Coral problem/ yellow polyps dying???

[chamguy]

I'm not sure where to post this but,

I have a small colony of yellow polyps. Started out with about 30 when I first got them. They seemed "ok" for the first 2 weeks then they started to die. I since moved them up the the top of the tank where it has slowed down a bit, but I am still loseing them. I'm down to about 12

My tank- 20 gallons

1.025 salinity
8.3 ph
ammonia, nitrites 0
nitrates 10
phosphates 0
calcium 450
Lighting- T5 HO 10,000k
I've heard that they grow fast and are invasive, but mine are only going down hill. I feed them ( spot feed) Kent marine zooplankton. They also will take fish flakes


Thanks

 

[Flapenn]

sorry to hear, i used to keep corals for a while. Sounds like you have mostly everything in check. One thing that really helped me to get my corals to grow was to do frequent water changes with a good mix. I used to swear by this brand salt
http://www.marinedepot.com/D_D_H2Oc...quarium_Water-D_D_H2Ocean-DD2211-FISM-vi.html

heres a pic of one of my old ones

 

[chamguy]

Cool looking polyp!

Yea, They seem to be going up and down, but not really reproduceing. I am considering moving them agian, but I'm just not sure right now.

The base right below the head gets thinner and thinner until they shrivel up and fall off.

 

[Flapenn]

Are you a member on reefcentral.com

they have a lot of good info, only thing is the mods over there are kinda....strict i guess you could say. Anyways im banned from them for linking another forum that had info someone needed Im sure someone over there could help you more though. Good Luck

 

[chamguy]

II'll see I am a member of reefcenteral, but what I see is alot of the reef forums I am a member of, the members like to "gather around" the experts and don't seem to have any interest in helping newbs...........thats what I like about chameleonsforums, they don't do that.