Rate my sps chemistry. - stable for success or failure ?

[Charlie’s Frags]

Cannot rate your numbers without pics of your tank!

A saltwater aquarium can thrive with these numbers or have big problems. There are Reefers on this forum R2R with these parameters all over the map. Some very successful and others not.

Can not agree more.

 

[acropora4u]

Are you having issues with your acropora?

yes, none grow and polyp extension is lame at best... they dont die, they just do nothing

 

[acropora4u]

Can not agree more.

so, then if the parameters are ok, what could be the problem?

 

[acropora4u]

Cannot rate your numbers without pics of your tank!

A saltwater aquarium can thrive with these numbers or have big problems. There are Reefers on this forum R2R with these parameters all over the map. Some very successful and others not.

 

[acropora4u]

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

so, then if the parameters are ok, what could be the problem?

Get rid of the gfo and I bet they’ll look a lot happier in a couple weeks. Stop worrying about Po4.

 

[mdb_talon]

I am going to disagree with most here and just suggest that if you can keep it stable at those numbers you got nothing to worry about from a parameters perspective. Obviously success is about more than those parameters you list, but you can certainly do just fine with parameters like that. My opinion is dont get bogged down in finding that perfect ideal number for everything. Most parameters have a pretty big range to allow you to be successful (and even thrive).

 

[Coxey81]

I would suggest a macro fuge instead of media reactors. Easier and more natural to control that way ime. There was a very interesting BRStv video recently that showed you could actually tune your fuge by adjusting the light intensity to control nutrient processing. Good stuff!

Do you happen to have a link to that video?

I have a chaetomax 18W... it's not dimmable, but I'm guessing I could raise and lower it or filter it some way if needed.

 

[jda]

You can just run a fuge full blast. Since macro is one of the few things that can use nitrate directly (unlike most coral) and a few kinds of P, it will just slow down when the levels get lower. Hubris of man trying to out think nature on this one... and maybe BRS wanting to sell something? Most natural methods cannot take away so much that corals actually starve unless you cut back or stop feeding.

If you are using chemical media, then this could be a problem... but it depends on the application. Need to hear more about this. Using GFO can be fine, or bad.

 

[youcallmenny1]

Do you happen to have a link to that video?

I have a chaetomax 18W... it's not dimmable, but I'm guessing I could raise and lower it or filter it some way if needed.

Photoperiod is the other variable. Here it is, hope it helps!

 

[Coxey81]

Photoperiod is the other variable. Here it is, hope it helps!

Awesome, thanks!