Re-Homing Frags?

[corey.nolta]

I set up a 20L in my basement next to my water mixing station to utilize as a grow out tank. It is officially cycled and ready for some coral! I have a few small pieces of coral in my display tank (90 gal) that I am thinking about moving down to the 20L. I got lazy for a while and my nitrates and phosphates pretty much sky rocketed. Coral does ok, growth is pretty minimal and color is meh.

Would it be a wise decision to move them downstairs (they are not attached to anything and would be easy to move) to let them grow and thrive while I work on getting parameters back in check? Or should I just leave them in the tank?
Corals in question would be:
Hammer
Bi Colored Hammer
Brain
War Coral
Chalice
Duncan
Two different kinds of Blasto
Two different kinds of Candy Cane
Random Zoas/Palys

 

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Completely subjective. if they look healthy right now, I'd leave them and work on your nutrients. move any to the other tank that start to look unhealthy during the process.

 

[corey.nolta]

I don't know if I'd say they are "healthy" per se. They aren't on their deathbed by any means, but they are definitely not thriving.

 

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Then like I said its really up to you. any changes in environment is can effect them - both adjusting the current tank and moving them to a whole different tank. personally, I'd leave them and work on your nutrients.

If your nutrients are really high, like you indicated, moving them to super clean water may have a more adverse effect than leaving them and slowly bringing down the nutrients.