We do. But we haven't added new coral for a while so they are back to normal settings. Would the lights being 20% higher cause a mass prolonged die-out of one type of coral all in different parts of the tank? I'm just not seeing the reliance? Sorry.
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Not a great photo but you can see that the base is the same when it was thriving. The algea was there the day we got it.We do. But we haven't added new coral for a while so they are back to normal settings. Would the lights being 20% higher cause a mass prolonged die-out of one type of coral all in different parts of the tank? I'm just not seeing the reliance? Sorry.
This or bacterial infection was what I was worried about. Our LFS tested our parameters over a month and nothing changed so they advised it would be okay to add them, but I was worried it may just be too early in tank development. I just wasnt sure since we have 20+ other corals and they're all THRIVING. We're obviously waiting on any acros and Gonis, perhaps we need to wait for Euphyllia too.Not uncommon to lose euphyllia in a 5 month old tank. Still somewhat unstable and biome is still in early development.
Yeah i tried some torches and othery euphyllia early on with poor results but after about 10 months tank started to get more stable and euphyllia started to thrive. One thing I found is torches like light but low moderate flow. Mine are in 250 par with a gentle sway.This or bacterial infection was what I was worried about. Our LFS tested our parameters over a month and nothing changed so they advised it would be okay to add them, but I was worried it may just be too early in tank development. I just wasnt sure since we have 20+ other corals and they're all THRIVING. We're obviously waiting on any acros and Gonis, perhaps we need to wait for Euphyllia too.
It's just weird because our parameters have been completely consistent! We check twice a week and they have never really changed at all. I don't know, we got an ICP test to see if it's maybe a micronutrient causing an issue.Yeah i tried some torches and othery euphyllia early on with poor results but after about 10 months tank started to get more stable and euphyllia started to thrive. One thing I found is torches like light but low moderate flow. Mine are in 250 par with a gentle sway.
Possible so ICP test is good but just give your biome time to mature more. Verify par in different areas of your tank and don't run flow to high for LPS. I have a mixed reef with 38 SPS frags and colonies. 4 big torches, big gonis, etc... my MP40s run at 26% during the day and 20% overnight.It's just weird because our parameters have been completely consistent! We check twice a week and they have never really changed at all. I don't know, we got an ICP test to see if it's maybe a micronutrient causing an issue.
I was thinking bacterial too. I only have one Euphyllia left so have been dipping him in hopes to keep him aliveIm having some weird euphelia stuff going on. Wondering id they have some kind of bacterial infection. Thinking of running a round of chemiclean just to see.
I think you misread, nitrite is at 0. Nitrate is at 10, which we were told was ideal. Could maybe bump up a bit, but it's not far off from the 12 you suggest.Some things I noted. The Nitrate at 0 . That needs to be boosted. My Nitrates were crazy low for a while, largely due to bryopsis . My corals were ok but really happy. Got rid of the excessive growth with flux and my Nitrates are about 12-15 now. Corals much happier. Also torches can be in pretty high flow. I have several reefing friends that have theirs in pretty strong flow and par as high as 300. Mine are in modestly strong flow and par of about 270. You might want to try a round of Cipro as well, esp. if you see any signs of Brown Jelly .The related Fimbriaphyllia (Frogspawn, Hammers) will prefer less par and gentler wavy flow.