Acropora

[Purpletang92]

How long can Acropora sit in a bucket ? I have some tank issues and needed to take Coral out

 

[Purpletang92]

Anyone ?

 

[dadnjesse]

If you put a heater in it a long time, otherwise probably an hour or so as long as you don't get a dramatic heat change.

 

[GabeM]

When I moved mine they were in buckets for about 2 hours. You didn't really leave a lot of specifications as there are many variables.

 

[Purpletang92]

So hours not days? I had a phosphate spoke and my corals were stressing , I was thinking of placing them in buckets with fresh salt water for a few days until I get the tank stable....

 

[Purpletang92]

If you put a heater in it a long time, otherwise probably an hour or so as long as you don't get a dramatic heat change.

I live in the south so heat isn’t an issue

 

[GabeM]

So if you put them in water with no phosphate you may be liable to shock them again - it is likely any damage is done and you should just adjust gradually from here unless the values are dangerous. What is the phosphate value?

 

[Purpletang92]

So if you put them in water with no phosphate you may be liable to shock them again - it is likely any damage is done and you should just adjust gradually from here unless the values are dangerous. What is the phosphate value?

.08 , even if I was to dilute the new salt water with the fresh it wouldn’t work?

 

[GabeM]

.08 , even if I was to dilute the new salt water with the fresh it wouldn’t work?

Unless you are running ULNS 0.08 is not an issue. My tank tests 0.08 normally.

 

[Purpletang92]

Unless you are running ULNS 0.08 is not an issue. My tank tests 0.08 normally.

Unless is was a wrong reading , my Acropora all stn and the tank is going green

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

.08 , even if I was to dilute the new salt water with the fresh it wouldn’t work?

0.08 po4 is not stressing your acros bro. Are you using nopox or gfo? This is the po4 in my qt/frag tank and the acros are happy as can be in there

I keep my Display with 15k worth of Tenuis in 0.10-0.20. Look somewhere else if they’re stressed.

 

[GabeM]

How old is your tank?

 

[HB AL]

I would look at something else as the culprit. My tank is full of all kinds of corals especially acropora's and I rarely test for phosphate. Any pics of the stressed corals?

 

[Purpletang92]

How old is your tank?

3 years old

 

[Purpletang92]

0.08 po4 is not stressing your acros bro. Are you using nopox or gfo? This is the po4 in my qt/frag tank and the acros are happy as can be in there

I keep my Display with 15k worth of Tenuis in 0.10-0.20. Look somewhere else if they’re stressed.

Myra I did use gfo, maybe I used too much ?

 

[Purpletang92]

I would look at something else as the culprit. My tank is full of all kinds of corals especially acropora's and I rarely test for phosphate. Any pics of the stressed corals?

Dead skeletons at this point I’m currently at work , tank has no coral now just an anemone

 

[HB AL]

Well you kinda lost me there, you were gonna put the "stressed" corals in a bucket a few hours ago but now they are all skeletons? If you have any livestock left in the tank I would get it out asap then figure out what caused the rapid death of the corals. That quick of a change could be from some outside pollutant.

 

[Purpletang92]

Well you kinda lost me there, you were gonna put the "stressed" corals in a bucket a few hours ago but now they are all skeletons? If you have any livestock left in the tank I would get it out asap then figure out what caused the rapid death of the corals. That quick of a change could be from some outside pollutant.

Did a video call to get a look at the tank and the little flesh they had when I left has all blown off .

 

[Purpletang92]

Well you kinda lost me there, you were gonna put the "stressed" corals in a bucket a few hours ago but now they are all skeletons? If you have any livestock left in the tank I would get it out asap then figure out what caused the rapid death of the corals. That quick of a change could be from some outside pollutant.

I did use phosphate remover but I think I used too much

 

[Rick5]

Wait. What?