Dumb lfs sellign bad corals

[yote]

mandarin i went to boardroom aquatics(good) and aquarium and reef center(bad)

buddy: My light is 1 ft above the tank, its a 30 gallon long and i left the bag in the tank fro 30 minutes then drip acclimated them.

Was that 250 watt off while you floated the bags?
If not,there's the problem.When ever your floating new corals in the bags with the halides on,the water in the bags will get hot within one or two minutes.Effectively boiling and killing the corals.

BTW
With a 250 watt metal halide hanging 12 inches above a 30 long,how are you keeping it from getting too hot?

 

[Marines_Wife]

Honestly without a test kit I dont think you can definitively say that the LFS was selling bad coral. I think that there is a definite possibility that something isnt right in your tank....

 

[liga]

you got a point with the lighting on while corals were in bag. Now my tank doesnt get hot because in my house we are cold freaks and keep the house at like 70 degrees and the room they are in is pretty cold. So it levels out.

 

[liga]

well i have a test kite for ammonia and nitrite and nitrate and ph and i tested their water and got like .5 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and 25 nitrate. SO i thought mine were wrong and took it over there and they got similar results.

 

[Marines_Wife]

What is your tank temperature at?? We keep the house pretty cool as well however with the lights I am running I have to be pretty careful because if it is warm outside it will raise my tank temp to above 80 in less then an hour

 

[liga]

my tank temperature is always at 78 and wont even budge. I have netver had a temp swing in the tank since i started it.

 

[buddy08]

also when acclimating corals, its not about "drip acclimating" them like you would with fish, you also have to acclimate them to the lighting for at least a week. i.e. i have a bunch of new corals on the bottom of my tank that i just bought last week, they will stay on the bottom until thursday before i start moving them their final locations. think of it this way, you wake up in the middle of the night when someone turns the lights on... your eyes are most likely squinting because youre not used to the light.... same concept except for the corals are having to adjust to different spectrums and intensities of light.

 

[liga]

thank you so much for the info buddy!!!! I bet that is really gonna help when i go buy corals next week.