My brain is not looking so good...

[eartaker]

A couple days ago I notices a small section of bleaching on my brain. now I have a section that is gone. I'm not sure what is causing this. Everything tests ok and all of the other corals are doing well.

 

[eartaker]

Tank specs...

Sg 1.024
temp 78
ammonia .25
rite .25
rate 2
alk 7... just adjusted it to 9
calcium 480

It looks like when I changed over tanks it went through a mini cycle... Water change time I guess, but would this be hurting the brain?

 

[senji]

ur in a cycle or something is dead in the tank how old is tank? amo and nitrite are verry bad id run and get bacteria in a bolltle fast. hopefully he dont die lookt like he is allready slowly. brains are my fav.

 

[eartaker]

The 55 was 2 months old then I moved ALL of it to the 75 who is now 3 weeks old. I just added stability to bring up the bacteria, ill add prime to help with nitrite and do a 20%.

 

[leena2674]

Water change time I guess, but would this be hurting the brain?

The short answer, yes, it could, and probably is. In any case, elevated ammonia/nitrates/nitrites are not going to help... With a few water changes and some time, it should recover. I rescued a Favia from a tank that was in poor condition. It's making a comeback.

 

[senji]

if u are in a cycle a water change might prolong the cycle. and ive had sechem prime piss all my corals off before. so i dont use it. i only added 2ml to 30g of water. whey slimed and wouldant open for about a week.

 

[senji]

dr tim makes really good stuff i love waste away.

 

[eartaker]

I use Prime on a freshwater tanks but for the reef I use the Aquavitro's Alpha. I just ran to petco and added a bottle of Bio-Spira as I have had a few people say they liked it. I guess I will just start testing it every day for the next week or 2 to see whats going on.