General sps care

[cdy121]

Just got some new acros don’t know what’s going on with the one it looked fantastic in the store it dosent look to good in my tank now looks unhealthy no polyp extension and color has faded any solutions
Alk 9.0
Calcium 450
Mag 1180

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

N03 and P04?

 

[Epic Aquaculture]

What size tank?
What lighting? PAR?
How long has the tank been cycled?
NO3?
PO4?
How long have the corals been in the tank?

 

[cdy121]

N03 and P04 are very low
Also have a single ai prime hd set to the sps ab+ i don’t know the par don’t have a par meter I picked up the one today the others are doing fantastic just my strawberry lemonade acro is not doing to good tanks been cycled for 5 weeks

 

[SliceGolfer]

5 weeks? Uhhh... There’s your problem.

 

[cdy121]

Thing is all my other acros are doing amazing I have a rainbow Millie pc rainbow birds nest stag horn and a green slimer all of them have great polyp extension

 

[Gernader]

Thing is all my other acros are doing amazing I have a rainbow Millie pc rainbow birds nest stag horn and a green slimer all of them have great polyp extension

The corals you have are generally known as easy SPS corals to take care of. If you add a tenius/high end SPS, I don’t think it would do well because your system is too new. Personally, I waited for 8 months before adding SPS and now they are growing fast and encrusting.

Make sure to check the par levels to make sure the lights aren’t set too high or too low. SPS also love high flow.

 

[cdy121]

So the strawberry lemonade would be considered a tenius? Did not know that thanks for the knowledge

 

[Gernader]

So the strawberry lemonade would be considered a tenius? Did not know that thanks for the knowledge

No, I was just giving an example. We need more information about your parameters and lighting to know what happened to your strawberry lemonade.

 

[cdy121]

No, I was just giving an example. We need more information about your parameters and lighting to know what happened to your strawberry lemonade.

Oh okay. Well I keep my tank at 80°f I dose reef roids with my fish food I know my p03 and n04 are low I will test it tomorrow I’m using reef crystals(what my local fish store carries)

 

[Bpb]

Sounds like it is just having a harder time acclimating to your tank than the others have