Highlight clove help.

[Cbray305]

Hey all, this is my second highlight clove. The first 1 fell and eventualy melted away after a couple of weeks..so foolishly, i did not glue it down, because i wanted to find its sweet spot and it too fell. Been a week and never opened a single polyp. Finaly glued it down to this lower end rock..been glued for 3 days. Not sure if any of those polyps are still alive... any advice or should i just toss it?

Params are all in line.
Alk-11
Calc.480
Amm.0
Nitrite-0
Nitrate-0-5 (api kit)
Mag. 1420.
Light fluval sea 3.0 59 watt.
55 gall.

 

[Retro Reefer]

My first thoughts are your Alk is way to high and those lights probably aren't going to cut it.. do you know your salinity and PO4?

 

[Cbray305]

1.26... api kit .phosphates 0.

They melted away already. Thanks for the reply. Could be the lights. I got my alk that high for mixed reef anticipation

 

[Retro Reefer]

You need to get your alk down to 8 or under with those nutrient levels or you probably will have little luck growing anything.. 59 watts on a 55 gallon tank is not nearly enough light and that fixture is only mediocre at best.

 

[Retro Reefer]

I would also work on getting your NO3 and PO4 up a little.. NO3 @ 5-10 minimum and PO4 @ .03- .1 minimum

 

[sfin52]

With those lights add a t5 fixture. You'll be happy you did. At the bottom of the tank you'll be lucky to get 25 par

 

[Cbray305]

Thank you. I was at a cross roads of hust adding another fluval sea for the price

 

[sfin52]

Thank you. I was at a cross roads of hust adding another fluval sea for the price

You could but but though could add a decent black box as well or a t5 fixture. Dont get me wrong I have fluval.

 

[Cbray305]

Understood. Thanks again