Help with Leptastrea

rapurcell85

Well-Known Member
View Badges
Joined
Jan 21, 2023
Messages
623
Reaction score
429
Location
Jennings
What state or country do you live in
Louisiana
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Any thoughts on how to make my Leptastrea happy? It's receded back quite a bit, and I'm at a bit if a loss. My parameters have been stable for a while, with everything else except a hammer I accidentally hit with a rock doing very well.
Nitrates 50ppm
Ca 430ppm
Mg 1350ppm
Alk 8.6
pH 8.0
PO4 1ppm
Salinity 35ppt
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

20230618_205016.jpg 20230618_204957.jpg
 
I’d start with getting nitrates down between 0-10ppm. With nitrates that high, the phosphates are likely higher than you think unless you’re running some GFO. Phosphate is usually 0.01x that of Nitrates level, so if NO3 is 50ppm, PO4 maybe as high as 0.5ppm. I found another post that said phosphates above 0.1-0.2ppm will cause leptastrea to close.
 

WHAT’S USUALLY THE FIRST CLUE THAT SOMETHING IS OFF IN YOUR REEF?

  • A fish’s behavior or appetite changes

    Votes: 10 15.9%
  • A coral looks different or stops opening normally

    Votes: 40 63.5%
  • Water clarity or surface appearance changes

    Votes: 9 14.3%
  • Equipment sounds or flow seem different

    Votes: 7 11.1%
  • A test result catches my attention

    Votes: 14 22.2%
  • Algae or other growth starts changing

    Votes: 14 22.2%
  • I usually notice when the problem is already obvious

    Votes: 3 4.8%
  • It depends on what’s going on

    Votes: 11 17.5%
  • Other (Post in the comments)

    Votes: 1 1.6%
Back
Top
Home
Post thread…
Market
What's new