Instant Ocean Reef Crystals crashed my Tank!

[Skim]

Well its interesting, I was just down looking at the tank and to give a small feeding, and you know on the lower part of the Gorgonian there is 2 polyps sticking out. I have not seen polyps on it for a long time and this was before I fed. I also noticed just more activity in general Hermits seem to be out and about and the Cleaner shrimp is out roaming not just sitting under rock ledge. Anyhow your right it may just be a fluke but that's what I have seen so far. I am going to do another water change and post if anything changes but definitely 2 polyps showed up on a coral I thought was toast.

All the best.

Mike

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Skim

Well its interesting, I was just down looking at the tank and to give a small feeding, and you know on the lower part of the Gorgonian there is 2 polyps sticking out. I have not seen polyps on it for a long time and this was before I fed. I also noticed just more activity in general Hermits seem to be out and about and the Cleaner shrimp is out roaming not just sitting under rock ledge. Anyhow your right it may just be a fluke but that's what I have seen so far. I am going to do another water change and post if anything changes but definitely 2 polyps showed up on a coral I thought was toast.

All the best.

Mike

still though i wouldnt put any longterm hopes into that coral as mentioned it is NPS so unless your directly feeding it foods , and preferably live its only a matter of when.

when it comes to NPS gorgs just about anything can strike a feeding response including hands in the water , water changes , stirring sand, changing socks , feeding foods etc.

no salt on the market has what it needs in the way of nutrition

[Skim]

Yes I understand, but the post was about the salt and I am just posting what I am seeing when I changed to another salt and so far this what I have noticed compared to when I used RC. The other thing I have not mentioned because I don't want to stir the crap if it is nothing, is that the shop I got the Salt from had more fish and coral lose then he had in the past and all he uses in the shop is RC for fish and coral. Now he at the time said its shipping stress but I wonder now as he lost 4 very expensive Angles and he said that he had never had this happened before to lose all 4 maybe 1 but all 4 was a first for him.
I will be going to see him soon as I need some Frozen Food and see if things have changed for him.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Skim

Yes I understand, but the post was about the salt and I am just posting what I am seeing when I changed to another salt and so far this what I have noticed compared to when I used RC. The other thing I have not mentioned because I don't want to stir the crap if it is nothing, is that the shop I got the Salt from had more fish and coral lose then he had in the past and all he uses in the shop is RC for fish and coral. Now he at the time said its shipping stress but I wonder now as he lost 4 very expensive Angles and he said that he had never had this happened before to lose all 4 maybe 1 but all 4 was a first for him.
I will be going to see him soon as I need some Frozen Food and see if things have changed for him.

you could have bad salt im saying you dont , i even posted it was a possibility for the op....but in regards to your gorg...which is the only thing im talking about at the moment ...bad salt or good...it was destined to die

as for the lfs....yup he could have bad salt too , i hear its going around as we speak :P