Weird acro actions

[KLR]

So as alot of people on here know i havent ben having the best luck with acros recently

So today i was taking down my huge frag rack on the left side of the tank...were all of the acros used to be, and i sat my ora red planet on the sb, it has not shown polyp extension in a couple of weeks now,and parts of it are dieng, anyways i left it there until now,about 4 hours later, now the ora red planet is showing full polyp extension

Could my acros be getting burned by the lights or something? and thats why they are doing bad??? The flow is no differant from where it was to where it is right now.

 

[condor]

pic of the set-up?

 

[KLR]

Set up is ared sea max250..66gals

I use stock pumps,light fix, and skimmer

Light combo is

1uv red sun
4 ati blue plus
1 geisman aquablue plus 15k



here is the info on it
Red Sea MAX 250 | Specification

 

[KLR]

Here is my tank

The whole left side frag rack you see is gone and the ora red planet is in the center on the sb

 

[Troylee]

Could be getting a sun tan.... Leave it lower and see what happens...

 

[m and m]

I mean if there was polyp extension when there was not before because of less light i would think thats a positive. On another note, I dont think the move down would make that much of a difference since it was not that much.

 

[Speg]

Is this the tank where you recently increased the salinity?

 

[KLR]

It is the same tank that i raised the salinity from 1.021 to 1.023

Ill see, it would be great if the dead spots grew over!

 

[Speg]

It is the same tank that i raised the salinity from 1.021 to 1.023

Ill see, it would be great if the dead spots grew over!

Raise until you reach 1.025

 

[condor]

dude....with how heavy your tank is stocked its possible were related..lol

if it is happy now leave it for a bit and see what happens, and even a salinity of 1.025 couldnt hurt IMO

 

[drainbamage]

I don't think the high light was causing problems-all my red planet frags and the MC are in very high light, right at the top of the tanks, and have massive PE. Instead I'd say it's flow-if a frag gets too little flow, they don't put out their PE's. The frag that's sitting about 3" directly front and centered on the MP10 has crazy PE going on.

The salinity shift could be part of it as well, though i haven't ever experimented with high or lower specific gravities to determine that one.

 

[KLR]

dude....with how heavy your tank is stocked its possible were related..lol

if it is happy now leave it for a bit and see what happens, and even a salinity of 1.025 couldnt hurt IMO

Lol, im gettin ready to add some chalcie colonies soon! When i run out of room on the sb,thats when i take out the super glue adn start glueing frags to the rocks, ive done that twice today!


Im trying to slowly raise it to 1.025

 

[KLR]

I don't think the high light was causing problems-all my red planet frags and the MC are in very high light, right at the top of the tanks, and have massive PE. Instead I'd say it's flow-if a frag gets too little flow, they don't put out their PE's. The frag that's sitting about 3" directly front and centered on the MP10 has crazy PE going on.

The salinity shift could be part of it as well, though i haven't ever experimented with high or lower specific gravities to determine that one.

Ok, i think it might be the salinity then,hopefully my acros will turn around!