New to SaltWater. Pictures inside Need help with these corals and thoughts!

[Wister06]

Finally got Pictures inside Need help with these corals and thoughts!

Hello Veteran reefers,

I'm not a complete rookie when it comes to salt water but I know i don't know it all! That being said I just purchased an established aquarium from a guy on craiglist (39g CadLights Signature Series all in one(nano) ). I now have the tank home and the livestock transported safely(What a nervous wreck i was). I'm not setting the tank right back up because I'm cleaning it and doing some small modifications to the built in wet/dry/refuge as well as changing the return line. Any way to the real meat of this thread I'm a complete noob when it comes to corals heres what i have an i would love some input as how to care for them.

The live stock is in a 55g tank with the water from the established tank, heater, metal halide light and 2 circulation pumps for time being(hoping to have everything set back up by the end of the week)

Photos should be attached Please help i don't want any unhappy corals

Thanks Pat

 

[Wister06]

i cant figure out this image upload thing!!!:-(

 

[KathyC]

Quick question..were these corals under a Metal Halide in the prior tank?
If not, what kind of light were they under?
You might need to add some window screen to the top of the tank so you don't shock them with light.

Also with all of the changes, put something on the tank to cover the top if you have fish in there.

 

[KathyC]

i cant figure out this image upload thing!!!:-(

Where are you trying to upload the pics from?

 

[Wister06]

This light is the original light from the tank.. So the water/light are the same from there original tank..

Any Help with uploading images??? i cant get any into my photo gallery

 

[Wister06]

The birds nest has a small black area on it any guesses as to what it could be?

 

[Cu455]

Do a bunch of water changes. If you cleaned the wet dry and kept all the same live stock your tank is going to cycle.

 

[Cu455]

They also might just need some time to adjust.

 

[Wister06]

cu455 i'm going to do a water change tomarrow. i have the ro/di unit running now. i also wanted to say that im sterilizing the protein skimmer because it was neglected pump was not performing. ive read that the protein skimmer is very important for water quality

 

[REEFSTA]

first tip is
half the people on this site that are going to give you info and they have no idea what there doing them self well at least they think they do

second is
stability is everything
keep your water parameters the same you will have no problems

third
get ready to spend a ton of cash

 

[Wister06]

Parameters are a big thing. What's your suggestions for best ways to test parameters an the most important ones???

 

[Wister06]

Any input as to test kits for parameters?

 

[debbythefowler]

Red Sea (i think) for Nitrates, Alk, CA, Mg - Elos for duplicates and PH - and I'm adding an apex with PH and Temp to my system. I love the Red Sea tests - they are a bit cumbersome when you first use them but once you get the hang of it, they are easy and quite precise.

 

[Wister06]

Thanks for a response Debby. I've been doing some research myself an I think im going to invest in the apex system as well. But until then i will try to get my hands on the test kits you mentioned hopefully my LFS carries them or i will be waiting for them to be shipped