How do the rest of them look? The more recent shot looks really pale. The rock looks good though, looks like it has lots of life. The acro also has a filament on it which shows it might be stressed.
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Thanks for the help. I will boost my P up to .1 over the little bit. What do you mean by pull your call and dkh daily by some points? As of right now I am barely skimming. Run the skimmer just to keep my ph up. I can also lessen if not stop the water changes easily. I have been trying to find something that explains N And P ratios but results are all over the map.Your nutrient level is waaaay outa whack , thats why your building mag, you need to be more like .10 p with that nitrate. and your cal and dkh not gonna be called on . You do water changes eh ? Look up nutrient uptake. Thats what your lacking, try and get your ratio better p / n by raising your P . stop dosin mag until you can pull your cal and dkh daily by some points , I would also stop the water changes and possibly skim less , any binding agents I would remove
All of the corals below have been in the tank about 10 months and all started around a 1 inch frag. The pink Mille is easily doing the best at possibly 1.5 inch of growthHow do the rest of them look? The more recent shot looks really pale. The rock looks good though, looks like it has lots of life. The acro also has a filament on it which shows it might be stressed.
I might switch back to reef crystals. Cabt afford a dosing set up right now.Doesn't seem like there's anything wrong with your tank. Your Mag is a little high. Personally I would bump it down to 1250 or so.
I'm thinking it's the calcium reactor and or salt mix. Have you try switching salt mix or to a 2 part doser?
probably just stop the skimmer altogether for a while. I wouldn't try to purposely raise the po4 as its pretty much perfect but I do see how the 2 are out of sink. Maybe lower the no3 a little bit to make them jive. Try dosing some acropower on a regular basis. Not as much as the bottle says but divide into daily doses so they get a regular dose.Thanks for the help. I will boost my P up to .1 over the little bit. What do you mean by pull your call and dkh daily by some points? As of right now I am barely skimming. Run the skimmer just to keep my ph up. I can also lessen if not stop the water changes easily. I have been trying to find something that explains N And P ratios but results are all over the map.
I have dosed a bit but not on a weekly basis. I haven't been able to find alot of aminos in Canada.Have you ever considered dosing Aminos?
Also, I agree on the red bug examination; about six months ago I found them after experiencing some slower growth on a few of my smoother skin Acros.
What would you recommend for a nitrate level? I can easily bring them down, I have a hard time keeping them above 0 with out dosing.probably just stop the skimmer altogether for a while. I wouldn't try to purposely raise the po4 as its pretty much perfect but I do see how the 2 are out of sink. Maybe lower the no3 a little bit to make them jive. Try dosing some acropower on a regular basis. Not as much as the bottle says but divide into daily doses so they get a regular dose.
By pulling points he means finding the daily uptake of how much your using up.
Salt brand is red Sea Blue bucket right now. Water changes have been pretty minimal lately. About 10% once a month. I bumped my phos up to see what would happen but I've been reading more on it and I'm going to drop it back down to .03 and then try to keep nitrates 5-10. I also just bought some reef roids to see if that helps.Based on your pictures
My vote is trace elements. I had acros in a similar state...good stable params, great lighting, good flow but no growth. I tried using red sea colors and growth exploded.
My thread on this few years ago: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/n...-with-my-colors-and-acro-health.342313/page-3
I may have missed your water change routine and salt brand?
Also, I personally don't think your nutrients are too low and i'd keep alk at 8. I highly doubt pH of 8.3 vs 8.2 will be noticeable...don't break your back with the scrubber (personal opinion of course). Let's talk about your salt brand and water change routine.
Salt brand is red Sea Blue bucket right now. Water changes have been pretty minimal lately. About 10% once a month. I bumped my phos up to see what would happen but I've been reading more on it and I'm going to drop it back down to .03 and then try to keep nitrates 5-10. I also just bought some reef roids to see if that helps.
I do have the red sea colour program from a while back. I'll give that ago after a few weeks of reef roids.
Im going to do a 20% water change tomorrow to see if that will help.
Would you dose all 4 bottles at 1 ml then?When doing the red sea colors I would go way less than the instructions say to go. As long as you're putting something in the tank you will start to notice a difference IF your issue is the tank being starved. No need to do the complex dosing based off usage. Literally 1 ml of each every other day would do the trick and give you a data point IF that's your problem.
I personally don't feel reef roids does much for SPS, I look at that as acan food.
Your fish are providing the food! The fact that you have recorded levels of nutrients via your test kits no matter how small means you have food in the tank. I'd also recommend a test from a lab.
Fauna Marin has a new $19 ICP test:
Would you dose all 4 bottles at 1 ml then?
Also the problem with living in Canada is that we miss out on great deals that the states have on reefing supplies