Enough light for montipora growth

[Esquire805]

So I've had sb lights ramping gor almost a year my corals are popping but growth seems slow. I had a phosphate problem but fixed it with gfo ane phosguard. Are my lights to low should I put more blue or white.
I know my calcium is 460 my alk is 9.9
Mag 1300. Also have macro algae growing in sump which is growing total volume of water is 60 gallons. What should I change if anything
Lights go off at 21.00

 

[BestMomEver]

Red Sea Colors worked for me!

 

[Esquire805]

Red Sea Colors worked for me!

With the growth

 

[Backreefing]

Alkalinity at 9.9 and useing GFO ?
I would bet on problems. What are phosphate and nitrates at ?
It your haveing growth problems that’s where I would look . Good luck and good reefing

 

[Esquire805]

Alkalinity at 9.9 and useing GFO ?
I would bet on problems. What are phosphate and nitrates at ?
It your haveing growth problems that’s where I would look . Good luck and good reefing

What's wrong with what I'm doing

 

[DesertReefT4r]

Wirh higher alk you want a little higher nutrients or no3 and po4. If po4 gets stripped you can count on burnt sps.

 

[Backreefing]

High alkalinity is surprisingly common for young tanks . It can be salt mix , often water changes , what ever . Happened to me .
One of the things to watch for is nutrients getting stripped from the water ( gfo , phosguard. ) I would be nervous with alkalinity at 9.9 . It should be 7-9 , 9 max .
But if you’re getting alge then you maybe fine . Nitrate and phosphate at 0 is trouble.
Here is a pic I got from R2R with alk, mag, and calcium by brand . Change salt mix accordingly.

 

[Bouncingsoul39]

Keep incrementally bumping up the blue intensity forget about Alk or nutrients neither are limiting growth per your question.

 

[Esquire805]

High alkalinity is surprisingly common for young tanks . It can be salt mix , often water changes , what ever . Happened to me .
One of the things to watch for is nutrients getting stripped from the water ( gfo , phosguard. ) I would be nervous with alkalinity at 9.9 . It should be 7-9 , 9 max .
But if you’re getting alge then you maybe fine . Nitrate and phosphate at 0 is trouble.
Here is a pic I got from R2R with alk, mag, and calcium by brand . Change salt mix accordingly.

My tank is about 5 years old I was thinking phosphate was locked in rock or sand as I been using gfo mu corals pop now. I limited the amount of gfo ane I have lots of macro i dont Carr about nitrates because macroalgae needs it.

 

[Esquire805]

Keep incrementally bumping up the blue intensity forget about Alk or nutrients neither are limiting growth per your question.

Yes I changed my ramping up a bit

 

[jda]

I do not use LED and I have no idea how to read. You will need about 10 hours at 200 PAR to make Montipora take off. They can thrive with much more than this, but this is a minimum. Any chance that you have access to a PAR meter?

The phosphate was bound in the rock and sand - this is why it took a while to lower it since the rock/sand acts like a reservoir.

 

[Esquire805]

I do not use LED and I have no idea how to read. You will need about 10 hours at 200 PAR to make Montipora take off. They can thrive with much more than this, but this is a minimum. Any chance that you have access to a PAR meter?

The phosphate was bound in the rock and sand - this is why it took a while to lower it since the rock/sand acts like a reservoir.

Blue white moonlight are the numbers in each bracket. The color is great now it just seems to not grow well I ramped the lights up now I hope it works

 

[HB AL]

I’d listen to jda. My 2 cents, lower your alk say around 7 to 8, then blast them with light.

 

[Esquire805]

I’d listen to jda. My 2 cents, lower your alk say around 7 to 8, then blast them with light.

Got it will try that