Hello,
I’m curious if all of your acros are grown aka farmed in the ocean and or in tanks. I have recently noticed that any acro from my lfs has sadly died on me, in the last month or two.
But none of the farmed acros have shown signs of stress. It’s very very odd. I do know if you run a mixed tank some lps or softies aka toadstool leathers can release toxins and kill acros.
The current icp loop lights are good lights. Now with that said I need to be honest. The newer ic loop lights are nothing close to power wise as the prior version of the 60 degree lens orbit marine pros. Those lights are insanely powerful and very focused. The ic loop lights have a 90 degree and quite a bit lower power.
I’m speaking directly with current and their lights (axiously awaiting to beta test the new super high powered orbit pro). They have told me these lights are okay with sps. If you grow sps they need to be placed very high in the tank. Will they grow sps yes, but depending what your growing meh is up for debate.
Now as I’m finding out more on this acros have a high med and low light and flow ranges. As
@saltyfilmfolks as spoken to me about, it’s hard enough to grow sps, now it’s even harder in reality. For some reason suddenly I do Great with any level sps as long as it has been tanked raised. Anything grown farmed in the ocean well I was doing amazing I had three for almost five years and one day gone.
Also keep your tank very simple, meannng I don’t dose lots of things. If you do it really makes it harder to figure out what when wrong. Now if you use the ic loop remote I don’t know the light part super well, the wave maker part I know very well. Also default button is the best botton on there just hold for three seconds or a few longer and everything is back to factory. I would try the 12 hour photo period on these and then the blues to 100. Now on my lights which are much stronger orbits, my brights are at 33% and I have a Maximus clam which is a light monster 5-6 inches off the sand bed in a 34 inch tall 240 gallon tank. That simple means that clam is getting blasted. Your lights I’m not even certain would grow a clam unless it was a few inches below the water.
I would also advise not putting anything in until your tank stabilizes. Another prime example also
@saltyfilmfolks (sorry forgot to mention in my message to you) I have a purple bonsai acro fhagvwas from my local fish store oldest acro I have and it has stared slow tissue loss, trying to see where I can frag it. But it huge huge huge, now I have a farmed tank raised same coral purple bonsai acro same level just mid tank. Doing just awesome growing like a weed. Now I have no idea why, nor the mind at the moment to figure it out. But acros are very sensitive and any change at all Can harm them. Every one is different colony and literally a different living animal.
I suggest you really do some research on this, look at the corals doing well, find out why they are. Common thing is lps and softies like dirtier water. Well not in my tank they hate it. When I was dumb enough to raise my nitrates to 15-20 my sps loved it and my acans, wells and tracs were bloody mad at me until I changed it back and removed my third orbit light. (Was only on for three weeks of that bad idea way way to much light).
I suggest you proceed with extreme caution and make one change if any one at a time. I was naive and stupid and changed my light, well added a third one of the same light, increase my nitrates (super dumb on my behalf). Yet I want to make very clear this does and has worked for others. The tank owner who convinced me to do this has an amazing 90 gallon sps dominat tank. They grow like weeds, his nitrates have been between 25-40 ppm and runs the current light that I have. Did it work for me nope, not at all.
Cheers
Sarah
