HI there,
I am personally new to reef tanks, but have recently taken one over. My boyfriend has had reef tanks for years, but he kinda...gave up...on it recently so i took it over & here we are.
I've had freshwater tanks for years, but never saltwater. I've been doing a ton of research recently & things have been going well. That being said I have one coral that was extremely happy, but in the last 3 weeks I haven't seen it open AT ALL.
There are 2 other corals in the tank, both of which haven't opened in about a week.
I believe the big guy is a leather coral, but someone please correct me if I'm mistaken. It's almost taken on a bruised appearance in the last few weeks & the more I look, the more afraid I am that it may be dying.
If anyone has any insight, it would be greatly appreciated.
Picture included.
Tank mates:
2 coral banded shrimp
2 hermit crabs
1 conch snail
1 nassarius snail
1 emerald crab
1 lawnmower blenny
20gal tank.
Water params:
Ammonia 0ppm
Alkalinity 9ppm
Nitrates 0ppm
Nitrites 0ppm
Calcium 413ppm
pH 8.2
Salinity fluctuates 1.025 to 1.026
I haven't changed anything, aside from my normal water changes, since this began. I'm completely perplexed.
Thanks for the assist!
ETA: There is also a film that has shown up on the surface of my tank, this morning. I broke it up & now there are..chunks. This tank does not have a wave maker, but 1 power head does break the surface water & the other is angled under the surface. Should I be concerned with this?
I am personally new to reef tanks, but have recently taken one over. My boyfriend has had reef tanks for years, but he kinda...gave up...on it recently so i took it over & here we are.
I've had freshwater tanks for years, but never saltwater. I've been doing a ton of research recently & things have been going well. That being said I have one coral that was extremely happy, but in the last 3 weeks I haven't seen it open AT ALL.
There are 2 other corals in the tank, both of which haven't opened in about a week.
I believe the big guy is a leather coral, but someone please correct me if I'm mistaken. It's almost taken on a bruised appearance in the last few weeks & the more I look, the more afraid I am that it may be dying.
If anyone has any insight, it would be greatly appreciated.
Picture included.
Tank mates:
2 coral banded shrimp
2 hermit crabs
1 conch snail
1 nassarius snail
1 emerald crab
1 lawnmower blenny
20gal tank.
Water params:
Ammonia 0ppm
Alkalinity 9ppm
Nitrates 0ppm
Nitrites 0ppm
Calcium 413ppm
pH 8.2
Salinity fluctuates 1.025 to 1.026
I haven't changed anything, aside from my normal water changes, since this began. I'm completely perplexed.
Thanks for the assist!
ETA: There is also a film that has shown up on the surface of my tank, this morning. I broke it up & now there are..chunks. This tank does not have a wave maker, but 1 power head does break the surface water & the other is angled under the surface. Should I be concerned with this?