Tank info and parameters :
32 gallon biocube with stock lighting, and 55 gallon both piped to a common 20 gallon sump with macro algae and a deep sand bed in the refugium. Reef octopus 120 protein skimmer & 18w uv sterilizer.
Salinity 1.025, I use Tropic Marin pro reef salt
Nitrate 0 (api test strip)
Ph 8.0 (api test strip)
Magnesium 1350(salifert)
Phosphate .1 (Hanna ulr)
Calcium 410 (salifert)
Alkalinity 7.6 (salifert)
Temp 78
Here's my question : I've had these bam bam corals for about a year and they've been in the same spot and always thriving and growing. I haven't changed my lighting schedule and the water parameters are always quite stable. The last few weeks I've noticed that they have lost some of the vibrance in their color, aren't extending as much, and are curling back a bit compared to what they used to do. I've always had some asterina starfish in the tank and I finally ordered a harlequin shrimp today to take care of them because I found some on my zoas. Between the two tanks I have several soft corals, lps, and sps and this is the only one that doesn't look as good as it used to besides one zoa colony that lost a few polyps I picked the starfish off of. I was just looking for some opinions as to why this may be, I was thinking the asterinas but they have always been there so I'm really not sure. The cleaner shrimp has been trampling them since day one so I don't think he's the cause either. They may not look bad in the pic but they don't look like they did
32 gallon biocube with stock lighting, and 55 gallon both piped to a common 20 gallon sump with macro algae and a deep sand bed in the refugium. Reef octopus 120 protein skimmer & 18w uv sterilizer.
Salinity 1.025, I use Tropic Marin pro reef salt
Nitrate 0 (api test strip)
Ph 8.0 (api test strip)
Magnesium 1350(salifert)
Phosphate .1 (Hanna ulr)
Calcium 410 (salifert)
Alkalinity 7.6 (salifert)
Temp 78
Here's my question : I've had these bam bam corals for about a year and they've been in the same spot and always thriving and growing. I haven't changed my lighting schedule and the water parameters are always quite stable. The last few weeks I've noticed that they have lost some of the vibrance in their color, aren't extending as much, and are curling back a bit compared to what they used to do. I've always had some asterina starfish in the tank and I finally ordered a harlequin shrimp today to take care of them because I found some on my zoas. Between the two tanks I have several soft corals, lps, and sps and this is the only one that doesn't look as good as it used to besides one zoa colony that lost a few polyps I picked the starfish off of. I was just looking for some opinions as to why this may be, I was thinking the asterinas but they have always been there so I'm really not sure. The cleaner shrimp has been trampling them since day one so I don't think he's the cause either. They may not look bad in the pic but they don't look like they did