Urgent guidance needed with New Reef tank

[NanoReefer]

Hi, I am new to Singapore and new to Reef tank hobby. (Have long experience with freshwater). I need urgent guidance on Coral.

16-August : bought a 18" acrylic tank with IOS from Jireh Marine. Loaded with RO water, salt mix and live sand.

23-August : loaded Live rock and 5 mushroom corals in tank.

26-August : changed 20% water

Till yesterday everything was fine. Today my tank covered with a reddish Algee and my corals are dying.

What should I do?

Temp 28

pH 8

Salinity 1.026

[joby553]

I think algae is call diatoms. Part if cycle. And since it's cycling u shouldn't have added the corals. I think now about the time ammonia raise

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[Clement Chen]

i have a feeling ur tank is not cycled properly. u shuld test for ammonia and nitrite before putting lifestocks in.

[Clement Chen]

on top of that u added ur liverocks only a few days back. there might be die offs from it causing a spike in ammonia. may i ask did u receive any advise about adding life stocks so soon

[NanoReefer]

I did not want to add Coral now. But Jireh told me it's fine as I added live rock. I will try to minimize salinity to 1.023. Should I do anything else? How to save the Corals?

[asg]

bro, you shall test at least the following water parameters: ammonia, nitrite, NO3 and PO4 and if your live rocks start to become dead rocks, then all these para will only shot up... keep doing partial water change and hope that your filter will be established before any more bad things happen

[solasido]

Bro,

For emergency

Quickly buy Seachem reef safe to neutralize ammonia as soon as possible

Buy Microbacter to add bacteria

Do not feed anything

Monitor salinity as water evaporated into air.

Notice that you do not have chiller, need to ensure max. Temperature of max 29 deg Celsius for LPS ideally <=28 cel ours

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[solasido]

There is 24 hours fish shop at Clementi . You should act today itself else the coral may not be able to survive.

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[NanoReefer]

What is the name and address of the 24 hour fish shop?

[kwkeet]

It is located at blk 328 clementi. One of the fish shop name polyart.

[Snoopyhamburger]

I did not want to add Coral now. But Jireh told me it's fine as I added live rock. I will try to minimize salinity to 1.023. Should I do anything else? How to save the Corals?

Dude dude.

Never trust Jirehmarine.

Ggwp

[Angel Keeper]

A few LFS will do all they can to push sales... Just treat it as a lesson learnt... I learnt a few lessons from them as well... So you're not alone...

[NanoReefer]

Hmm. Feeling bad for the poor corals. My mistake cost their life.

I bought a Nano 11x17.25x13" = 8.15 gallon or 31 liter tank. It has IOS filter and a Venturi protein skimmer. Added 10 KG Live sand and 9 KG Live Rock.

I am using a Dymax fan but the Temperature is around 29 degrees.

-> Do I need a chiller?

-> Bought two 18" LED lights (white and blue) from Jireh. How would I know if the lighting is not sufficient?

-> Bought 6 additives(Magnesium, Iodine etc etc) from Jireh for adding to water, do I really need them?

Thanks for your patience.

[Clement Chen]

must see how many watts ur lights is. Also if u keep zoas, if they stretch their heads out when ur lights is on that means its insufficient.

what 6 additives did u get do share. for such a small tank if you keep soft corals only u dun need those. just change water every week.

[Guest]

If you intent to keep this hobby for a period of time, i think the chiller is a must . The trouble of topping up of freshwater from the evaporation as well as the possible algae problem that come with it might make you give up this hobby pretty fast.

Think about saving on the few bottle of addictive might be enough for a mini chiller.

[joby553]

Also proper water for top off very important. Starting my fish kept dying after every water change.

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[NanoReefer]

Bought ReefMax additives - Carbonate, MG, Calcium, iodine, Strontium, Reef trace elements.

Plan to change 20% water every week. I will have only soft corals e.g. Mashroom, Leather, Zoas. 2-3 fish.

[Clement Chen]

dont think u will need all those. might not want to risk overdosing

[solasido]

Bro,

I used to keep 1.5ft cube nano without chiller for about 1.5 years.

I used 2 dymax fan. I put the tank on the coolest spot (no air conditioning, just a windy spot with never got sunlight at all even the nearby window). I could maintain my temperature around 27-28 Celsius. On wet season it could be down to 25-26. On hottest day max it was only 29 Celsius.

But evaporation is high and need to auto top up water .

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[Angel Keeper]

Bud, I don't understand... You have much experience with freshwater... Cycling both freshwater and saltwater is about the same...

Secondly, you were sold live sand... If it was indeed live, you would not be facing that much of a problem... Live rocks also comes with bacteria as well... So nitrifying bacteria should have been present...

Looking at your present situation, it's best to find someone to save your fishes and corals... While your tank cycles...

[tofubox]

Dude dude.

Never trust Jirehmarine.

Ggwp

Im with you on this one

[NanoReefer]

Anybody know any good Marine LFS near East Coast/Paya Labor?

[tang_sohal]

I live near that area. And normally i go pasir ris farm. Maximum 10mins by driving. Alot of good shops there like iwarna, pinnacle or ah beng. If coral, GO at junction of upper serangoon road and bartley road. End of upper paya lebar road opposite upper serangoon shopping centre there is aquarist chamber.

[tang_sohal]

On a side note.. i am not an expert, learning from various reefers here but if you need help, please feel free to PM me

[NanoReefer]

I don't even know how to PM! I would really appreciate some guidance.