Nutrient deprived corals

[Dkmoo]

Biggest take away here is that nitrate and phosphate does not equal "nutrient" for the coral.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Okay. Thankfully, I will be getting the clownfish soon, and will QT them for a week or so, then put them in. I’ll also buy phytoplankton, reefroids, and look at lighting upgrades while I’m at it. Strange because my torch coral, which I thought would be a challenge to keep, is probably my most thriving coral in there.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Some mushrooms are opening back up since I cleaned my tank yesterday, and stirred the sand bed up a bit. I think when I increase flow that the more random flow will help stir those nutrients as well.

 

[Sharkbait19]

I bought the clowns! They’ll be QT’d for a week and go in this weekend! Hopefully that helps the most.

 

[Sharkbait19]

I added the clownfish today. I also am going to likely 3D print a random flow generator to replace the stock flow. Hopefully that begins the road to recovery for the corals.