Forest fire digi, not looking so hot! HELP!!

[tee89]

Hi R2R folks,

So as the title states, my FF Digi is not doing so good, today is day 3 with no polyp extensions. Parameters are stable, the only shift was my dkh going from 9.2 to 9.8 after my water change, this was a miscalculation on my part when dosing.

Parameteres :
9.1 DKH as of this morning
431 Calcium
1430 Magnesium
Phos 0.05
Nitrates 5-10 ppm range hard to read the colors

Frag positioning, all the way at the top, high to med flow and gets most light. I had to change up my lighting schedule as well, currently running acclimation mode on my AI HD prime 30 days started at 40% intensity.

Let me know if you have any questions, at this point i dont know if the frag would pull through, just leaving it be.

thank you

 

[Utubereefer]

Tank looks pretty new. How long has it been running. What lights do you have?

 

[MaxTremors]

I would agree that the tank looks brand new. SPS in general does better in a mature tank. There is a certain unknown quality of mature tanks, it’s not something you can test for and it’s not simply stability, I don’t know if it’s bacterial, if it’s the complex ecosystem, or what, but all else being equal, more difficult corals just do better in mature aquariums than they do in immature aquariums. All you can do is ensure stable, in-range parameters, provide turbulent indirect flow, quality lighting that isn’t too little or too much, and maybe try some amino acids (something like Red Sea AB+).

 

[tee89]

I would agree that the tank looks brand new. SPS in general does better in a mature tank. There is a certain unknown quality of mature tanks, it’s not something you can test for and it’s not simply stability, I don’t know if it’s bacterial, if it’s the complex ecosystem, or what, but all else being equal, more difficult corals just do better in mature aquariums than they do in immature aquariums. All you can do is ensure stable, in-range parameters, provide turbulent indirect flow, quality lighting that isn’t too little or too much, and maybe try some amino acids (something like Red Sea AB+).

Tanks been running for 6 months, the rock you see is a new piece i added the reason behind it looking super clean. I agree, i got this frag from a friend and i just gave it a shot. I dose AB+ daily, i guess only time will tell. I run AI HD primes at 60% peak intensity i would say, but right now its building up to that level, lights are on acclimation mode.