How do you guys think my strawberry shortcake acro is doing

[Damian reef boi]

How do you guys think my strawberry shortcake acro is doing?
I think it's a little brown but I am about to add t5s and I currently have 2 ai primes one is hd 16

 

[Damian reef boi]

 

[Damian reef boi]

That's when I baerly got it

 

[Damian reef boi]

this is now

 

[Gareth elliott]

How long ago was it added? Most acros take a bit to fully color up. What percentages are you running the primes, their height and tank foot print?

 

[Damian reef boi]

And this

 

[Damian reef boi]

Like a week ago and it's as high as I could put it with allot of flow

 

[Damian reef boi]

And the primes are maxed out at blue

 

[Gareth elliott]

What is no3 and po4 and alk?
And when was the tank setup?

 

[10001110101]

Looks good to me, honestly with acros the color is basically guaranteed to change somewhat once it gets in your tank, don't get too hung up on coloration as long as it's not bleaching.

look for signs of growth and good polyp extension, color will likely enhance once it gets acclimated to your tank which is usually at least a few weeks and more often a couple months or so, if it's growing and the polyps are out then good coloration will follow. Also newly cut frags often have different coloration than a more mature grown out colony does, this is annoying at first but is one of the things i think a lot of us love about acroporas. if acropora had a motto it would be "enjoy the journey, not the destination"

 

[Damian reef boi]

Nitrates- undetectable
Phosphate is .03
Alkalinity- I need to go to lfs to check that
Tank was set up around a year and a half ago

 

[Damian reef boi]

I just got home from school and I can actually see the polyps now wich I'm guessing means its happy
Wooooooooooooow

 

[jp_75]

no offense but do you really go to lfs to check alk?
if you want to keep corals please invest in your own test kits! good luck

 

[Damian reef boi]

Yeah I know I m still saving for the hannah checkers I'm poor right now

 

[Damian reef boi]

I go to lfs like 3 times a week though

 

[jp_75]

salifert kit is good enough