Which LPS specifically? Most fleshy types of LPS won’t get better color by reducing nutrients (granted they are not browned out). At best they will get more translucent.But if we speak about LPS?
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Which LPS specifically? Most fleshy types of LPS won’t get better color by reducing nutrients (granted they are not browned out). At best they will get more translucent.But if we speak about LPS?
Phosphate over 0.9
Nitrates 52
Edit: I feel like I should provide some insight.
It's clear that corals don't mind the elevated nutrients, it seems that the reason for people shouting N and P need to be low, is to keep algae at bay. But I tend to look at a tank with overgrown algae and say, "you don't have an algae problem, you have a herbivore problem" meaning you don't have enough herbivores to keep algae down.
Should you strive for lower nutrients? Depends, if your tank is still new, then you want to monitor and maybe control, but as it matures and you have adequate herbivore population, then why fight it?
It's better to allow your tank to find its natural balance than having to constantly add some chemical to lower/raise a parameter.
That's the billion dollar question most hobbyists wrestle with.Why aren't my corals growing?
Okay! I will do pH test more precisely.That's the billion dollar question most hobbyists wrestle with.
There's a lot more to it than sending in water samples and gaging the results.
I can tell you that the eye opening moment for me was when I turned my attention to pH. My tanks average was well below 8.00. And although I could keep corals alive, I couldn't see much growth.
Now that I maintain ~8.30 24/7, everything turned around.
I'm not saying that's the sole reason for my personal success. There's so much more to it that can't be learned by reading posts, believing marketing and listening to influencers. You have to learn through experience.
Even my oversimplification of "it's pH" can get you in trouble. If someone tells you this is easy, you should squint and tilt your head at everything else they say.