Stephab1993 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 I bought a blue oregon tort at the Bob moore frag swap today and due to how chaotic it was I wasn't able to fully examine everything I bought. Now that I have my new pieces in a quarantine tank I can see the blue tort is not happy. This was the most expensive piece I bought. I bought this piece for Steve who couldn't make it to the event. What can I do to help the coral until it gets to steve. I'm not an sps person. So I'm the absolute worst person to try to bring it back. Hopefully I can just get this coral to its intended owner fast, since he is sps experiwnced. Sent from my SM-G920T1 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBret Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Use a scapel or something and get the alge off the plug and from touching the frags tissue. If you don't know what your parameters are at, that could be pissing it off as well. Like your saying though, best would be to get it to the sps person taking it as their alk cal and mag might be in a better area for the sps frag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephab1993 Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 Use a scapel or something and get the alge off the plug and from touching the frags tissue. If you don't know what your parameters are at, that could be pissing it off as well. Like your saying though, best would be to get it to the sps person taking it as their alk cal and mag might be in a better area for the sps frag.I think I got it already mad. So I don't think it's my water. I'll get the algae off of it and just get it to its owner fast Sent from my SM-G920T1 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltwater newbie Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 What lighting are you running it looks like your zoa in the picture is stretching for light a bit also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephab1993 Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 Well, it died. Everything else I got from Bob moore is doing well. Sent from my SM-G920T1 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephab1993 Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 I have two of the lights in my tank. Sent from my SM-G920T1 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Those lights will not grow sps. Most corals are going to have a hard time under those. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephab1993 Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 Those lights will not grow sps. Most corals are going to have a hard time under those. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk What lights do I need to add? Sent from my SM-G920T1 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephab1993 Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 This is also just a 10 gallon tank. The corals in the tank seem to like it Sent from my SM-G920T1 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 What size tank.. and what do you want to keep. T5 or led Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephab1993 Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 I like LED Sent from my SM-G920T1 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephab1993 Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 I was going to add a 10inc blue led strip to what I already have Sent from my SM-G920T1 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 This honestly has nothing to do with your tank or lights or water. Traveling and setting up these shows pits a lot of stress on corsls. I'm amazed they mostly survive. They go from a vendor who just packed them in a bucket then moved them and then you take it. The water gets cold , there is different salt, the quality of the water goes down. Your lights didn't do this. Sps can survive in the dark for a day or 2 otherwise we would never be able to ship them. I took some of the donations and just floated the bags in my sunp overnight and one of them was an Oregon blue. It did just fine. That frag you were showing was showing signs of rtn most likely from all the stress of travel (temperature swings , cold water)I wish o had seen this thread earlier. The only chance I have seen to Save them at that point is to cut the dead part off and only then it's still slim. Don't beat yourself up. It sucks when you are taking care of a coral for someone else but even the most expert sps growers have losses particularly with shipping corsls or travel. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephab1993 Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 That's what I figured. That is definitely good information for the future. I'll cut the top off next time. Sent from my SM-G920T1 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Yes that is correct but the lighting he has is not enough for sps.. the loss of this frag was due to stress. With the lighting I would not have purchased a sps.Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Yes that is correct but the lighting he has is not enough for sps.. the loss of this frag was due to stress. With the lighting I would not have purchased a sps. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk I get where you are coming from Frank. My post wasn't directed towards you. You are providing correct information that he needs better lights if he wants to sustain sps. I was just clarifying what most likely happened. By the way everyone, Frank has had one of the nicest sps tanks that I have seen with great color and growth and knows what he is talking about. He is one of the sps masters on here ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 It also wouldn't hurt to send this picture to the vendor you bought the tort from to see if they would refund your money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySaber Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Dont feel bad I have lost quiet a few corals both easy to care for and harder ones. It just happens sometimes... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephab1993 Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 It also wouldn't hurt to send this picture to the vendor you bought the tort from to see if they would refund your money.The vendor was from California. I'm just going to bite the bullet on this one. Gotta learn some lessons the hard way. I'm very fortunate that the rest of the corals I bought from the frag swap are doing well Sent from my SM-G920T1 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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