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Feed more. If you start seeing algae pop up on your rocks or back glass, feed less. Not even kidding. And sps tank is like an engine, it needs water, fuel and mechanical bits to work as intended. Remove any of those and it stops.
Ask these questions:
Is my water quality good and stable?
Parameters are pretty good, but stability would be my concern, which gets into maintenance procedures.
Is there enough available aminos/lipids/whatever in the water for my coral to grab? (nitrates aren’t technically food, but are considered somewhat indicative of there being useable food in the water) This is why most successful systems are high import/high export. They feed like crazy.
Are my pumps causing the sps polyps to visibly move (extremely important)/ Is my lighting intense enough (probably yes on this one)? I would mainly be concerned with flow as IMO, lighting is really far down on the list of necessities. I’ve grown acros under cheapy finnex leds in one tank and four bulb t5ho fixtures in another, which many people would think impossible. Required PAR levels are over exaggerated
Ask these questions:
Is my water quality good and stable?
Parameters are pretty good, but stability would be my concern, which gets into maintenance procedures.
Is there enough available aminos/lipids/whatever in the water for my coral to grab? (nitrates aren’t technically food, but are considered somewhat indicative of there being useable food in the water) This is why most successful systems are high import/high export. They feed like crazy.
Are my pumps causing the sps polyps to visibly move (extremely important)/ Is my lighting intense enough (probably yes on this one)? I would mainly be concerned with flow as IMO, lighting is really far down on the list of necessities. I’ve grown acros under cheapy finnex leds in one tank and four bulb t5ho fixtures in another, which many people would think impossible. Required PAR levels are over exaggerated