Hi all!
I just got back from a holiday and as always went straight to my tanks to see how they where doing. From the pictures of the tank sitter I already saw some of my corals looked not too well. My birdsnest have bleached, the candy cane is on the brink of dying and all others look not the happiest.
This is a problem that was already happening before I went on holiday because I saw my birds birdsnest struggling before I left. I think there is something in my water that is causing this. In previous ICP test there where some metals i think of the old stand rusting. However I removed this with water changes and polyfilter but have not done a new ICP for a while so it could be back. Also I suspect flow is an issue since my other corals (toadstools, leathers and montipora have overgrown some area's). The corals that now are struggling also have grown a lot in the past so they were happy before.
Now I already was going to upgrade to a new tank. A little bit bigger than I have now. This tank is scaped and set up for almost 2 months and I was ghost feeding it a bit every day. It's all new dry rock, but seeded with a biobrick that was in my old tank since it started. I'm thinking about transferring my lifestock to the new tank since then I won't have to deal with the old problems and stand. But I'm afraid of causing harm to my fish and corals. If I put in some of the old rock (or a lot) in the sump would you guys suspect I will get an ammonia spike. Or would the old bacteria handle the produced ammonia?
Do you think this will give my parameters a reset and not have to deal with the issues I currently face?
Any other suggestions very welcome.
I just got back from a holiday and as always went straight to my tanks to see how they where doing. From the pictures of the tank sitter I already saw some of my corals looked not too well. My birdsnest have bleached, the candy cane is on the brink of dying and all others look not the happiest.
This is a problem that was already happening before I went on holiday because I saw my birds birdsnest struggling before I left. I think there is something in my water that is causing this. In previous ICP test there where some metals i think of the old stand rusting. However I removed this with water changes and polyfilter but have not done a new ICP for a while so it could be back. Also I suspect flow is an issue since my other corals (toadstools, leathers and montipora have overgrown some area's). The corals that now are struggling also have grown a lot in the past so they were happy before.
Now I already was going to upgrade to a new tank. A little bit bigger than I have now. This tank is scaped and set up for almost 2 months and I was ghost feeding it a bit every day. It's all new dry rock, but seeded with a biobrick that was in my old tank since it started. I'm thinking about transferring my lifestock to the new tank since then I won't have to deal with the old problems and stand. But I'm afraid of causing harm to my fish and corals. If I put in some of the old rock (or a lot) in the sump would you guys suspect I will get an ammonia spike. Or would the old bacteria handle the produced ammonia?
Do you think this will give my parameters a reset and not have to deal with the issues I currently face?
Any other suggestions very welcome.