Water changes

[Reefnoobie12]

Anybody else's coral get pissed and release stringy crap everywhere when they clean tier sand and do a water change lol it freaks me out cuz in tryin some new sps right now

 

[wickedfish]

Anybody else's coral get pissed and release stringy crap everywhere when they clean tier sand and do a water change lol it freaks me out cuz in tryin some new sps right now

If you don't want that to happen you need to match the temp and alkalinity and salinity. Mainly the salinity. If you do that you can do a 50% wc and nothing gets mad. I only check my salinity and my corals never slime up. Not even the ones that stick outta water.

 

[Reefnoobie12]

Gotcha I think I got a little to aggressive lol cuz I was moving stuff to get some slime off the sand ... And salinity was almost the same

 

[innerspark]

If you don't want that to happen you need to match the temp and alkalinity and salinity. Mainly the salinity. If you do that you can do a 50% wc and nothing gets mad. I only check my salinity and my corals never slime up. Not even the ones that stick outta water.

Yep!!!!

 

[SchnitzelReef]

If they slime like that, it usually means they are NOT happy

Are u mixing ur own water? Or do U buy it?

U should hold off on water changes till u figure out what's going on


Hot Dogs are GOOD!

 

[SchnitzelReef]

Gotcha I think I got a little to aggressive lol cuz I was moving stuff to get some slime off the sand ... And salinity was almost the same

Touching corals will piss them off and make them slime **


Hot Dogs are GOOD!

 

[Reefnoobie12]

Is the slime dangerous ?

 

[reefes pieces]

To other corals it is. The slime is their defense mode/chemical warfare.

Is the slime dangerous ?

 

[Reefnoobie12]

To other corals it is. The slime is their defense mode/chemical warfare.

Dang lol

 

[Mr. Plant]

I like doing smaller w/c every week. No major changes this way....

 

[campge]

I like doing smaller w/c every week. No major changes this way....

I have to agree with the plant man on this one...

 

[Reefnoobie12]

I have to agree with the plant man on this one...

I do 5 g a weej

 

[campge]

I do 5 g a weej

How big is your tank?

 

[Reefnoobie12]

About 23 gallons with the live rock and sand

 

[Reefnoobie12]

It's a 28 gallon cube

 

[Reefnoobie12]

 

[wickedfish]

Might need some more flow. Looks like you have pockets of cyano in the corners. Might want to spread around the nutrients.

 

[Six2seven]

Pour your new water into the sump and let it flow up. Dumping the new SW right onto the coral can upset them

 

[wickedfish]

Pour your new water into the sump and let it flow up. Dumping the new SW right onto the coral can upset them

Thought that too.

 

[Usingthejohn]

I do 10 gals a week on my tank

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