Treezer8
Reefing newb
So I've had these 2 candy cane coral frags for months now. One is a neon green, and one is a broad teal color. I've NEVER had problems with them. Both have grown 4-6 new heads.
So I got home today, and was checking out all the corals, and the teal candycane just looked like crap. It was shrivled up and I could see parts of the white bony part sticking out. It still has a good bit of color, but looks in bad shape.
Parameters are normal.
nitrate-5
nitrite-0
ammonia-0
phosphate-barely detectable
calcium-440
alkalinity-7.8
Thing I've done in the past 2 days that could have caused it: (This happened over night, they looked fine before the lights went out)
1. I've been dosing calcium/alkalinity with the 2 part bottles. It says 1ml per 6.5 gallons. So I have a 70gal, thats like a little over 10ml. And a cap is 5ml. I've been doing half/1cap of each per day, since my alk seems to stay around 7 and I need it higher.
Yesterday I changed it and did what the directions said, and did 2 caps of each. All corals are looking better, but these candy canes look worse. Could i have shocked them?
Original alk was around 7-7.2 before I dosed yesterday.
2. I BARELY and I mean BARELY changed the amount of output on my led fixtures. Like barely a hair changed them. All corals didn't change in a bad way, and are responding fine to it.
3. About 5 days ago I took the glass tops off of my tank, since its been having temperature issues. I am installing an overflow box/sump today/tomorrow with protein skimmer. Maybe something could have gotten in the water? I'm not sure.
Lights have been on for 2 hours as on now. No change on the coral.
Here's a pic of the one that isn't looking good, and the neon greens in the back that are doing great.
![2013-01-16_13-03-31_556.webp 2013-01-16_13-03-31_556.webp](https://livingreefs.com/data/attachments/16/16126-d8ff6e5a15096e7deb281e472f82bffd.jpg?hash=YDY0itro0I)
This is the same coral about a week or so ago.
![2012-12-11_16-27-50_431.webp 2012-12-11_16-27-50_431.webp](https://livingreefs.com/data/attachments/16/16127-71c38ae918b78968a25e447879efad21.jpg?hash=N0PQ83Ulnn)
So I got home today, and was checking out all the corals, and the teal candycane just looked like crap. It was shrivled up and I could see parts of the white bony part sticking out. It still has a good bit of color, but looks in bad shape.
Parameters are normal.
nitrate-5
nitrite-0
ammonia-0
phosphate-barely detectable
calcium-440
alkalinity-7.8
Thing I've done in the past 2 days that could have caused it: (This happened over night, they looked fine before the lights went out)
1. I've been dosing calcium/alkalinity with the 2 part bottles. It says 1ml per 6.5 gallons. So I have a 70gal, thats like a little over 10ml. And a cap is 5ml. I've been doing half/1cap of each per day, since my alk seems to stay around 7 and I need it higher.
Yesterday I changed it and did what the directions said, and did 2 caps of each. All corals are looking better, but these candy canes look worse. Could i have shocked them?
Original alk was around 7-7.2 before I dosed yesterday.
2. I BARELY and I mean BARELY changed the amount of output on my led fixtures. Like barely a hair changed them. All corals didn't change in a bad way, and are responding fine to it.
3. About 5 days ago I took the glass tops off of my tank, since its been having temperature issues. I am installing an overflow box/sump today/tomorrow with protein skimmer. Maybe something could have gotten in the water? I'm not sure.
Lights have been on for 2 hours as on now. No change on the coral.
Here's a pic of the one that isn't looking good, and the neon greens in the back that are doing great.
![2013-01-16_13-03-31_556.webp 2013-01-16_13-03-31_556.webp](https://livingreefs.com/data/attachments/16/16126-d8ff6e5a15096e7deb281e472f82bffd.jpg?hash=YDY0itro0I)
This is the same coral about a week or so ago.
![2012-12-11_16-27-50_431.webp 2012-12-11_16-27-50_431.webp](https://livingreefs.com/data/attachments/16/16127-71c38ae918b78968a25e447879efad21.jpg?hash=N0PQ83Ulnn)