WellsoPhyllia/trachy open brain

[gmeazy01]

Hi everyone,

Just a question if it is normal for a Wellso/trachyphyllia to open up this way and not fold all the way like a brain. I just got this from my lfs 3 days ago. In their store, this guy was massive and fully fluffy. Mine is still fluffy but not fully folded

my Calcium is 450
Alkalinity ranges from 9.7-10.3
Phosphate: im not sure my stupid hanna ulr test kit keeps giving me over range result which is more than 0.9 so weird... i have a refugium and i dont see any algae bloom.
My nitrate is 0 PPM.

 

[Macbalacano]

Hi everyone,

Just a question if it is normal for a Wellso/trachyphyllia to open up this way and not fold all the way like a brain. I just got this from my lfs 3 days ago. In there store, this guy was massive and fully fluffy. Mine is still fluffy but not fully folded

my Calcium is 450
Alkalinity ranges from 9.7-10.3
Phosphate: im not sure my stupid hanna ulr test kit keeps giving me over range result which is more than 0.9 so weird... i have a refugium and i dont see any algae bloom.
My nitrate is 0 PPM.

Try to bring nitrates up, they appreciate more nutrients in the water!

 

[gmeazy01]

Try to bring nitrates up, they appreciate more nutrients in the water!

Should I turn off my refugium? and remove my carbon pouch from my filter sock? last week I fed my tank 3 times and I got 0 nitrates from my test kit.

 

[gmeazy01]

I don't have a protein skimmer on this tank and I do weekly waterchange of 20% which is about 4 gallons. This is my 20 g nano tank.

 

[Macbalacano]

Should I turn off my refugium? and remove my carbon pouch from my filter sock? last week I fed my tank 3 times and I got 0 nitrates from my test kit.

What are you using to test Nitrates?

How long are you running the fuge lights currently?

I'd leave the carbon in.

 

[gmeazy01]

I am using an API test kit lol but before u say anything else. my kit has been accurate with my ammonia/nitrite/nitrate MAYBE THERE ARE SOME trace elements there but idk. Everytime I use my api test kit I'd get my water tested from lfs using their aquaspin and what I'd get from my API and their result are relatively similar.


I am planning to buy better test kit but I just got my hanna test kit for reef keeping so I invested more for test kits to keep check my water parameter for my corals (Mg,Kh,Ca and PO43-)


I run my refugium for 8 hrs and I actually had to cut my chaeto this morning after getting another 0 nitrate on my api test kit

 

[gmeazy01]

What are you using to test Nitrates?

How long are you running the fuge lights currently?

I'd leave the carbon in.

First, thanks for replying. I am using an API test kit lol but before u say anything else. my kit has been accurate with my ammonia/nitrite/nitrate MAYBE THERE ARE SOME trace elements there but idk. Everytime I use my api test kit I'd get my water tested from lfs using their aquaspin and what I'd get from my API and their result are relatively similar.


I am planning to buy better test kit but I just got my hanna test kit for reef keeping so I invested more for test kits to keep check my water parameter for my corals (Mg,Kh,Ca and PO43-)


I run my refugium for 8 hrs and I actually had to cut my chaeto this morning after getting another 0 nitrate on my api test kit and getting big.

 

[Macbalacano]

I am using an API test kit lol but before u say anything else. my kit has been accurate with my ammonia/nitrite/nitrate MAYBE THERE ARE SOME trace elements there but idk. Everytime I use my api test kit I'd get my water tested from lfs using their aquaspin and what I'd get from my API and their result are relatively similar.


I am planning to buy better test kit but I just got my hanna test kit for reef keeping so I invested more for test kits to keep check my water parameter for my corals (Mg,Kh,Ca and PO43-)


I run my refugium for 8 hrs and I actually had to cut my chaeto this morning after getting another 0 nitrate on my api test kit

I understand, it sounds like its working for you, so that totally makes sense to me!

Ah i'd try cutting the lights down to 6hrs first.

 

[reefer7891]

Lol if anything the nitrate kit is the only one I trust with the API test. But I just got my first rainbow wellso today and noticed at low/no flow during feeding it opened up huge. But when it the waves came back it folded...

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