does higher ammonia hurt anemones and corals?

Question

I set up a reef tank and every thing is 0 .... nitrate, nitrite and my ph is fine but my ammonia is like .25 or .50 i want to get my corals and anemones out of my other tank (bubble tip anemones, dough nut coral, galaxie coral, and some mushrooms) Will they be ok if i move them or will it kill them.

And i will be dripping them into my other tank to acclimate them.

Answer 1

It would be better to wait until your other tank is finished cycling. Some soft corals are less sensitive than others, but why take a chance. If you have a decent amount of live rock or live sand in the new tank, it should only be a week or two for the levels to come down.

Or, change the filter media on your present tank, and put the old media into your new tank - this will "seed" some extra bacteria to speed up the cycling process. You could also transfer over some of the substrate. If you don't have any fish or organisms in the new tank yet, turn up the heater to around 85o - this increases the rate at which the bacteria reproduce.

Answer 2

the ammonia at that level shouldn't kill them, but that doesn't mean you should do it yet, be patient (they will slime up to protect themselves)
either wait out the ammonia or use a good bacteria (super-bac, biospira, or fritzime they all will metabolize the ammonia in a day, and the results are permanent and not a chemical reaction 'hiding' ammonia)

you don't need to acclimate corals if the water they are coming from tests in normal ranges -when a coral ships from Vanuatu and spends 50+ hours in a bag marinating in an acidic soup made up of its own waste and slime excretions... by all means acclimate it, take the time and do it right, but from one tank to another it isn't necessary
they have no brain and there is nothing to shock (fish and some other inverts always need the time taken to properly acclimate to a new environment)

Answer 3

you will desire to be large with your clownfish although i does not advise greater effective than 2 of the smaller types in a 24 gal. Anemone are not somewhat a beginner invert yet bubble tip are between the better ones so which you will possibly be ok there. In a 24 you may run into worry protecting coral and the anemone as a results of fact the anemone would sting any coral killing it back, the clams gets to massive to maintain in a 24 gal the two recover from a million'. 24 gal is likewise to small for many starfish. you additionally can run into worry with your anemone eating your cleanser shrimp. try to anemone shrimp particularly. Feather duster could be ok yet make beneficial that's as a good distance faraway from the anemone as achievable.