So I’m afraid my octospawn may be dying. It was looking really good on my frag rack for about a week after I brought it home from the LFS. I then moved it to the sand bed after attaching the plug to a piece of rubble and it never fully recovered but did open a little after being placed there. I thought flow may be an issue so I moved it to its current location but it has since receded further showing more skeleton. My other corals look good but it's this octospawn and a hammer that I got at the same time that just haven't really opened fully. Any tips on possible placement or anything else that may help? I'm afraid of just waiting to see if it gets better because it seems to be getting worse every day. I got the octospawn Thanksgiving weekend, moved it to the sand bed from the frag rack on 12/2, and moved it to it's current location on 12/7.
I have a Jebao PP-8 running on the second lowest speed setting on the slowest wave setting on the right side of the tank. I'll be downgrading to a PP-4 next week so I can make use of more of the speed range next week but I could turn the PP-8 down even lower if needed.
Parameters:
Temp: 78-79
pH: 8.0
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 10
PO4: 0.061 ppm
Mg: 1500 ppm
KH: 9.8 dKH
Ca: 465 ppm
I'm currently holding off dosing so I can work my way down to 1380/9/450. On 11/24 they were 1620/9.2/535. Would this amount of instability even if working towards more desirable levels be causing the issue?
I feed 2-3 cubes of frozen food daily to a moderate fish load.
Any help to get my corals thriving would be appreciated!
The hammer and octospawn are in front of the two caves in the main rockwork. The octospawn is on the right behind the two rocks in the sandbed.
I have a Jebao PP-8 running on the second lowest speed setting on the slowest wave setting on the right side of the tank. I'll be downgrading to a PP-4 next week so I can make use of more of the speed range next week but I could turn the PP-8 down even lower if needed.
Parameters:
Temp: 78-79
pH: 8.0
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 10
PO4: 0.061 ppm
Mg: 1500 ppm
KH: 9.8 dKH
Ca: 465 ppm
I'm currently holding off dosing so I can work my way down to 1380/9/450. On 11/24 they were 1620/9.2/535. Would this amount of instability even if working towards more desirable levels be causing the issue?
I feed 2-3 cubes of frozen food daily to a moderate fish load.
Any help to get my corals thriving would be appreciated!
The hammer and octospawn are in front of the two caves in the main rockwork. The octospawn is on the right behind the two rocks in the sandbed.