Need advice first Acro frags

[shocker8786]

Hey everyone, I picked up my first acro frags 1 week ago and they’re not looking too good. The purple 1 is in worse shape but now today even the green 1 on the left in the second picture seems to have some tissue loss now. Looking for advice on what to do to save them if possible, or what to do differently next time.

My tank is softies and LPS mostly. I have a birds nest, digi, and stylo I introduced a few months back that have been doing very well so thought I’d try some more SPS. The first picture is the day I put them in the tank, the 2nd is 1 week later. I know these guys are more challenging to keep, trying to figure out if the issue is my tank isn’t ideal for acros, if I did something wrong when introducing to the tank, or some other issue.

I temp acclimated, dipped, then added them to the tank. The spot they are in has good flow and ~200 PAR. But it looks like they’ve been steadily losing tissue the past 2 days.

Tank info:

- Established for several years
- salinity 1.025
- temp 78.5 degrees
- magnesium 1350
- calcium 425
- alkalinity 8
- pH 8.2
- phosphate and nitrate both 0

It’s always been a low nutrient tank, all my other corals do great in these conditions. So not sure if my parameters aren’t ideal for acros, if I should have introduced differently, or if something else is wrong. Any advice appreciated.

 

[KrisReef]

The "Toxic' green one is a Goniopora? (Not an Acro, but delicate and needy)

Those seem to like manganese in the water, (and possibly other trace elements).

The other one doesn't look terrible to my eyes, but perhaps something is picking at it?
General questions
How stable is your Alk across the hours of the day?
Have you had an ICP test recently, and what did that tell you?

Many times when new corals come into a tank they don't look happy at first, and some may look angry for months. SOme don't grow for a year.

Don't get discouraged. Help and solutions should be on the way?

 

[bobnicaragua]

I would get your nutrients to a detectable level. 200 par is pretty low for acros, I would bump that up a little if you can.

It may just be acclimating.

 

[kyreefville]

From an acro novice to say the least. I was loosing tissue on one side changed the flow and it seemed to stop and start recovering.

 

[Dburr1014]

Hey everyone, I picked up my first acro frags 1 week ago and they’re not looking too good. The purple 1 is in worse shape but now today even the green 1 on the left in the second picture seems to have some tissue loss now. Looking for advice on what to do to save them if possible, or what to do differently next time.

My tank is softies and LPS mostly.

Are you using GAC? It will help soak up some terpenoids from coral warfare.

I have a birds nest, digi, and stylo I introduced a few months back that have been doing very well so thought I’d try some more SPS. The first picture is the day I put them in the tank, the 2nd is 1 week later. I know these guys are more challenging to keep, trying to figure out if the issue is my tank isn’t ideal for acros, if I did something wrong when introducing to the tank, or some other issue.

I temp acclimated,

dipped, then added them to the tank. The spot they are in has good flow and ~200 PAR. But it looks like they’ve been steadily losing tissue the past 2 days.

Tank info:

- Established for several years
- salinity 1.025
- temp 78.5 degrees
- magnesium 1350
- calcium 425
- alkalinity 8
- pH 8.2
- phosphate and nitrate both 0

Ideally they should not be zero. They are nutrients to feed coral.

It’s always been a low nutrient tank, all my other corals do great in these conditions.

I know it's too soon to tell but adding more Coral to a low nutrient system is going to deprive the nutrients even more unless of course you are adding it in some way.

So not sure if my parameters aren’t ideal for acros, if I should have introduced differently, or if something else is wrong. Any advice appreciated.

I can't see any tissue loss in the pictures.