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Thanks for the input, everyone. Sounds like I might need to rethink the tank size or start with easier corals first.

Thinking about setting up a 10-gallon nano tank for SPS corals. Anyone have experience with this? Worried about stability in such a small volume.

Bigfish, I feel your frustration. Plants can be finicky. Have you checked the temperature? Some plants prefer it a bit warmer. Also, if you've got any fish that like to nibble, they might be messing with the roots. Just a thought.

florapine wrote: ↑Wed May 28, 2025 3:04 pm Thanks for the tips. Cut the bad bits and dipped like Kalixar said. Alk was steady at 8.1 for weeks, but I'll test twice daily now. Gonna reduce lights too.

Glad you're on it. Keep us posted. Sometimes corals just need time to bounce back.

Sorry to hear about your Acropora. I've found that reducing light intensity by 20% for a few days helps stressed corals. Also, double-check your salinity with a calibrated refractometer. Small things add up.

I recently got a 3 head candy cane coral frag on February 23. It's now grown to 8 heads.

He could've choked if the food got stuck, putting pressure on the gill rakers from inside the throat, making it hard for the fish to take in oxygen due to reduced surface area in the gills. It's like, if the fish can't *cough* out the food, it's a goner.