Can’t keep hard corals

[Mani]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Do you know the names of the corals you've been unsuccessful with?
What did you see when they died?
What kind of lighting do you have?
Did you test the water the corals came from?

It may or may not matter but what is your Mag @?

API kits can be unreliable when trying to get exact and consistent readings.
Consider Salifert or Red Sea, with a Hanna ULR for PO4

I had hammer coral, torch, frog spawn
They slowly start dying within a week or so. Never checked Mag.
Went to JL on the weekend and they recommended that I get John from JL to pay a visit and see what

[dino]

if your planning on keeping sps then having proper test kits and really knowing your water is the place to start. after you get a good feel for that and dosing needed etc then its the time to try hard corals.

[dino]

oops didn't see the other post sorry. looks like you have your own kits

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Mani

Went to JL on the weekend and they recommended that I get John from JL to pay a visit and see what

Sounds like a good plan

[rustybee]

Temp is a tad high. Try in the 76-78 range. Could be copper in the water too.

[H2o2]

Check to make sure no electricity leaking in pump, heater or bad magnet mp 40 anything

[rustybee]

How high are you placing the mushrooms and LPS? With those Hydras they should be near the bottom of the tank too.