Bubble coral dead??

[gavinz]

This will be a problem for bubble. You may have to place a smaller head n the tank. You can try aiming the head upwards and see if it reduces flow

I have them pointing straight up and that seems to help a little bit but still causes an issue with not really having a low-to dead zone in my tank might try find smaller head tho!

 

[gavinz]

For the hydra- try this:
Blue 70
white 8
violet 55
UV 35
red 4
Green 4

Thanks I’ll give that a shot! Should royal blue be the same as blue?

 

[gavinz]

I bet you have pretty high par. I'd dial it back as Vette guy suggested. At least for now.

Par meters are very expensive. I wish they were cheaper. Now that I've used them three times, I can't imagine not using one on a new tank. I'm lucky that my local club has them for free. I would keep looking for one to borrow. Maybe a used seneye would do the trick. They require a USB connection to a Windows computer though (ok, 2003, by all means, come back to haunt us).

Even with the current setting?? If so then I’m surprised my first few coral survived while I had the old settings on it!! But yes it’s crazy to think that I can’t find a LFS in the SD area that has one I can use :/ will keep searching tho!!

 

[vetteguy53081]

Thanks I’ll give that a shot! Should royal blue be the same as blue?

Oops - RB- 75

 

[gavinz]

Oops - RB- 75

Thanks I’ll try it out! I did Find it weird that at most LFS stores they seem to have little to know whites than I see in at home tanks?

 

[Chrisv.]

Thanks I’ll try it out! I did Find it weird that at most LFS stores they seem to have little to know whites than I see in at home tanks?

They are selling you the pop that you see when there is only blue. Nothing sells coral like neon fluorescent proteins!

 

[gavinz]

They are selling you the pop that you see when there is only blue. Nothing sells coral like neon fluorescent proteins!

That is true and I definitely love to see the pop!

 

[Lavey29]

Yes, the dying coral could cause the ammonia spike. What's the water volume?

That's interesting, I did not know this. I know they are live creatures but didn't think their physiological makeup would cause ammonia level to rise as they decay after death.

 

[Chrisv.]

That's interesting, I did not know this. I know they are live creatures but didn't think their physiological makeup would cause ammonia level to rise as they decay after death.

Yeah-- it's all just protein breakdown-- be it from a dead coral, a dead fish, or just feeding too much. In a cycled tank it should be gone soon.

 

[Johra]

I bet you have pretty high par. I'd dial it back as Vette guy suggested. At least for now.

Par meters are very expensive. I wish they were cheaper. Now that I've used them three times, I can't imagine not using one on a new tank. I'm lucky that my local club has them for free. I would keep looking for one to borrow. Maybe a used seneye would do the trick. They require a USB connection to a Windows computer though (ok, 2003, by all means, come back to haunt us).

100%, really don't want to buy a meter! But with all these new LED's I personally need to get my hands on one and get proper readings. Good Advice...