My Elegance and open brain doesn't look good

[FlynnFish]

first of all, all your tank parameters are to high. heres a list of the ranges that they should fall into.

nitrates should be as low as possible
alkalinity should be between 9 and 12dkh
calcium should be between 400 and 450
phosphates should be around .03 to .1 too much phos. in the water is a problem and too little also allows the nitrates to spike
temp should be between 76 and 79 anything over 80 corals start to close up and turn brown.
ammonia levels you want at zero with that elegance.

coral beauties are beautiful fish but they are known to nip at sps and lps. this fish might also be an issue.

what type of lighting to do you have? this can also play a big roll.

also just a small note, the elegance is happiest when the skeleton is burried the the gravel up to the tissue layer.

hope everything turns for the better after a couple large water changes.
keep us updated

[Airplanes]

agree with everyone else about the prams, One thing I did notice it looks as if there is a powerhead directly on the elegance, and they require low flow.. good luck and keep an eye on that coral beauty, they are known nippers, and what test kit did you get? Are you using ro/di water?

[ReeferRob]

The other side of the sword......if you strip your tank of high nitrates and phosphates can have adverse side effects. So do it slowly over time. If your using phosphate pads etc. be sure to remove them after a few days as they can leach right back into the water column.
I would recommend a series of small water changes over a few days rather than large water changes over a short period of time.
I would also watch the Coral Beauty closely, and maybe check the tank 2 hours after lights out with a red flash light to see if there are any irritants or pests.

[JMALACHI]

first of all, all your tank parameters are to high. heres a list of the ranges that they should fall into.

nitrates should be as low as possible
alkalinity should be between 9 and 12dkh
calcium should be between 400 and 450
phosphates should be around .03 to .1 too much phos. in the water is a problem and too little also allows the nitrates to spike
temp should be between 76 and 79 anything over 80 corals start to close up and turn brown.
ammonia levels you want at zero with that elegance.

coral beauties are beautiful fish but they are known to nip at sps and lps. this fish might also be an issue.

what type of lighting to do you have? this can also play a big roll.

also just a small note, the elegance is happiest when the skeleton is burried the the gravel up to the tissue layer.

hope everything turns for the better after a couple large water changes.
keep us updated

Thanks for the info. I have two solarmax h.o. and since I've had the coral beauty, it hasn't nipped at anything, thank God but I still keep an eye out on him especially after the lights are out just to see what's going on when the lights are out.

[JMALACHI]

agree with everyone else about the prams, One thing I did notice it looks as if there is a powerhead directly on the elegance, and they require low flow.. good luck and keep an eye on that coral beauty, they are known nippers, and what test kit did you get? Are you using ro/di water?

Yea, that part of the tank is my low flow area even with the koralia above there. Its the way I have it positioned and the way the other powerheads react against it's flow. Thanks for the info though.

I don't have an ro/di and have used treated tap water for the past few months but for the past 2 weeks, i've used store bought drinking/distilled water to do my changes to start mixing out the tap water.

I understand that tap is not great for tanks but I treated it and that's what I did for a while. I'm working on getting an ro/di but in the meantime I'm just working with the bought water.

[JMALACHI]

The other side of the sword......if you strip your tank of high nitrates and phosphates can have adverse side effects. So do it slowly over time. If your using phosphate pads etc. be sure to remove them after a few days as they can leach right back into the water column.
I would recommend a series of small water changes over a few days rather than large water changes over a short period of time.
I would also watch the Coral Beauty closely, and maybe check the tank 2 hours after lights out with a red flash light to see if there are any irritants or pests.

Thanks for the info. I've done one big water change but besides that it's been just small water changes. I did have my spiny oyster die a few days ago and couple snails that were dead so I'm guessing that they were affecting the water. Although i seem to catch them before they started to rot in the tank so I'm not sure if they were the cause.

I did have a tank crash in the beginning and I found a few rotting snails in the back of the tank so now I'm always checking my snails and if they start to act funny or don't stick to anything, I watch them for a few hours and if no change, I toss them just to be safe.

The coral beauty has been good since we've got it but I still watch it just in case of anything. Thanks again for all the help.