Help my corals will not open up?

[mrbarbour]

I have had my corals for about two and a half weeks now, an they have not opened up but my mushrooms are doin fine. I have a 90 gallon oceanic rr tank with 2 over flows, 2 return with double snake heads, model 7 magnetic drive pump. 100 in sump protein skimmer, a aqualight coral t5 dual lamp high out put. Also I have a 25 gallon proflex 4 sump with 4 filter socks an refugium with live rock an live sand a macro alge an plenty of live rock an 2 half inch sand bed in the tank. I have had my water tested at two diff pet shops an my water is on point. I just dont know why my corals will not open up an why my water isnt 100 percent clear. I only have one small lion in the whole tank.

 

[spiderman097]

Types of coral?

 

[dawgface]

List your parameters?

How long has the tank been setup?

 

[lilrobb]

90gal with 2 T5s, they might not be seeing enough light

 

[rolo65]

LilRobb;629287 wrote: 90gal with 2 T5s, they might not be seeing enough light

id have to agree there....for a 90 id say a 6 bulb T5 fixture would be much better....you could get by with softies and LPS corals with a 4 bulb...but if ya wanna have any SPS then ya would need more light

 

[mrbarbour]

They are soft corals the tank been running about two months now!

 

[ralph atl]

please post ALL your parems......pics would greatly be apprecaited, also. Do you have a lot of algae?
PH:
ALK:
Salinity:
Trates:
Phates:
equipment:
dosing:
GFO?:
Carbon:
water changes?
etc

 

[mrbarbour]

okay pics will be posted tomorrow an no I do not really any alge just on one of my live rocks.

 

[dawgface]

If your interested I will be selling an Aquaticlife 6 bulb t-5 fixture just as soon as I can get my new setup running.

$300.00, I've only had it a month.

 

[jennm]

Temperature also, please.

Jenn

 

[mrbarbour]

Okay well im getting a Aquaticlife 6 bulb t-5 fixture to try for a couple of weeks from a friend of mind to see if this is the issue. Also what would be the reason my water isnt 100 percent clear?

 

[jennm]

Without knowing what your parameters are, nobody can even hazard a guess at the answer to your questions.

Every solution to every problem, begins with the tank's current parameters. If nothing else, it can rule the parameters in or out as a possible cause.

Cloudy water could be anything from a bacterial bloom to a powerhead blowing sand, to bubbles caused by a skimmer or other device... or a variety of other possible causes.

Jenn