Super Slow Growth

[Chameleon]

didn't read the whole thread but I would imagine lack of lighting based off your post...maybe someone already mentioned this...

 

[PaulKreider]

I have them on a 12 hour schegule with 1 hour warm up and cool down. All running at 75%

 

[mnat]

Stop buying one inch frags. There has been studies done that show that bigger frags grow quicker and smaller frags take much more time to grow. Don't buy boogers and you will have better growth

 

[03864reefer]

I also go with low lighting par value.. I run 1 135 with DSB have massive SPS growth, pretty good bio load, and run 500 watts of blue/white led at peak.. 6 whites to 4 blues ratio.

 

[mgdmirage]

Without reading every single reply I would say lighting is your problem. Blue and white gets growth but in the long run I found out that I could never achieve the colors I wanted. I had two tanks setup and some of the same SPS in each tank. Each tank was connected to the same sump and my T5 setup the SPS Looked amazing and the LED setup was ***** in comparison(Simple blue/white). People spend far too much time freaking out over phosphates too IMO. I personally have been running bio-pellets for almost 4 years and feed like crazy and the results have been great. High flow, lots of food, and lots of the correct light = success in my book.

 

[joshwaaaa]

Stop buying one inch frags. There has been studies done that show that bigger frags grow quicker and smaller frags take much more time to grow. Don't buy boogers and you will have better growth

Where are these studies? I dont agree at all, my entire tank was started with tiny frags. Sure some grow better/fast then others but they all show exceptional growth given the right conditions

 

[mgdmirage]

It's not the size of the frag but how you position it :P

 

[mnat]

(Scientifically) Smarter Frags | Coral Magazine

 

[that Reef Guy]

Stop buying one inch frags. There has been studies done that show that bigger frags grow quicker and smaller frags take much more time to grow. Don't buy boogers and you will have better growth

I agree.

 

[turbo21]

I may be reading this wrong but the study says the opposite. That for increase compared to size of original frag that the smaller frag had a larger growth increase

Here is the excerpt from the study


Larger fragments increase more rapidly in length
The scientists next investigated whether the increase in length was greater in the larger fragments than in the smaller cuttings. The average annual increase in length was recorded for this purpose. In the case of the larger fragments the average growth rate was 3 inches (7.6 cm) per year and 2.125 inches (5.4 cm) per year in the smaller specimens.
Surprisingly, however, the growth rate of the smaller fragments (1.4 cm per year per centimeter of original length) was, in fact, relatively higher on average than that of the larger fragments (0.9 cm per year per centimeter of original length).