Acropora Millepora Help

[Pippz]

I have bought to acros millepora and the first day there was alot of extension , now its seems day after day they start to extend les and less.
My paramaters are as follow :

Alk 8.4
Calc : 410
Mag : 1400
Phosphate : Not Detectable on curent kit
Nitrates 2.

Using a AI prime hd On ab+ Setting;

I run UV 24/7 and use carbon and phosgaurd in a mini reactor and dose 1 ml nopox dayly
Any idea what may be the cause or is it just adjusting to new tank.

 

[WIReefer]

I would suggest getting a Hanna tester for PO4 and getting that number up! How long has tank been up for?

 

[CCauthers]

How much flow are they getting?

 

[dwest]

I would stop nopox and phosguard.

 

[Pippz]

How much flow are they getting?

have a max spec gyre and a ow 10 running int the tank , they getting plenty of flow , first they day they did 100 % on my flow settings. i stopped dosing nopox for 3 days and it went from 0.2 to 2 so keeping my dosage like thios for now . .5 ml. its only a 100 litre tank

 

[Pippz]

I would stop nopox and phosguard.

i removed my carbon and pgosgaurd for the moment today , gonna keep it like that for a month and see what happens , alot of ppl say dont run carbon it seems for some reason

 

[dwest]

i removed my carbon and pgosgaurd for the moment today , gonna keep it like that for a month and see what happens , alot of ppl say dont run carbon it seems for some reason

Yes, there seems to be lots of personal pros and cons of using carbon. I run carbon and have for 25 years. I use small amounts passively in a bag in the sump. The phosguard can remove phosphates to dangerously low levels. I think your month trial is a good idea.

 

[Pippz]

Yes, there seems to be lots of personal pros and cons of using carbon. I run carbon and have for 25 years. I use small amounts passively in a bag in the sump. The phosguard can remove phosphates to dangerously low levels. I think your month trial is a good idea.

do you run it in high flow area or just random in corner in the sump ?

 

[dwest]

I use ROX from BRS, half the BRS recommended amount, in a bag replaced every 2 weeks. It floats around my sump but typically in a relative high flow area.