Why are my corals not opening up fully?

[40custom]

Been in here about 3 weeks now and they look healthy all have opened up but they all seem half way open? What should i check or test to find out? Ive been running around 100-150 par on sandbed and dose ab+ two to 3 times a week no water-changes since ive added them but they are softies so it should be no affect? Any ideas? Maybe im just overthinking it

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

They look fine to me, but IMO you should be testing alk frequently and keeping it stable.

 

[chip shop]

they don’t look bad but you’ve got lps and an anemone in there think you need to post a bit more info on you’re tanks age and what you’re tanks testing at

 

[40custom]

they don’t look bad but you’ve got lps and an anemone in there think you need to post a bit more info on you’re tanks age and what you’re tanks testing at

Yeah lps but very close to softies by care

 

[Reef_Aquatics]

Maybe wait a while and see

 

[baba.aqua]

It’s a process man, sit back and enjoy the ride! Use a Good reef salt when you do your water change.

looks great to me !

 

[40custom]

Tested my water just not just in case. I usually get lazy as a lot of us do but anyways im sitting at 8.0 ph 7.0 kh and nitrates are testing rn but i tested them a few days ago and it was less than 20 so not too worried about that my starting kh was 9 so that seems to be the only factor and i do know its a little low not necessarily end of world low but its not consistent so looks like i need to start dosing or doing water changes more often i usually do one about every 3 weeks just been very busy but i have some ro water mixing up rn in case i cant get this all for reef by tomorrow what do yall think? Ive been messing with par a lot but not seeing really any results so kinda points to kh. Will do a 25% ish change and see where i get with that

 

[baba.aqua]

Tested my water just not just in case. I usually get lazy as a lot of us do but anyways im sitting at 8.0 ph 7.0 kh and nitrates are testing rn but i tested them a few days ago and it was less than 20 so not too worried about that my starting kh was 9 so that seems to be the only factor and i do know its a little low not necessarily end of world low but its not consistent so looks like i need to start dosing or doing water changes more often i usually do one about every 3 weeks just been very busy but i have some ro water mixing up rn in case i cant get this all for reef by tomorrow what do yall think? Ive been messing with par a lot but not seeing really any results so kinda points to kh. Will do a 25% ish change and see where i get with that

Good idea

 

[mcarroll]

Been in here about 3 weeks now and they look healthy all have opened up but they all seem half way open? What should i check or test to find out?

Phosphate limitation could do that, and I don't see any test results for that.

Test yours out!

Target ≥ 0.10 ppm for PO4 and ≥ 5 ppm NO3. (Higher is OK. Just not lower.)

 

[johnacharles93]

What's your flow like?

 

[Dogeatbird]

Fiddling in general is not always a good idea. Although your skills to adapt to a change may be easy. Corals don’t adapt quickly to variations in PAR, parameters. Think of new acquisitions., like you would a sunburn or injury on you, You eventually will heal but a bump/slap on that sensitive area will delay your recovery.