I suppose if you'd dose sodium nitrate when corals aren't photosynthesizing you could also adjust alkalinity at the same time without it fluctuating throughout the day any more than normal. If i do end up needing to dose I think I might consider that route as well.
I think for at least the next few weeks I will do as youve suggested and observe. Nothing looks off to me personally apart from cyano which I don't think will ever end(but thats a different story). I managed to take a decent photo of the bleached one I got recently. Some pigment has absolutely returned to the tips and even within the corallites. Looks a lot more reddish/pink in person, but again, I suck at taking photosI would not carbon dose and simply monitor corals. If coral growth is lacking maybe adding a little ammonium might increase growth. However, imo, if you do add ammonium and growth improves, I don’t necessarily agree that ammonium is the reason. I notice subtle changes in my aquarium all the time and don’t change anything. Things are constantly evolving in my aquarium that I have no real explanations why. Here is an example from ICP testing, manganese seems to bounce around, maybe this could explain some changes or maybe it’s testing error or maybe nothing? Note the graph over the last year of testing.
Hard to tell, but that corals looks healthy. I only see one or two areas of concern and could be just a growth spurt. Might also be just adjusting to new lights and parameters. With cyano it comes and goes with everyone, for me generally when I lack maintenance in a particular area. Here is an example of cyano that grew some because I couldn’t reach it easily to clean it. Now it is completely gone because I got a long stick to siphon it out.I think for at least the next few weeks I will do as youve suggested and observe. Nothing looks off to me personally apart from cyano which I don't think will ever end(but thats a different story). I managed to take a decent photo of the bleached one I got recently. Some pigment has absolutely returned to the tips and even within the corallites. Looks a lot more reddish/pink in person, but again, I suck at taking photos
