What would you do if....

[zheka757]

What would you do if you had 50 frags/colonies of sps in frag tank. And 1 or 2 of them stopped growing and no PE? While the rest of 45+ of them are perfectly happy and growing in same environment.
Do you put it in more flow? Less flow? More light? Less light? Coral Dip?
Do you just expect the fate that this coral is not ment for you?
This is my case, and I'm debating with what to do!

 

[Lavey29]

I wouldn't change the tank for one coral. You can try moving them around to see if they find a preferred spot. Some acros can be dormant for a year or two then take off too.

 

[Tahoe61]

Personally it is extremely frustrating when I see a coral failing. I have learned to accept it. Corals are temperamental creatures, I have got to take the bad with the good.
I might move them around a couple times, after that it's survival of the fittest.

 

[edsbeaker]

If only one or two are doing poorly out of 45 I wouldn’t change anything that you are doing. I may try changing the position of those coral to more/less flow or more/less light, but that’s all.

 

[p1u5h13r4m24]

It never hurts to test everything to be sure. Sometimes one coral will look off and the rest look fine. The next week it’s reversed. Sometimes corals are more sensitive than others. Acropora can take weeks to show signs of stress from a specific event.

 

[Ooh fiddlesticks]

Let it ride.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

I always say, if one coral isn't doing well but the rest are, don't change your system for one coral. Because you might ending up causing the rest of the coral to do poorly as well

 

[larrysaltisfun]

What would you do if you had 50 frags/colonies of sps in frag tank. And 1 or 2 of them stopped growing and no PE? While the rest of 45+ of them are perfectly happy and growing in same environment.
Do you put it in more flow? Less flow? More light? Less light? Coral Dip?
Do you just expect the fate that this coral is not ment for you?
This is my case, and I'm debating with what to do!

I’m a novice and only do FOWLR right now BUT THAT’S A 96% SUCCESS RATE looks like a job well done even if those two little guys don’t make it