How are my SPS doing?

[fishy408]

Tank is about 8 months old and started adding SPS frags about 3 weeks ago.

Parameters:
PAR between 240-350 average. Alkalinity 8.3, Calcium 490, Magnesium 1425

Feeding 4 times a days 3 mixed pellet and 1 frozen brine shrimp (half a cube) - having to dose phosphate and nitrate to keep above 0.
Phosphate .01, Nitrate 2

Some of the Acropora are encrusting on the frag plug with polyp extensions while others do not seem to do as well. For flow I have 2x MP40 on either side at 50% Reefcrest mode most of the day.

How do they look?

 

[T-J]

Tank looks pretty sterile for being 8 months old.
Frags look ok. Euphyllia look happy.
PAR levels are good. Maybe some more flow. Calc and Mag are a little high.
I'm curious if they were all fresh cut frags, since the frag plugs are so white.

 

[fishy408]

Tank looks pretty sterile for being 8 months old.
Frags look ok. Euphyllia look happy.
PAR levels are good. Maybe some more flow. Calc and Mag are a little high.
I'm curious if they were all fresh cut frags, since the frag plugs are so white.

A couple of the frags at the beginning of the video were a couple of weeks on the frag while the rest were about 3 weeks. My tank seems to have trouble growing algae, the diatom phase lasted less than a week. I do get green dusting on the glass but not much else growing.

Flow was definitely a concern, thanks for pointing that out. I have am having trouble finding a placement for the blasto if I increase the flow.

 

[Ancient Mariner]

Looks pretty good! Acros look happy. In my experience some acros look good for a few weeks then shut down, some take a few weeks to perk up, and some take off and don’t stop! I can’t predict. For an 8 month old tank you can’t complain but don’t be too complacent! I had significant acropora losses the first year while montis, stylos, and Seriatopora trudged on. After 1.5 years my acros started to consistently survive and do well.

 

[ScottB]

They look pretty good in that 8 month old biome after 3 weeks. Could be touch & go but best of luck.

Yeah, looks a little clean, but green film is a good thing.

 

[J1a]

Keep an eye on the torch coral at the beginning of the video. The tissue looks receeded.

 

[fishy408]

Keep an eye on the torch coral at the beginning of the video. The tissue looks receeded.

This torch was a healing project. It came to me 2/3 dead and has gone through multiple iodine dip and cleaning. I used a dremel tool to cut off the dead skeleton, but couldn't remove all the dead skeleton as some parts were to close to the flesh. I am hoping that it can stay alive.