I'm at the 8 month mark on my first reef tank. I struggled with SPS early on, no surprise.
In the last two months I've added some easy sps, including birdsnest, pocillopora, monti cap, bali green slimer. They were all off to great starts, encrusting and showing growth.
I got excited and found some great deals from some local hobbyists. Purchased Fox Flame, PC Rainbow, and Hawkins.
The odd thing is that they had all been together healthy for about a month when the birdsnest, and slimer are now showing early signs of STN, while the Monti cap, Pocillopora, Flame, Hawkins, and Rainbow are continuing to encrust, grow and have awesome color.
I'll post my Parameters below, but in what case would the easy sps struggle while the more challenging ones, like deep water Hawkins thrive?
And not to derail the main question, but does STN ever just stop? Do you ever wait and see or do you cut the healthy part immediately?
Appreciate any feedback. Would live to start having more success with SPS.
Parameters:
Salanity 1.26
Ph: 8.0
Alk 9.8
Ca 450
Mg: 1350
NO3: 5-10
PO4: 04
In the last two months I've added some easy sps, including birdsnest, pocillopora, monti cap, bali green slimer. They were all off to great starts, encrusting and showing growth.
I got excited and found some great deals from some local hobbyists. Purchased Fox Flame, PC Rainbow, and Hawkins.
The odd thing is that they had all been together healthy for about a month when the birdsnest, and slimer are now showing early signs of STN, while the Monti cap, Pocillopora, Flame, Hawkins, and Rainbow are continuing to encrust, grow and have awesome color.
I'll post my Parameters below, but in what case would the easy sps struggle while the more challenging ones, like deep water Hawkins thrive?
And not to derail the main question, but does STN ever just stop? Do you ever wait and see or do you cut the healthy part immediately?
Appreciate any feedback. Would live to start having more success with SPS.
Parameters:
Salanity 1.26
Ph: 8.0
Alk 9.8
Ca 450
Mg: 1350
NO3: 5-10
PO4: 04