ylreefer
Active Member
Hi reefers. So thought I'd put this out there and see if anyone has or had a similar issue.
So I purchased an elegance about 6 weeks ago now. Rather little. About 3.5" across. For the first week it was open beautifully to about 3 times its size.
It since closed up and for the life of me I can't figure out why. It still has all its flesh. Not excreted any brown or white slim. Just looks as it does when the lights go out [emoji848]. Some acans and a lobo have also receded a little.
I've taken the best pic I can so you can see.
So a bit of tank background.
21g nano reef. 5 months old. Dry rock live sand. Seachem matrix media, carbon as needed and gfo as needed.
Had gha for 4 weeks now and started dosing nopox 3 weeks ago roughly at half the stated dose which has since been increased to recommend dose.
Also dosing redsea Ca/alk. Which I have just stopped in fact as the levels have stabalisedd out with the weekly wc.
Live stock: is about 14 small corals. All LPS and 1 sps frag. 2 anthias and 1 dottyback. 1 hermit and 1 snail and a few shrimps.
Maintenance: is weekly 5g wc with instant ocean and manual gha removal. I use full length reef gloves so no hands in tank.
System: Nano skimmer running which is full every 3 days. ATO in use, Jebao sw2 wave maker. Lighting is maxspect r420r single unit set at following.
10am W/5% B/20%
11am W/10 B/70
12-1900 W/10% B/70%
1900-2000 W/5% B/15%
Params:
No3 8-10ppm
Po4 0.25 (working on this with gfo)
PH 8.0 to 8.15 over 24hrs
Temp 26/27
Ca 500
Alk 9.6
Mg 1800 [emoji848]
I've tried the following.
Moved coral to shaded area, reduced flow, direct feeding reef roids, lower and higher lighting, coral dip twice. (all the above were tried for at least 1 week at a time.
So I'm. At a loss and I expected this coral to be gone by now. But he's still here lol. So any suggestions will be much appreciated.
So I purchased an elegance about 6 weeks ago now. Rather little. About 3.5" across. For the first week it was open beautifully to about 3 times its size.
It since closed up and for the life of me I can't figure out why. It still has all its flesh. Not excreted any brown or white slim. Just looks as it does when the lights go out [emoji848]. Some acans and a lobo have also receded a little.
I've taken the best pic I can so you can see.
So a bit of tank background.
21g nano reef. 5 months old. Dry rock live sand. Seachem matrix media, carbon as needed and gfo as needed.
Had gha for 4 weeks now and started dosing nopox 3 weeks ago roughly at half the stated dose which has since been increased to recommend dose.
Also dosing redsea Ca/alk. Which I have just stopped in fact as the levels have stabalisedd out with the weekly wc.
Live stock: is about 14 small corals. All LPS and 1 sps frag. 2 anthias and 1 dottyback. 1 hermit and 1 snail and a few shrimps.
Maintenance: is weekly 5g wc with instant ocean and manual gha removal. I use full length reef gloves so no hands in tank.
System: Nano skimmer running which is full every 3 days. ATO in use, Jebao sw2 wave maker. Lighting is maxspect r420r single unit set at following.
10am W/5% B/20%
11am W/10 B/70
12-1900 W/10% B/70%
1900-2000 W/5% B/15%
Params:
No3 8-10ppm
Po4 0.25 (working on this with gfo)
PH 8.0 to 8.15 over 24hrs
Temp 26/27
Ca 500
Alk 9.6
Mg 1800 [emoji848]
I've tried the following.
Moved coral to shaded area, reduced flow, direct feeding reef roids, lower and higher lighting, coral dip twice. (all the above were tried for at least 1 week at a time.
So I'm. At a loss and I expected this coral to be gone by now. But he's still here lol. So any suggestions will be much appreciated.
