SallyWho
Well-Known Member
I picked up my first corals on Wednesday morning! Yay! The problem is that my plug of mixed zoas is mad. The polyps were pretty sullen in the store, but they had a recent pic of them all open and pretty, so I bought it anyway. Figured it was all the hermits and peppermint shrimp crawling around in there that was bothering them. I did a Bayer dip, and they've been in my invert QT. I didn't see any nudis or eggs on it or the plug- the only thing that doesn't belong is a bit of bubble algae that I'm going to scrape off.
Tank parameters are:
SG 1.025
Amm 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 10
pH 8.4
Phos 0.93
DkH 9.9
I know the phosphates are a little high, but I know for a fact that my LFS doesn't use the ULN method, so I'm not panicked about it. Any other red flags? Any thoughts on why my zoas are all retracted and unhappy? The tubes look a bit longer than they did on Wednesday and Thursday- think they're reaching for more light? I've got a magnetic frag rack I could put them on to get them closer to the light. There's a (kind of weak) powerhead in there- scoot them into more direct flow, or let them sit in indirect flow? TIA for your input!
Tank parameters are:
SG 1.025
Amm 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 10
pH 8.4
Phos 0.93
DkH 9.9
I know the phosphates are a little high, but I know for a fact that my LFS doesn't use the ULN method, so I'm not panicked about it. Any other red flags? Any thoughts on why my zoas are all retracted and unhappy? The tubes look a bit longer than they did on Wednesday and Thursday- think they're reaching for more light? I've got a magnetic frag rack I could put them on to get them closer to the light. There's a (kind of weak) powerhead in there- scoot them into more direct flow, or let them sit in indirect flow? TIA for your input!
