Is My Coral Dead/dieing Or Ok?

[garybuk]

As some mite no iv had an upset in my tank and im loseing all my corals! iv put a few in my nano tank! but im just makeing sure that they are ok befor they upset my nano tank!!

its not the best pic but if you can help does it look ok or not? a few of its spikes/pimples come out now and then if that helps?



OMG IT WAS LOOKING SOO NICE!!

Never get it that good again!!

 

[littleme1969]

Things drop into place...
Your coral issues now make more sense now Ive twigged that youve just moved everything around.
I remember that you have just bought alot of new rock. It goes without saying that this would have in effect caused the tank to do another cycle. This inturn will have caused ammonia and nitrate spikes, both of which will cause your corals to die. You should never remove rock work in that amount and then expect the tank to run the same. Even with the same sand etc there will be a full a cycle. Even when adding 10kg of new rock to my existing set up that already had 80kg of rock in it I noticed a spike for a few days as stuff dies off the new rock!.
With this in mind if you have anything left in that tank with regaurd to coral I would take it out ASAP, as the problem will not solve with water changes. You need a bucket of aged tank temp salt water to rinse the corals off before you add them to the nano. Anything that is looking like its a gonner should be just thrown away as dying corals release toxins which will kill and stress other corals.
The coral in the pic looks verry stressed but still alive. I would rinse off anything thats loose then add to the nano.

You now have to recycle the big tank. Lots of water movement and surface airation will help with that.

Its always best on here to give a full break down of your issue so people know whats going on, as we dont always get chance to either read all the posts or match different topics together to make a full picture. If you had explained the situation from the first post then people could have advised you straight away and maybe saved more

Just to point out that you must keep a close eye on that main tank If you still have fish in there, then they will deffo be strugling and adding fish food to the setup to keep them alive will only make the cycle worse and last longer, thats if the fish survive. You need to get a tank from somewhere and get them out.
Others may jump in here and give more advise .........................

 

[garybuk]

Things drop into place...
Your coral issues now make more sense now Ive twigged that youve just moved everything around.
I remember that you have just bought alot of new rock. It goes without saying that this would have in effect caused the tank to do another cycle. This inturn will have caused ammonia and nitrate spikes, both of which will cause your corals to die. You should never remove rock work in that amount and then expect the tank to run the same. Even with the same sand etc there will be a full a cycle. Even when adding 10kg of new rock to my existing set up that already had 80kg of rock in it I noticed a spike for a few days as stuff dies off the new rock!.
With this in mind if you have anything left in that tank with regaurd to coral I would take it out ASAP, as the problem will not solve with water changes. You need a bucket of aged tank temp salt water to rinse the corals off before you add them to the nano. Anything that is looking like its a gonner should be just thrown away as dying corals release toxins which will kill and stress other corals.
The coral in the pic looks verry stressed but still alive. I would rinse off anything thats loose then add to the nano.

You now have to recycle the big tank. Lots of water movement and surface airation will help with that.

Its always best on here to give a full break down of your issue so people know whats going on, as we dont always get chance to either read all the posts or match different topics together to make a full picture. If you had explained the situation from the first post then people could have advised you straight away and maybe saved more

Just to point out that you must keep a close eye on that main tank If you still have fish in there, then they will deffo be strugling and adding fish food to the setup to keep them alive will only make the cycle worse and last longer, thats if the fish survive. You need to get a tank from somewhere and get them out.
Others may jump in here and give more advise .........................

Thanks little me!!! i will try to keep that in mind and say everythink in the thread!

It looks like im starting over! i just need to find a tank to put my fish in while i redue everythink again!!!

will a 100l tank be ok for my fish

yellow tank
dori
two tomato clowns

do i fill it up with just ro water and salt and put them in? will they be ok like this ??


also they leather coral in pic above i notices the spikes come out and looks good when the light is on but when i turn it off they go in and it looks really bad?

 

[littleme1969]

Hi..
What are the stats in your big tank ? and how are the fish doing in there?
This will give us more of an indication of how things are going. Do this first before any decisions are made.!!

You should get away with a 100l tank as I used one to quarantine my fish when I had a white spot outbreak and my Tang is 5" long.
Obviously you are going to be starting over with a fresh tank too, but the differance is you will only have the fish mess to contend with with regaurd to the ammonia and nitrate problems. And not the die off from the rock. You will need to mix the your water same as you would for any tank. trying to make sure that the water is the same PH and s.g./temp as your tank. You will need some type of filter and also a couple of powerheads to move the water around. Pointing one at the surface will help keep the PH and oygen levels stable and as you have 2 Tangs maybe an airstone also. You will need something for the fish to hide in, pipes etc but make sure everything is spotless.
Ammonis levels will be an issue for the first week or so as there will be no biological filter in the system, so have plenty of salt water mixed and ready to do daily water changes. It goes without saying that you should be testing the main tank to see how its going, but also you will need to be testing the quarantine tank also to keep an eye out for the ammonia & nitrate levels.
I would PM SkiFletch with all your water stats in the main tank and take his advise on wether to keep the fish where they are or move them out. Your stats will determine which is the best option as it this point its a fine line and either way is a risk to the fish. Skifletch will give you good advise!!!
Hope all goes well and you manage to save your fish

Dont worry about that coral is its extending at all ,given time and good water conditions it will recover. Most corals shrivels at lights out.