Sad news...

[Sushiboy]

So i did my upgrage from a 55gal to a 110 gal and buuum...!!! Most of the hard coral died... it sucks so bad... i wanna cry...

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[Darkness]

I’m truly sad to read that. Do you have a clue as too how or why that happened? What did you do differently? That’s a very hard lesson to learn (no pun intended)

[Sushiboy]

Thanks for the reply... well i added like 50lbs of sand if not more and mix it with mine from the smaller tank and i thought it was gonna b fine cuz of all the live rock and the sand but i guess all the debree raised my nitrates and there goes snowball...

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[cboltsd]

This is definitely a humbling hobby. Sorry Eddie, you'll be back in action in no time though. I got a few frags for you.

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[Sushiboy]

Yea definetly do it better nex time... i wont b desperate and cycle before... but thanks Clint i apreciate very much...

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[dizzyjay]

Sorry to hear it- was it definitely a nitrate spike? Wondering bc you doubled your water capacity & curious if it was pinned down to nitrates or something different (ie an alk spike); a cautionary tale nonetheless. I have some sps frags I’m happy to donate to your reboot once its stability returns.

[Sushiboy]

Thanks Jay... well to be honest, not sure... when i added all my sand from the smaller tank it got like wooow clowdy... like i cant see any thing anf from all my fish one died and when all the clowdiness wen away all my fish was breading heavy... like 80% of the water was scripps and only prepped like 25gal of coral pro... at the same time i added a media bag with phosgard and carbon... corals stars diying after 4 days, then on the 5th day i notice a big diatom bloom and the corals dead... my guess high nutrients but that was just my guess...

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[dizzyjay]

Ok yeah sux but that makes sense- it sounds like it wasn’t the new sand/rock as much as stirring up the old. What I’ve done in the past when upgrading is only put enough of the old sand to seed new sand & rinse the rest (or start fresh w/ live sand) that coupled with a bacteria additive (microbacter7)

[OCDreef]

Just curious, what was the Alk before the transfer? Were you dosing two part? Scripps can be low in the calcifying elements and it could've caused a downward spike as Dj's earlier comment suggested. Alk spikes can kill stony corals faster than nutrients even though both are factors to be sure. But maybe you're on the right track with the nutrients. All the clues seem to be there. Good luck getting everything back up to speed again as I'm sure it will be in no time.