Forest fire digi help

[muggle0981]

Parameters
Nitrate 20
Phisphate .11
Alk 8.4
Calcium 460
Mg 1250

Have had for a bout a month now

Couple spots were polyps dont extends

1/2 up in 25” deep tank with radion xr15 @60% on lps/soft setting

Not sure if bleaching-dying-just what it is?

 

[Lavey29]

It's because XR15 lights are very weak par lights. I have to run mine at 100% intensity to get barely enough par for SPS at the very top of my tank. You aren't even getting 100 par mid tank at 60%.

 

[muggle0981]

So move it to tippy top


Have a green slimer doung well

 

[JGT]

What model Radion? Did you check for MEN?

 

[Lavey29]

So move it to tippy top


Have a green slimer doung well

I have like 4 in my tank in 250 to 300 par

 

[muggle0981]

Radion g5 15

 

[CBonito]

Parameters
Nitrate 20
Phisphate .11
Alk 8.4
Calcium 460
Mg 1250

Have had for a bout a month now

Couple spots were polyps dont extends

1/2 up in 25” deep tank with radion xr15 @60% on lps/soft setting

Not sure if bleaching-dying-just what it is?

Oh man, this thing needs Jesus!

Get it into some flow and it needs more light.

 

[muggle0981]

Well he just found jesus


Top if tank-high flow


Jesus saves

 

[Lavey29]

Well he just found jesus


Top if tank-high flow


Jesus saves

They are a pretty resilient coral.

 

[JGT]

Radion g5 15

G5 is fine par-wise. That’s what I have and all my SPS grow fine-even middle of the tank. I’d increase the intensity slowly over time.

 

[Wasabiroot]

I agree it was possibly insufficient light, but there is also a mushroom behind it and clove polyps next to it. There could be some allelopathy happening too. Fwiw I run an XR15 blue at 60% and can grow montipora just fine at any level, but my tank is a 50g cube and I also run a supplemental light bar, though I didn't before and had good results.
That being said, I had a bubblegum digi in a high flow area next to a hairy mushroom - it never seemed to do well and I believe it's well established clove polyps have potent close range allelopathic chemicals. I know the mushroom is behind, but still.

That's not to say you can't have sps and softies in the same tank

 

[Thuan]

My bubblegum digi is growing like weed. I frag it over and over. Love high flow and light. 3 kessil a360x with 2 quanta pro meso blue

 

[muggle0981]

Yes i have some encrusting monti that do well

We’ll see what happens with the digi-moved it and will see