Coral dying?

[Wilkerson.reed]

Are these your first corals? I am sorry that happened to you.

Well not really but the other coral I had was on accident that I got it... It was on a piece of live rock that I got

 

[Wilkerson.reed]

I'm going to ask if I can get my money back because I paid $80 for coral and it didn't last a day... As soon as I put it in that bag it started leaking that brown liquid... That is what made the water so dirty. what exactly just happened? Some of the brown liquid stuff it leaked got in my tank

 

[martini5788]

I would run some carbon. Have you ever used any medications in the tank?

 

[reid429]

if you paid 80 for those 2 corals then that place robbed you. I would never step foot back in there. Both of those corals are typically give away corals from people

 

[Wilkerson.reed]

I would run some carbon. Have you ever used any medications in the tank?

What is carbon? I'm sorry I'm new to this kind of stuff...

 

[martini5788]

Carbon will remove medications and toxins. It absorbs them. Carbon is great to use in an emergency situation that you don't know if there is something toxic in your water. And that is a really fast deterioration, I would assume there is something in the water

 

[mOnsterzOas26]

if you paid 80 for those 2 corals then that place robbed you. I would never step foot back in there. Both of those corals are typically give away corals from people

Totally Agreed ^

 

[Wilkerson.reed]

if you paid 80 for those 2 corals then that place robbed you. I would never step foot back in there. Both of those corals are typically give away corals from people

They also both died as soon as I got them... And they don't refund anything. I know I probably sound crazy but when I put that Kenya tree in that bag of water when I threw it out because I didn't want it to pollute my tank, I could see it leaking that brown liquid stuff... And of course the bag had a hole in it so some of it got in my tank and I retested my levels which I had just tested before I put the coral in the day before (that day ammonia was at 0 and nitrate was a little high but not much I couldn't tell exactly it was between like 10-30, I know that is a big range but it was difficult to tell, nitrates were at 0 and ph was at 8.3) after whatever it was leaked from the coral to my tank, I retested the water and somehow whatever it was spiked both my ammonia and nitrate. Then I called them and they said that my water was probably really dirty. I don't know if it burst or what but it leaked something... I know it's not the best but the water in the bag looks nothing like my tank

Also, is there a good online place to buy coral and fish?

 

[Wilkerson.reed]

Carbon will remove medications and toxins. It absorbs them. Carbon is great to use in an emergency situation that you don't know if there is something toxic in your water. And that is a really fast deterioration, I would assume there is something in the water

Okay... Where can you get carbon? And do you just put it in the water? Or how do you use it?

 

[martini5788]

Petco and petsmart carry it. All fish stores would carry some of it. Do you have a sump? If you have a spare hang on back filter then I would put some in that. You put it in a mesh bag. If you have a sump then I would place the bag in the return pump compartment

 

[martini5788]

It's activated carbon. Will be black granules.

 

[Wilkerson.reed]

Petco and petsmart carry it. All fish stores would carry some of it. Do you have a sump? If you have a spare hang on back filter then I would put some in that. You put it in a mesh bag. If you have a sump then I would place the bag in the return pump compartment

Yes, I have a sump and do you leave it in there all the time? Or just sometimes?

 

[Wilkerson.reed]

Is this it?

 

[martini5788]

Is this it?

Yeah that's one of many many options. Most people will leave it running for a month, but in this particular case I would leave it in for a week and then throw it away. Carbon will release all the toxins it absorbed after awhile.

 

[reid429]

Save your money from those expensive corals and get you a new light. Also drop that hob filter and get you a sump and overflow of some sort with a skimmer

 

[martini5788]

Save your money from those expensive corals and get you a new light

Yeah. Completely agree. Especially if it is a coralife fixture.

 

[Wilkerson.reed]

Save your money from those expensive corals and get you a new light. Also drop that hob filter and get you a sump and overflow of some sort with a skimmer

I do have a sump[emoji23] I do have an HOB filter but that is from when I did freshwater aquariums...

 

[Wilkerson.reed]

Yeah. Completely agree. Especially if it is a coralife fixture.

I have a 2 bulb coralife t5... Is that okay?

 

[martini5788]

I have a 2 bulb coralife t5... Is that okay?

Nope not for corals. Is it normal output or high output? The coralife fixtures have crappy reflectors on them so they are pretty useless for coral.

 

[martini5788]

I do have a sump[emoji23] I do have an HOB filter but that is from when I did freshwater aquariums...

I would just hook up the hob filter and put Carbon in there. The inserts for those filters have Carbon. So if you have any left then just use that and then toss it after a week.