Colt Coral being eaten

[Lost & Wondering]

Please help. I have a large colt coral that is being eaten by my Pacific Blue Tangs. My tank is a 150 gal I feed 3 times per day. I have a large population of fish. I have
3 blue tangs
4 yellow tangs
1 coral beauty
1 clown
3 chromis
4 anemones
1 Large finger
3 leathers
Several mushrooms
1 brain coral
Large polyp community

I know that this is alot for such a small tank but I am waiting on my 500 gallon to cycle and most of the animals came with the 500-gallon tank. My 500 gallon tank is just about cycled the pH is 8.6 Nitrates 20 Ammonia is .15 Calcium is 375 Nitrites 0 Salinity is 1.023. I guess my question is can I move the colt coral to the large tank now? I am afraid the colt coral is going to shut down and start to get sick. The 150-gallon has been running with all of the live stock for 3 months with no trouble until recently.

Any help would be helpful. Thank you in advance.

Best Regards:
Lost & Wondering

 

[DougBak]

The worst thing you can do is shock anything that you move from tank to tank. How close are the parms in the 150 vs the 500?

Your PH is still a bit high and Calcium a little low, but how close are they to the 500? Is the temp in both tanks the same or a few degrees different? What about lighting? How different are the setups?

The closer you can get the parms in the two to match, the less you'll stress moving inhabitants between the two.

 

[Lost & Wondering]

Hi Doug:

Thank you for the reply. The temp is the same and the lighting is as well. I noticed yesterday that my anemone was reaching out and sting the colt coral. So I did not have a choice other then to move the anemone to the 500-gal tank. So that is what I did. Once I got home today I noticed the colt coral is getting back to itself. Plus it looks like the blue tangs are not eating on it as much. Does this seem funny to you or is that normal? Will the colt coral regenerate its flesh once it is stung or picked on?

Any suggestion on what will happen to my anemone since the pH is a little high? The one 150 the readings are all good.

Thank you for the help. Best Regards:
Devon

 

[tazdevil]

Don't get too excited about your ph, remember, it can fluctuate widely depending on when your taking it. If that seems to be a steady ph, bring it down REAL SLOW. As far as your coral-are you sure the tangs were eating that and not picking stuff off of it (algae etc.) FWIR, soft and hard corals are not on tangs menu choice.




p.s. Since when is a 150 gallon small????????