Treefer32
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I've had a nice green elegance coral in my tank for close to a year now. I have two issues with it. One, it's on a rock on a plate that I tend to bury the plate in the sand to anchor it. My Dragon Wrasse gets mad at me and at times likes to move it around. He finally seems happy with where the elegance is now and has left it alone for a week or two. (It's in front of where he sleeps) so, I think he just wanted it to decorate his sand home. And the coral seems to like the spot, it's got moderate flow, it's on the sand bed so probably lower lighting, but enough that it extends throughout the day.
That said, I haven't seen much growth in the last year. It lives, it extends, opens up wide, and closes at night. Does great that way, but, I haven't seen any new mouths, or new skeleton growth or anything else.
I feed heavily home made frozen food (from BRS recipe) of Scallops, Mahi ahi tuna, and people shrimp, mixed with a couple bottles of selcon, max aminos, and freeze dried krill as well as nori. All of my corals open up when ever I feed, they love the micro nutrients.
I don't know how fast or how much growth I should see from an elegance. Paramaters are stable - I keep alk at 8.2, calcium at 450, and magnesium a little high at 1500. Salinity at around 1.025 - 1.027. Nitrates are less than 10. No visible algae on the rocks other than film algae on the glass and a little bit of cyano in a couple spots.
I've got several acros in a different spot that have tripled in size over the last 6 months. I also have the same issue with my acans. I've got three sets of Acans. They've grown a few new heads in the last year, but, growing really slowly. They're maybe 10% bigger than when I got them. I'd question that actually. I see them grab food or have food land on them when I feed, so, I know there's nutrients they're getting. I've got two plate corals that have both grown significantly in the past year and a set of hammers that has 4-5 new heads coming out of a dead branch that are getting larger by the day. I feel like the reef is healthy, I don't know what to do for the Elegance or Acans to trigger a faster growth. I'd like them to be 50% larger before I retire in 25 years.
That said, I haven't seen much growth in the last year. It lives, it extends, opens up wide, and closes at night. Does great that way, but, I haven't seen any new mouths, or new skeleton growth or anything else.
I feed heavily home made frozen food (from BRS recipe) of Scallops, Mahi ahi tuna, and people shrimp, mixed with a couple bottles of selcon, max aminos, and freeze dried krill as well as nori. All of my corals open up when ever I feed, they love the micro nutrients.
I don't know how fast or how much growth I should see from an elegance. Paramaters are stable - I keep alk at 8.2, calcium at 450, and magnesium a little high at 1500. Salinity at around 1.025 - 1.027. Nitrates are less than 10. No visible algae on the rocks other than film algae on the glass and a little bit of cyano in a couple spots.
I've got several acros in a different spot that have tripled in size over the last 6 months. I also have the same issue with my acans. I've got three sets of Acans. They've grown a few new heads in the last year, but, growing really slowly. They're maybe 10% bigger than when I got them. I'd question that actually. I see them grab food or have food land on them when I feed, so, I know there's nutrients they're getting. I've got two plate corals that have both grown significantly in the past year and a set of hammers that has 4-5 new heads coming out of a dead branch that are getting larger by the day. I feel like the reef is healthy, I don't know what to do for the Elegance or Acans to trigger a faster growth. I'd like them to be 50% larger before I retire in 25 years.
