Moved Corals to QT, Looking Bad.

[BSej]

Hi all,

I am running hypo in my DT so I moved all my corals/inverts and some rocks to a QT. The QT is a 55 gallon I picked up from my friend. It was left outside exposed to the elements. I gave it a quick rinse outside with the hose, and filled it up. There was some sand and other debris still left over in there, and the water looks a little dirty.

I used mostly RO and mixed fresh salt, and used some reef water from my LFS to fill 35 gallons. The alkalinity and calcium levels were close to my DT. I accidentally transferred the corals in at a salinity of like 28ppt while my display was at 34ppt. The corals looked terrible, so when I realized this I bumped it back up to 33ppt. It's been a few days and they still look awful. I'm worried they're all going to die. I'm using my gyre for flow.

The nitrate levels are obviously 0, so I dropped a couple cubes of oyster eggs in there over those few days. Not sure what else to do.

Thanks.

 

[Snowxcross]

Hi all,

I am running hypo in my DT so I moved all my corals/inverts and some rocks to a QT. The QT is a 55 gallon I picked up from my friend. It was left outside exposed to the elements. I gave it a quick rinse outside with the hose, and filled it up. There was some sand and other debris still left over in there, and the water looks a little dirty.

I used mostly RO and mixed fresh salt, and used some reef water from my LFS to fill 35 gallons. The alkalinity and calcium levels were close to my DT. I accidentally transferred the corals in at a salinity of like 28ppt while my display was at 34ppt. The corals looked terrible, so when I realized this I bumped it back up to 33ppt. It's been a few days and they still look awful. I'm worried they're all going to die. I'm using my gyre for flow.

The nitrate levels are obviously 0, so I dropped a couple cubes of oyster eggs in there over those few days. Not sure what else to do.

Thanks.

Hey, do you have some sort of filtration? It's like going to a new tank basically with no nutrients. I'm assuming you transferred your lights to the QT, same schedule, etc? There's a lot of potential factors here, but simply put, you need to match your DT as close as you can.

 

[BSej]

Hey, do you have some sort of filtration? It's like going to a new tank basically with no nutrients. I'm assuming you transferred your lights to the QT, same schedule, etc? There's a lot of potential factors here, but simply put, you need to match your DT as close as you can.

No filtration.
Yes I brought the light over and turned it down a bit because it’s closer to the corals now.

 

[Peair]

Hi all,

I am running hypo in my DT so I moved all my corals/inverts and some rocks to a QT. The QT is a 55 gallon I picked up from my friend. It was left outside exposed to the elements. I gave it a quick rinse outside with the hose, and filled it up. There was some sand and other debris still left over in there, and the water looks a little dirty.

I used mostly RO and mixed fresh salt, and used some reef water from my LFS to fill 35 gallons. The alkalinity and calcium levels were close to my DT. I accidentally transferred the corals in at a salinity of like 28ppt while my display was at 34ppt. The corals looked terrible, so when I realized this I bumped it back up to 33ppt. It's been a few days and they still look awful. I'm worried they're all going to die. I'm using my gyre for flow.

The nitrate levels are obviously 0, so I dropped a couple cubes of oyster eggs in there over those few days. Not sure what else to do.

Thanks.

Try and get your regular tank fixed asap with stable perimeters in range because just giving a new setup a quick rinse outside with the hose with no cycle is asking for additional problems, a hospital tank is very good when you have it running right.

 

[BSej]

Try and get your regular tank fixed asap with stable perimeters in range because just giving a new setup a quick rinse outside with the hose with no cycle is asking for additional problems, a hospital tank is very good when you have it running right.

It’s not gonna be ready for over a month, I’m running hypo to treat ich and flukes.

 

[BSej]

Update: they all died. 40+ corals

 

[Peair]

Update: they all died. 40+ corals

Sorry to hear that B.