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05-03-2008, 05:28 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: May 2008
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 |  Hi, I'm new here but need help with my plate coral
Hi, I'm new to this site. I have a 20 gallon tank with penty of live rock, a branch coral, mushrooms and a plate coral, a cleaner shrimp, some clowns, a bicolour angel, chromis, pseudo chromis and some other things but I'm not sure what they are. The tank has been set up about a year.
All was going well until summer holidays - I think my tank got a bit warm and my beautiful plate coral stopped blowing himself up. He still pokes his fingers out but has shrunk to a fraction of his beautiful former glory. Any suggestions?? | 
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05-03-2008, 05:39 PM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: monterey...cali Age: 25
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how hot did the tank get? what are your parameters? how long as he been "sad"? add anyting new?
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29 gal/ 10gal refugium with more things then I have space to list.
with a 7gal sea horse tank slowly in the works | |
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05-03-2008, 05:41 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: niles, ohio Age: 32
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What kind of lighting do you have... My plates started out great with 28 watts over 12 gallon with pc lighting. Then slowly started losing their color until I finally took them to my buddies lfs where one didn't make it out of 3.... _________ My Tank Thread...... EST. 10/30/07 5.5 gal, 72watt's of pc's, rio skimmer, hob rated at 40 gal, stealth heater, b/w aussie clown, rainford goby, emerald crab, turbo, bumble bee, astrea, and nassarius snails, aussie open brain, pink birdsnest, green birdsnest, wallhammer, multiple acro's, numerous monti's, zoa's, palys, ppd's, duncans, mint gsp's, reg gsp's, blue clove polyps, grn bali slimer, and tons of ppl sponges. | |
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05-03-2008, 05:41 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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Glad to see you found way here.
What do your water params look like? --- I would think very difficult to keep stable with that bioload you have in there.
I would suggest increasing frequency and amount of water changes and seeing if things don't improve.
Good Luck.  _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
- MIKE PALLETTA - (2008 Reef log) ("OmarD"/"Scott") | |
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05-03-2008, 05:42 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: niles, ohio Age: 32
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Like omard said, that does sound like alot of fish..... | |
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05-03-2008, 05:43 PM
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| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: alabama Age: 31
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thats a lot of fish for 20 gal. | |
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05-03-2008, 05:44 PM
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| | Banned
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: rocklin
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maybe the water parameters are too high for it since there is alot of fish? | |
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05-03-2008, 05:48 PM
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| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: alabama Age: 31
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and welcome, i almost forgot how rude | |
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05-03-2008, 06:06 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: niles, ohio Age: 32
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Welcome to 3Reef>>>> almost forgot..... | |
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05-03-2008, 06:26 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: May 2008
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Sorry guys - it's a 50 gallon tank. I have only got the basic fluro lighting including a ble one for corals - a very simple setup. I do have a protein skimmer. The tank may have gone to about 85 (this is only a guess) but everything else was fine. Oh, I also have a beautiful blue linkia starfish just to add some character. I love him. Can I resurect my plate? | |
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