Been having the same issue. Some acro doing well, other blanch white in a few weeks. Those acro doing well are growing but very slow compared to softies, montis, blastos, etc. I guess it is to be expected. We all want results now. Hard to be patient.
we have added tons of new coral lately.
unfortunately the green hair algae is making its way back. Nitrate and phos posted below
Fuge light runs 10pm -6am with dragons breath
Using a old reef octopus skimmer ( the simplicity i had on initial start up crap the bucket)
I dont think the skimmer is skimming like i want it too.
on top of that.
i am seeing no growth at this point
Great color but no growth. ( i did pick up a t5 hybrid from a friend if i wanted to run it with the mitras)
But Another friend of mine thinks i may be running the mitra’s to strong . So i switched back to high efficiency mode (caps at 70% power regardless of schedule ) and dropped the cool white and sky white down 5% during peak time .
And i had a acro RTN out of the blue last night.
out of all my previous tanks, this has been my WORST.
im not even seeing growth from lps/ softies. some of the coral ive had for over a year should be a colony but they are still frag size pieces. ive had far better results from previous tanks.
weird. have you tested alk/calcium/mag with test kits? I wonder if something is off.
i test alk. its staying steady around 9.4/9.5
It will be interesting to see the levels. I am using BRS soda ash and calcium chloride with tropic marin part C and also trace A/K in the BRS stuff. works well. I have noticed that my calcium need does sometimes match the alk need/dose but not always. I have them on separate dosers and adjust it based on weekly tests. Keep us updated after you get the test kits.
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