Cup Coral Strings

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TiberianSun

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We are new to this and noticed today some white strings coming from our Cup Coral and Lobo Brain Coral. Today we did a water change, made sure the salinity level is within parameters.

Also we did a Red Slime treatment which caused problems with the skimmer and micro bubbles but we thing we have that under control now. I did a google search and believe this is normal when they get distressed but when our LFS comes and does water changes the corals don't do this.

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It is fine but did you match water temp and make sure salt was mixed all the way? How long did you mix salt before putting it in?
 
Hi Burbarry - we used room temp water so the temp should have been very close. The salt was 1/2cup per 5 gallons of RO water; mixed with water rotation from a power hose from the RO tank and from a 1/3HP pump that I use to bring the water from the basement to the tank via 30ft of hose.
 
@TiberianSun wrote:
Hi Burbarry - we used room temp water so the temp should have been very close. The salt was 1/2cup per 5 gallons of RO water; mixed with water rotation from a power hose from the RO tank and from a 1/3HP pump that I use to bring the water from the basement to the tank via 30ft of hose. said:
1/2 cup per 5g is not right I think. It should be 1/2 per 1g... You might double check.
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@FiberglassMonkey wrote:
[I]@TiberianSun wrote:[/I][quote="Hi Burbarry - we used room temp water so the temp should have been very close. The salt was 1/2cup per 5 gallons of RO water; mixed with water rotation from a power hose from the RO tank and from a 1/3HP pump that I use to bring the water from the basement to the tank via 30ft of hose. said:
1/2 cup per 5g is not right I think. It should be 1/2 per 1g... You might double check."]

+1. Don't know of any salt mix that is 1/2 to 5.
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My typo. 1/2 cup to 1 gallon. We use Instant Ocean. We mix it in a 5 gallon bucket which is where my mental break down happened!
 
Yep. We use RO water through a 5 stage system. We let it mix in the bucket for about 3 minutes before pumping it to the tank. To mix it I use a kitchen stirring spoon, a submersible pump that swirls the water in the bucket, and a submersible pump that pumps it to the tank. The tank is doing great now but I still have some micro bubbles that I need to address through the sump.
 
I would mix a lot longer than 3 minutes. I'd have to go look at my bucket but I think a minimum of 2 hours is recommended.
 
also switch to reef crystals or something like that also mix your salt at 1.025

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@SushiGirl wrote:
I would mix a lot longer than 3 minutes. I'd have to go look at my bucket but I think a minimum of 2 hours is recommended. said:
+1. I mix 25 gallons at a time and mix it for 36-48 hours with a heater running in it the whole time. I for 5 gallons I probably wouldn't use the heater because the pump will probably heat up the water as it circulates. But I would let it mix for at least 24hrs.
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@FuDz Cwerner wrote:
[I]@SushiGirl wrote:[/I][quote="I would mix a lot longer than 3 minutes. I'd have to go look at my bucket but I think a minimum of 2 hours is recommended. said:
+1. I mix 25 gallons at a time and mix it for 36-48 hours with a heater running in it the whole time. I for 5 gallons I probably wouldn't use the heater because the pump will probably heat up the water as it circulates. But I would let it mix for at least 24hrs."]

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