I have had my neon green Monti for almost 10 months and in the last 2 weeks it started to loose polyps. The green polyps are attached to the body but are becoming lose. Some polyps are not extending and the tips are staring to have algae on it.
It started with the brown stringy algae on the tips. Algae went away for awhile and is back again.
My nitrates are high at 25ppm. When I started to dose... I noticed the monti did not like it, but the nitrates went down for a bit and are back at 25ppm again.
Magnesium was at 1260 and Calcium at 445, so I dosed Mag
Magnesium is now 1410
Calcium is 435
Phosphate 0
Nitrate 25
Kh 10.5
PH 8.15
I also have a Monti cap, it was growing and now has brown algae all over with polyps still showing.
My tank is a 75g, 2 vipaspectra 165w, blues were at 55%, whites at 1%.
2 Jaebo wave makers. My old ones died on me.
I have a small hob refugium, skimmer and filter. Refugium is barely 1 month running
If anyone could help me out with figuring out what my main issue is it would be great.
I thought maybe not enough filtration? Or too much feeding? Wrong flow?
It started with the brown stringy algae on the tips. Algae went away for awhile and is back again.
My nitrates are high at 25ppm. When I started to dose... I noticed the monti did not like it, but the nitrates went down for a bit and are back at 25ppm again.
Magnesium was at 1260 and Calcium at 445, so I dosed Mag
Magnesium is now 1410
Calcium is 435
Phosphate 0
Nitrate 25
Kh 10.5
PH 8.15
I also have a Monti cap, it was growing and now has brown algae all over with polyps still showing.
My tank is a 75g, 2 vipaspectra 165w, blues were at 55%, whites at 1%.
2 Jaebo wave makers. My old ones died on me.
I have a small hob refugium, skimmer and filter. Refugium is barely 1 month running
If anyone could help me out with figuring out what my main issue is it would be great.
I thought maybe not enough filtration? Or too much feeding? Wrong flow?