Help with corals

[tattedreefer]

Hello, I have a nano tank (you can check it in my profile).
Some of my corals are dying (one its already dead, the chalice).
I've had a problem with dino, I think this battle is over but I keep an eye on it.
My parameters are
kh 7.9 salifert
Salinity 1.026
Temp 26,1
Mg 1320 salifert
Ca 400 salifert
Nitrate 1 seachem (I know its a low value, im adding sodium nitrate disolution everyday)
Phosphate 0,046 (hanna phosphorus ulr).
SiO2 0,4 ppm (jbl)

The light is on from 12:00 to 18:30
The blue chanel is 20% the uv 18% and the white 7%. The lamp has 75w and the tank is 36l

The tank is looking like this, the acropora on the sand is there because one of the snails keeps pushing it, so i put it there until i can buy some good glue.
Hope you can help me a little. I don't know what to do, should I wait or should I add anither fish and maybe some easy corals?

 

[commod0re]

Tank seems quite young, you might be moving too quickly

 

[tattedreefer]

Tank seems quite young, you might be moving too quickly

Its 1.5 months old.
Should i just let time pass without doing anything?

 

[commod0re]

unfortunately I don’t really know how to best proceed from here, I struggled to keep LPS corals happy until my tank was older than 6 months

 

[CHSUB]

Agreed above. Tank is very young and while a very experienced hobbyist could succeed with a young tank, it complicates things. The idea you are dosing nutrients because of hobby testing leads me to believe you need to slow down and learn more through observation.

 

[tattedreefer]

Agreed above. Tank is very young and while a very experienced hobbyist could succeed with a young tank, it complicates things. The idea you are dosing nutrients because of hobby testing leads me to believe you need to slow down and learn more through observation.

Im dosing because I had a ugly infestation of dinos in the first 3 weeks or so, in the store they recommend to add organic carbon and since is a small tank and adding more fish is not super viable to add phosphate and nitrate (both were at 0).
If I need to wait thats ok, someone told me to add a bunch of corals from the start.
When or what should I look for to know when is a good time to add something else? Or to move to a next step?

Thanks to both of you. Sorry english is not my first language and I struggle to express myself a little bit.

 

[GHOSTLY]

Not all tanks can handle sticks or even easy sps at a young age. Its rare you see them thrive in tanks under 6 months because of the lack of biodiversity and stability in the tank

 

[unchainedcoot]

Hello, I have a nano tank (you can check it in my profile).
Some of my corals are dying (one its already dead, the chalice).
I've had a problem with dino, I think this battle is over but I keep an eye on it.
My parameters are
kh 7.9 salifert
Salinity 1.026
Temp 26,1
Mg 1320 salifert
Ca 400 salifert
Nitrate 1 seachem (I know its a low value, im adding sodium nitrate disolution everyday)
Phosphate 0,046 (hanna phosphorus ulr).
SiO2 0,4 ppm (jbl)

The light is on from 12:00 to 18:30
The blue chanel is 20% the uv 18% and the white 7%. The lamp has 75w and the tank is 36l

The tank is looking like this, the acropora on the sand is there because one of the snails keeps pushing it, so i put it there until i can buy some good glue.
Hope you can help me a little. I don't know what to do, should I wait or should I add anither fish and maybe some easy corals?

The photo period seems awfully short. Is that correct that you are running the lights for 6.5hrs?

 

[CHSUB]

Im dosing because I had a ugly infestation of dinos in the first 3 weeks or so, in the store they recommend to add organic carbon and since is a small tank and adding more fish is not super viable to add phosphate and nitrate (both were at 0).
If I need to wait thats ok, someone told me to add a bunch of corals from the start.
When or what should I look for to know when is a good time to add something else? Or to move to a next step?

Thanks to both of you. Sorry english is not my first language and I struggle to express myself a little bit.

Tank looks clean and well kept, it is small and young both adds to difficulty. I’m seeing a great start and some healthy corals. My advice: keep simple corals, ie leather and such. Let the tank age and feed the fish well and maybe the corals very, very lightly once a week some coral foods directly with flow off. No dosing n or p additives and after a few more months add some more difficulty corals.

 

[tattedreefer]

Hello, I have a nano tank (you can check it in my profile).
Some of my corals are dying (one its already dead, the chalice).
I've had a problem with dino, I think this battle is over but I keep an eye on it.
My parameters are
kh 7.9 salifert
Salinity 1.026
Temp 26,1
Mg 1320 salifert
Ca 400 salifert
Nitrate 1 seachem (I know its a low value, im adding sodium nitrate disolution everyday)
Phosphate 0,046 (hanna phosphorus ulr).
SiO2 0,4 ppm (jbl)

The light is on from 12:00 to 18:30
The blue chanel is 20% the uv 18% and the white 7%. The lamp has 75w and the tank is 36l

The tank is looking like this, the acropora on the sand is there because one of the snails keeps pushing it, so i put it there until i can buy some good glue.
Hope you can help me a little. I don't know what to do, should I wait or should I add anither fish and maybe some easy corals?

