Sand the culprit for dying corals?

babyduke · 11/30/2009, 04:07 PM

Lately, my green metallic mushrooms and zoas are slowly shrinking and disappearing. There were no drastic changes but when I moved some live rocks, I drop some sand on them. Would this be the cause? If so, is there a some kind of blower I can use to blow the sand away?

jamest0o0 · 11/30/2009, 04:13 PM

How deep is your sand bed, you could have disturbed it and caused a cycle?

floridazooguy · 11/30/2009, 04:16 PM

Use a turkey baster they work great for feeding and removing stuff off rocks.

C3gear · 11/30/2009, 04:39 PM

You can use a turkey baster to blow them off or point a power head in their direction.

Reverend Reefer · 11/30/2009, 04:40 PM

yeah, i'd use a turkey baster to bow the sand off. i doubt that this is the cause of your dying corals though. do you not have any powerheads in your aquarium? jamest is right though, if you have a deep sand bed and you moved it around, you might have released some toxins locked in the sand bed.

bertoni · 11/30/2009, 08:09 PM

Mushrooms should survive sand very easily. Mine certainly did. I think there's another issue. I agree that disturbing a sandbed can cause some problems, if enough is churned up, but it's unlikely that the corals would die from such an incident.

peasofme · 12/02/2009, 04:01 AM

could be either

11/30/2009, 04:07 PM	#1
babyduke Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 210	Sand the culprit for dying corals? Lately, my green metallic mushrooms and zoas are slowly shrinking and disappearing. There were no drastic changes but when I moved some live rocks, I drop some sand on them. Would this be the cause? If so, is there a some kind of blower I can use to blow the sand away?

11/30/2009, 04:39 PM	#4
C3gear Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Atlanta,GA Posts: 51	Blower You can use a turkey baster to blow them off or point a power head in their direction. __________________ Men Do what they want Boys do what they can..... Current Tank Info: starting a new build soon Last edited by C3gear; 11/30/2009 at 04:42 PM. Reason: repeat

11/30/2009, 08:09 PM	#6
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	Mushrooms should survive sand very easily. Mine certainly did. I think there's another issue. I agree that disturbing a sandbed can cause some problems, if enough is churned up, but it's unlikely that the corals would die from such an incident. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

11/30/2009, 04:13 PM	#2
jamest0o0 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 2,325	How deep is your sand bed, you could have disturbed it and caused a cycle?

11/30/2009, 04:16 PM	#3
floridazooguy Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 118	Use a turkey baster they work great for feeding and removing stuff off rocks.

11/30/2009, 04:40 PM	#5
Reverend Reefer Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 883	yeah, i'd use a turkey baster to bow the sand off. i doubt that this is the cause of your dying corals though. do you not have any powerheads in your aquarium? jamest is right though, if you have a deep sand bed and you moved it around, you might have released some toxins locked in the sand bed.

12/02/2009, 04:01 AM	#7
peasofme Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: usa Posts: 1,405	could be either