your alk is really low, wonder how you have ca so high but low alk.