HELP w/Favia & Leptastrea

JCRove06 · Apr 24, 2019

Hello Reefers,

My tank is about a year and a half old. Most my corals are zoas with a couple frogspawn, monti’s, and the above named corals.

All are doing well with the exception of the Jack O Lantern, Dragon Soul, n Watermelon Favia. These corals are basically just living, but show no signs of growth.

What do you all recommend? Thanks in advance for your advice!!

JC

JCRove06 · Apr 24, 2019

Here are some pictures to see placement.

All other corals are growing pretty well.

Esage · Apr 24, 2019

what kind of flow is your jack o lantern in? My jack o lantern and all my other leptos are pretty fast growers in low flow and 90 to 10o par.

JCRove06 · Apr 25, 2019

In the second picture from the bottom you can see where the power head is. This is also a reef tank without a sump so the filter is just to the top right with a stream of incoming filtered water.

Maybe move it to an area with less flow?

DSC reef · Apr 25, 2019

IMO they look healthy. I would leave them be as they are just slowly growing. If they did not look healthy then I'd recommend a new spot. Some corals just grow fast in other tanks.

JCRove06 · Apr 25, 2019

DSC reef said:
IMO they look healthy. I would leave them be as they are just slowly growing. If they did not look healthy then I'd recommend a new spot. Some corals just grow fast in other tanks.

I appreciate the feedback DSC. Being that I have a few I will likely reposition 1 or 2 and leave the others. My Alk was around 7dKH and I’m raising it back to 9. I had an issue with my doser with a leaking pump which has been resolved. The guy at the LFS says it may be due to the alk fluctuations.

I’ll keep you all updated.