The photo period seems awfully short. Is that correct that you are running the lights for 6.5hrs?

Yes, after the initial setup I started with 6h and starting increasing the time until 8, then the dinos happend so following instructions from a store nerby I did a 3 day blackout and started adding organic carbon, phosphate and nitrate and increasing the light bit by bit (4 hours at first...) last week was the last increment in % of light, I don't know what to do now. Sorry, there is a lot of information and there are a lot of contradictions and when you are new to this you dont know what to follow and what is bs.

Also i've asked in a forum of my country if there is any hobbyist nerby but no one answered. I guess is not a very common hobby here.

Should I increase the hours of light I guess, but should i change it slowly? And in that case how slowly?

Thanks in advance

 

[tattedreefer]

Im dosing because I had a ugly infestation of dinos in the first 3 weeks or so, in the store they recommend to add organic carbon and since is a small tank and adding more fish is not super viable to add phosphate and nitrate (both were at 0).
If I need to wait thats ok, someone told me to add a bunch of corals from the start.
When or what should I look for to know when is a good time to add something else? Or to move to a next step?

Thanks to both of you. Sorry english is not my first language and I struggle to express myself a little bit.

Tank looks clean and well kept, it is small and young both adds to difficulty. I’m seeing a great start and some healthy corals. My advice: keep simple corals, ie leather and such. Let the tank age and feed the fish well and maybe the corals very, very lightly once a week some coral foods directly with flow off. No dosing n or p additives and after a few more months add some more difficulty corals.

Thanks! I will look to buy some easy corals.
If i stop adding n and p and they drop to 0 again, is there a chance to have dinos again? Or once you get rid if them they're gone?

 

[CHSUB]

The photo period seems awfully short. Is that correct that you are running the lights for 6.5hrs?

Excellent point, 9 or 10 hours with increasing and decreasing intensity.

 

[CHSUB]

Thanks! I will look to buy some easy corals.
If i stop adding n and p and they drop to 0 again, is there a chance to have dinos again? Or once you get rid if them they're gone?

0 on hobby testing is not zero. Feed the fish and the corals, keep the aquarium very clean and dinoflagellate or other nuisance algae will not become an issue. I practice what I preach, my tanks always run zero on hobby testing because I clean, maintain filters and do WC weekly, removing any nuisance algae.

 

[tattedreefer]

Thanks! I will look to buy some easy corals.
If i stop adding n and p and they drop to 0 again, is there a chance to have dinos again? Or once you get rid if them they're gone?

0 on hobby testing is not zero. Feed the fish and the corals, keep the aquarium very clean and dinoflagellate or other nuisance algae will not become an issue. I practice what I preach, my tanks always run zero on hobby testing because I clean, maintain filters and do WC weekly, removing any nuisance algae.

Thanks. Yours looks amazing. Is rodactis indonensis something easy I could try?

 

[X-37B]

8hrs is fine. 1 up 1 down with 8hrs peak would be better.
What light are you running?
At your stated percentage you are not giving the corals enough light.
Dead rock start?

 

[CHSUB]

Thanks. Yours looks amazing. Is rodactis indonensis something easy I could try?

Yes mushrooms are great. Many different one and Zoes are good.

 

[BryanM]

Along with other comments I feel like you're starving the tank of light. That light should probably be running around 50-60%, not 15% or so, and corals need light.

 

[tattedreefer]

8hrs is fine. 1 up 1 down with 8hrs peak would be better.
What light are you running?
At your stated percentage you are not giving the corals enough light.
Dead rock start?
I can only see 1 pic.

Yes, dead rock start. Sorry i uploaded like 5-6 pics, I dont know why arent they showing.
The light is one from china, but is the same that sells reefcasa 75w.
I will increase the light, feed a little more, and search for some easy corals.
Thanks to all of you

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I see no powerheads, what do have for water movement?
I'm not sure about the light setting (par) but 20% feels low, and I feel 6.5 hours is a bit low.
Acropora's are the hardest corals of all, not sure of your experience level but even experienced hobbyists can struggle. The parameters are ok but can use tweeking for improvement especially if you want acro's. Just my 2 cents. Good luck

 

[tattedreefer]

I see no powerheads, what do have for water movement?
I'm not sure about the light setting (par) but 20% feels low, and I feel 6.5 hours is a bit low.
Acropora's are the hardest corals of all, not sure of your experience level but even experienced hobbyists can struggle. The parameters are ok but can use tweeking for improvement especially if you want acro's. Just my 2 cents. Good luck

For water movement I have a canister filter with some lily pipes, no mechanical filtration beside a pre-filter sponge.
At the beggining ive tried to add a pump and put it at the lowest setting but even that was too much.
The canister has 1500l/h and is regulated to a third of the max.
If I put more power the lily pioe starts sucking air