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    Posted: December 16 2007 at 10:18am
I moved my new 100 gallon reef tank yesterday and it went great. I woke up this morning and I have a few rocks that are turning black. some of my leather corals look like they just blew their noses and there is snot all over them.
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check your water parameters. if something is off i would do a water change. it is probably cycling. did you have a lot of sand you moved?
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A pic and some water parameters would help.  First I'd do a water change with some RO water.
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The black color is probably due to dying sponges.   And if that is the case, your ammonia and nitrite levels are elevated.
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I am working on a picture... my Nitrite is 0, Nitrate 20 PH 8.0, alkalinity is 300+....I haven't tested my calcium yet. Temp is 80-82...
 
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We moved the whole setup... I rinsed the sand before I put it back into the tank. The rocks that are turning black have mushrooms on them and they are fine...  Confused
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what about ammonia?

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I don't have any tester kits for ammonia... my bad I thought I did but it only does Freshwater..
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Here is a picture.
 
 
 
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try to do a decent water change on it. your corals are looking ok but a water change will help
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Originally posted by cl2ysta1 cl2ysta1 wrote:

try to do a decent water change on it. your corals are looking ok but a water change will help
Okay... thanks!
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