How to have good P/E in acro's ?

kevensquint · Mar 15, 2015

This is one of my pet peeves. Growth is great, colors are very good. But one thing that comes and goes in my tank is good P/E. My stylos and pocci's have mega P/E. I can't find a way to encourage it in my acro's which are mostly stags. Anything you guys did, with a notable improvement thereafter ?

DFW · Mar 15, 2015

Do staghorns ever have a lot of polyp extension? The few that I have do not.

kevensquint · Mar 15, 2015

My slimer and blue tip have from time to time. My hunch is organics too high or too low. But I'm not sure.

msderganc · Mar 15, 2015

I find that great flow is critical to polyp extension. