Acropora

[Purpletang92]

Wait. What?

Sorry for the confusion, before I left for work today the Acropora still had flesh on them , I did a video call with a family member to look at the tank and they have lost all the flesh. My original question was asking how long can I keep Acropora in a bucket prior to me knowing they have lost all their flesh.

 

[GabeM]

Sorry about the losses and good luck on recovery! Have you discovered what caused the issue?

 

[Purpletang92]

Sorry about the losses and good luck on recovery! Have you discovered what caused the issue?

I’m pretty sure I bottomed out my nutrients I’m getting Dino, so I’m going to feed extra to get them back up there is actually one Acropora with slight polyp extension which is surprising because the middle of the colony is dead just the tips have flesh

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

I’m pretty sure I bottomed out my nutrients I’m getting Dino, so I’m going to feed extra to get them back up there is actually one Acropora with slight polyp extension which is surprising because the middle of the colony is dead just the tips have flesh

What size is your tank? What lighting are you using? How many fish do you have and what/how much are feeding? What are your other parameters? Alk, cal, mag, no3, ph?
What are your nutrient export methods besides the gfo?

 

[Purpletang92]

What size is your tank? What lighting are you using? How many fish do you have and what/how much are feeding? What are your other parameters? Alk, cal, mag, no3, ph?
What are your nutrient export methods besides the gfo?

150, 6 bulb t5 , alk is about 6.7~7, Ca is about 420~430, don’t know the others, using skimmer and algae scrubber, 14 fish

 

[Graffiti Spot]

Were you running gfo all the time or did you just decide to try using some and used too much?

 

[Purpletang92]

Were you running gfo all the time or did you just decide to try using some and used too much?

Just decided to use some and used too much

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

Just decided to use some and used too much

Why did you decide to use it? Did your corals look bad before?

 

[Purpletang92]

Why did you decide to use it? Did your corals look bad before?

Rocks were turning green with algae along with the pumps

 

[Graffiti Spot]

Aw man that stinks. Unfortunately there is a large club of people that have done the same thing. Gotta start very slow. Even if I use mesh bags and not a reactor I still have to start with very small amounts or I see corals get upset.