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hey everybody, looking for some different opinions.
In my display I’m struggling to keep Monti caps alive, I have some seriatopora,Pocilliopora,stylophora all thriving..the tank is lps dominant.
But I’ll put a piece in and in a few weeks it just starts to get pale and algae grows over it, I’ve tried lower light, higher light, higher flow, lower flow..same results.
Running 6x 54w T5s with a 48” ReefBrite actinic bar.
Perams are:
1.026 salinity
430 calcium
8.3 DKH
1290 Magnesium
Nitrate 10ppm
Phosphate 0.25
(All salifert)
Salt - Red Sea (Blue bucket)
Some may say it’s the PO4 but I’ve got a 75g Frag tank where I’m growing all my montipora to supply my frags..PO4 and nitrate are significantly higher and it’s thriving.
Thoughts, opinions?
In my display I’m struggling to keep Monti caps alive, I have some seriatopora,Pocilliopora,stylophora all thriving..the tank is lps dominant.
But I’ll put a piece in and in a few weeks it just starts to get pale and algae grows over it, I’ve tried lower light, higher light, higher flow, lower flow..same results.
Running 6x 54w T5s with a 48” ReefBrite actinic bar.
Perams are:
1.026 salinity
430 calcium
8.3 DKH
1290 Magnesium
Nitrate 10ppm
Phosphate 0.25
(All salifert)
Salt - Red Sea (Blue bucket)
Some may say it’s the PO4 but I’ve got a 75g Frag tank where I’m growing all my montipora to supply my frags..PO4 and nitrate are significantly higher and it’s thriving.
Thoughts, opinions?