help keep dieing

[chefsreef]

i dont know what i am doing wrong my hammers and frogspawns keep dieing off. i do bi weekly water change 25 %. i test bi weekly. all levels r good. i feed 3 times a week. dont know what im doin wrong.
funny thing m RBA is doin great.

 

[guarda]

mine hate flow and don't like direct light. mine do best down in the shade at the bottom of the tank or in the sand. where do have yours?

 

[jcdeng]

what kind of fish and inverts/CUC do you have in the tank? what light are u using and where are the hammers and frogspawns in the tank?

 

[chefsreef]

lights are t5, now the hammer i have left on top of rocks med 2 high flow. the hammer and frow i lost bottom but full light med flow. coral band shrimp,tiger pistol shrimp, peperment shrimp, mix of snails, blue and red legged herment crabs.

 

[guarda]

Most books and guides say med to high flow and even in my own app I wrote that these like medium flow but mine retract in anything above a gentle sway. Try moving them lower and out of flow and see what happens.

 

[B.BASH]

why so many water changes correct me if I am wrong but i think they like high nutrient or dirty water

 

[skene]

all levels r good.

if your "levels are good"... then the coral wouldn't be dying... don't you think?
So then maybe curiosity has gotten the best of me... What are your "Levels" at?

 

[Coralreefer1]

They tend to like moderate flow at best, subdued lighting and nutrients in the water, plus they will catch brine or mysis shrimp.

It is always a good practice to move a coral that isn't displaying optimal results where it has been. Better to move the one coral that isn't responding well where it is at than to alter your water parameters that might degrade the other corals in your tank that initially are doing well.

 

[howze01]

Yeah, I'd like to see the levels too. What all do you test for?

I have a Torch and Frogspawn on the sand bed and in the "lee" of a rock structure. They get flow but it's pretty indirect.

 

[chefsreef]

pH, ammonia, nitrite , and nitrate calcium, carbonate hardness, phosphate, magnesium this what i test for. ill post my last numbers when i get home and look in my book.

 

[JARRETT SHARK]

Could we get the exact numbers to make sure

 

[al0ha]

mines enjoy gentle indirect flow. i've bleached some heads from too much light so moderate lighting/lower placement is best. i do a 5 gal wc on my solana every week, week and a half or so

 

[rambler67]

yes par would help what kind of lights flow how long has the tank been set up?

 

[Dre]

[PDF OVERLAY][/PDF OVERLAY]i feed 3 times a week. dont know what im doin wrong.[PDF OVERLAY][/PDF OVERLAY]

First off there are alot of things that are not clear. You say you feed but do you feed them directly? If so you might be over feeding them. Don't feed them it's not necessary.

2. Are you adding anything buffers etc?

 

[chefsreef]

pH 8 , ammonia 0, nitrite 0, and nitrate0, calcium 540 , carbonate hardness 107.4, phosphate .25ppm, magnesium 1600

 

[chefsreef]

ok stop fully or cut down. and no i dont add and buffers.

First off there are alot of things that are not clear. You say you feed but do you feed them directly? If so you might be over feeding them. Don't feed them it's not necessary.

2. Are you adding anything buffers etc?

 

[chefsreef]

t5 and there on 11hour.9months.

yes par would help what kind of lights flow how long has the tank been set up?

 

[Dre]

ok stop fully or cut down. and no i dont add and buffers.

You didn't say if you were feeding directly this is important. I say this all the time if you feed them too much solid foods you can kill them. I would stop feeding them completly. Again it's not necessary...

 

[Dre]

pH 8 , ammonia 0, nitrite 0, and nitrate0, calcium 540 , carbonate hardness 107.4, phosphate .25ppm, magnesium 1600

3. Your nitrates are at '0' you don't have to do so many water changes if that's the case. That's not necessary...

 

[Cris007]

Dre is this a mistake a pH of 8 is to high?










..