Emergency help for gorgonian coral

mBoN · Aug 17, 2023

Court_Appointed_Hypeman said:
I just wanted to make sure you weren't going to start targeting 1.035. Def reccomend a ceiling of 1.0264 which is 35ppt. That salinity is pretty spot on already, but I personally run mine riggt between 34.8ppt and 35ppt

1.026 is good? Then i have to increase only 0.0001

BanZI29 · Aug 17, 2023

mBoN said:
1.026 is good? Then i have to increase only 0.0001

you said that your salinity is 25PPT right? that translate to 1.018 you should be 1.024 - 1.026 or 32-35

Court_Appointed_Hypeman · Aug 17, 2023

mBoN said:
1.026 is good? Then i have to increase only 0.0001

You are already good in my opinion, but 1.026 is optimal. I would just let evaporation get your tanks salinity to that number and top it off with 1.026 water/matching water, then you can go back to topping off with RODI.

Depending on the volume of your system, and whether or not you top off with an ATO or not, you are fine.

If you top it off by hand with rodi and its a smaller system, you might have that much fluctuation already.

mBoN · Aug 17, 2023

No sorry. Mistake. I thought 25 = 1.025
In the refractometer it is 1.025
So I thought last two digits is the reading. Im sorry. Noob issue

BanZI29 said:
you said that your salinity is 25PPT right? that translate to 1.018 you should be 1.024 - 1.026 or 32-35

mBoN · Aug 17, 2023

Can you tell me it can recover ? I can change my tank where i have high flow

vetteguy53081 said:
Thanks for video. Looks more like its dying and lacking flow and nutrients. It really needs good flow however seahorses cant tolerate that type of flow as they are slow swimmers. increase slow slightly.

BanZI29 · Aug 17, 2023

mBoN said:
No sorry. Mistake. I thought 25 = 1.025
In the refractometer it is 1.025
So I thought last two digits is the reading. Im sorry. Noob issue

then your salinity is good. temp and flow is what you wanna look at next.

BanZI29 · Aug 17, 2023

Try reading thru this. its got some good info

Gorgonian Coral Care Guide

Gorgonian Coral can be one of the easiest or hardest species to keep depending on the type. Gorgonian Coral Care focuses on wether the species is photosynthetic or not.

reefstable.com

vetteguy53081 · Aug 17, 2023

mBoN said:
Can you tell me it can recover ? I can change my tank where i have high flow

These can be forgiving and given the right conditions will

shakacuz · Aug 17, 2023

welcome aboard the r2r boad!

mBoN · Aug 17, 2023

Can you guide me or send me video how to feed him with phytoplankton please

vetteguy53081 said:
Pictures under white light intensity will be helpful. Having a few in my tank, they need medium light, good water flow and daily addition of phytoplankton in the water column

mBoN · Aug 17, 2023

Thanks bro

BanZI29 said:
Try reading thru this. its got some good info

Gorgonian Coral Care Guide

Gorgonian Coral can be one of the easiest or hardest species to keep depending on the type. Gorgonian Coral Care focuses on wether the species is photosynthetic or not.

reefstable.com

mBoN · Aug 17, 2023

Thank you

shakacuz said:
welcome aboard the r2r boad!

vetteguy53081 · Aug 17, 2023

mBoN said:
Can you guide me or send me video how to feed him with phytoplankton please

You simply drop via pipette into flow
You will find feeding tips on you tube
I’d post links but not home

mBoN · Aug 17, 2023

Thanks will post the result.

vetteguy53081 said:
These can be forgiving and given the right conditions will

mBoN · Aug 17, 2023

Any specific phytoplankton product for my mixed reef? Does it increase or affect other parameters?

vetteguy53081 said:
You simply drop via pipette into flow
You will find feeding tips on you tube
I’d post links but not home

mBoN · Aug 17, 2023

mBoN said:
Any specific phytoplankton product for my mixed reef? Does it increase or affect other parameters?

Is polyplab reef roids a phytoplankton please?

BanZI29 · Aug 17, 2023

mBoN said:
Is polyplab reef roids a phytoplankton please?

reef roids is coral food. Phyto is different. phyto is live organisms where reef roids is powdered food.
I buy phyto from either my locak fish store or here: