Corals

[lilduud]

Is it any riskier or a bad idea to add new corals during a blackout? Like if your tank is gunna be lights of for a week is it okish even to add a new coral... Specificly acro and galaxea... Obviously you have to reacclimate the tank to the lights regardless....

 

[Rcpilot]

Bad idea IMO.

Why the blackout?
You going on vacation? You got algae issues?

 

[Hiker4twenty]

+1 Chris. I would not add new corals under a blackout situation. The new tank is hard enough for them to get used to and not having any light to deal with will make it worse.

 

[Smitty]

+2...that's too much stress on them.

 

[dcantucson]

+3
Why not just wait. You won't be able to see them anyways. Why risk loosing them?

 

[lilduud]

the only reason i wouldnt just wait is because there is a piece of red planet acro for 50 dollars on sale and the owest pricce ive seen until then is 70... the offer ends the second of october :( and with the galaxea its about a 5x5 inch rock for 25 dollars...
also expires the 2nd...
ive never seen those prices on those specific corals ever so i was considering risking it.. if any risk ill stop the black out early, all the algae seems to be gone now im just keeping it black to be cautious

 

[Rcpilot]

So the blackout is due to algae issues.

Why would you want to add more life to the tank if you're already having issues keeping things balanced?

Fix your algae - nutrient - problem FIRST. Then work on keeping it stable for a month or two before adding any more corals.