with the amount of times I hurt myself at work, probably not very long "just to see" :face-with-tears-of-joy:i know they're super pretty... I'm wondering how long you can resist not dripping your own blood into the tank to watch them go into a frenzy...
Sounds like your nutrients are too low. All of the corals you mentioned prefer higher nutes, IME.I just don't get it. Strats are growing ridiculous, chalices are happy and puffy, Birdsnest is branching everywhere, BTA is HUGE, Digis are exploding with growth, Monti Cap is morphing and growing sticks and plating out at the same time, green Blastos are happy and growing, Green Goblin Anacropora is growing a TON but so weird growth, and then Alveopora is dying, Acans are shrinking, and Dragon Soul Favia and Reverse Prism Favia are fading/shrinking.
And yes, dirty glass.
My nitrates are on the low side so I have been dosing Ammonium off and on. We're at 14. Phosphates are flashing so I'm trying to bring them down some.
Your trates are about spot on for a healthy system. It would be the PO4, but I would expect your sticks to be grumpy.
Can't help with the alveopora, except to try moving it around until it is happier. The others perhaps move around and try direct feeding?I just don't get it. Strats are growing ridiculous, chalices are happy and puffy, Birdsnest is branching everywhere, BTA is HUGE, Digis are exploding with growth, Monti Cap is morphing and growing sticks and plating out at the same time, green Blastos are happy and growing, Green Goblin Anacropora is growing a TON but so weird growth, and then Alveopora is dying, Acans are shrinking, and Dragon Soul Favia and Reverse Prism Favia are fading/shrinking.
And yes, dirty glass.
If it were me, I would do a significant WC, yank the gyres, and then run Purigen (or carbon if no access) and cuprisorb.
Well, my Pink Cadillac is grumpy. Lost 1 frag, a second frag started slow STN on the side - not base or not tips, third frag is kinda losing color.
I was considering feeding them today for sure. I've got Roids, Coral Cane, Reef Candy, Reef Jerky, and some Coral Fusion. Plus I've got frozen Mysids and fresh Phyto.
Likely your phosphates, but I would still enact a heavy metals response in tandem, just in case the gyres are leeching something funky.
I've got powerheads, I just added the IceCap and loved it, then I got a pair of used Maxspect so I added one of them. It was after the Maxspect that the Dragon Soul started fading out.
Well fine then!
Zeo wouldn't be appropriate here. Like you said- it'll ultimately crash your NO3, and then you open yourself up to dinos and cyano. You'll be playing whack-a-mole.
