Jimbo662 Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 I've got all my corals in a frag tank until after I get moved and the new tank set up...probably about a month and a half away. Water is 7 1/2" deep. AI prime is 11" above water. Most corals seem to be doing ok. Trach/scoly's, blasto's and rhodactis seem to still be unhappy. All with slightly gaping mouths. Blasto's seem to only be about 3/4 inflated and the rhodactis are less than half their normal size. I've been trying to slowly adjust the light in case that's the issue. There's two pieces of rock and a few snails. I've been doing 5g water changes about every other day. Since there are no fish in the tank is there anything else I should look at doing other than the water changes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha D. Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 (edited) Frequent water changes are keeping the water really clean. It might be a good idea to feed. Sent from my SGH-T989 using Tapatalk 2 Edited August 25, 2016 by Sascha D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 I've fed a few pellets every couple of days for the snails. This I should cut back on the water changes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuxx Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Try a fishless frag tank with 25% changes a day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Have you done water tests? I wouldn't be too surprised if your alk, nitrate, phosphate, or ammonia level is out of norm. If there's an ability to add some more cycled live rock to it, I would do that as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 Haven't tested...figured since I was doing so many water changes everything would stay fairly stable. No extra room at all in the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha D. Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Frequent water changes with fresh salt water should keep your parameters close to whatever the salt mix says. There will be some usage, but not much considering most of what you have is LPS or soft. Scolys, Blastos and Acans are known to shrink when they're hungry and inflate after feeding. Your tank doesn't have any fish and the nitrates and phosphates are probably pretty close to zero, which will result in faded colors and gaping mouths. It would be worth a shot dosing a liquid food like Sponge Power or Coral Snow. I don't have any of those, but I have some Coral Frenzy that you can try out if you want. It's not good for dosing, but you can target feed some corals and see if they improve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 I've got some Cobalt Coral food that I used this morning before the lights came on. Everything is looking a little better this morning. All but one blasto looks normal and the one looks better right now than it did yesterday. The green trach is nice and puffed up but the other is still looking a little irritated...it's the one that get irritated pretty easily. Maybe with the reduction in intensity of the lights that has helped. I'm going to start feeding the snails a tiny bit each day and see how that works out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 I wonder if it may help if I used some of the QT tank water when doing water changes. I do water changes on the QT tank about every 3 days. I could use maybe a gallon of it for the frag tank to introduce some nutrients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Does the QT have any medications in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 Nope..just holding two fish and a bunch of live rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Ah, well... It's a reasonable experiment to conduct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 Ah, well... It's a reasonable experiment to conduct. Hey...my name isn't Ty! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 LOL. Ok, good point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 I want a full report on your conclusions sir! [emoji16] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 I want a full report on your conclusions sir! [emoji16] With charts and graphs ?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 I get home today and everything except the trach is looking normal again. The scoly (or whatever it is) is inflated the most I think I've every seen it. I moved the trach to side of the tank and slightly tilted the light away from it to see if maybe it's getting too much light. I'm still going to experiment with the water changes to see what it does. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 It's about 4" across right now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 That tank looks ready for C4!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 Oh yeah...sure...sell all of my stuff so I then have to go buy everything in your frag tank???? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 I'm not hearing a problem with that plan. But those look like happy corals to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 That looks a lot better than it did sunday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 yeah, everything seems normal today...the trach is still underinflated compared to what it normally is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha D. Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Looking good. Glad they came around for ya. Sent from my SGH-T989 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 I'm wondering if I should put fish in the tank instead and continue with the water changes I'd been doing. Jake had some nice looking clowns yesterday. :-) I've got 4 weeks before the move and hopefully only 5 before the new tank is up and running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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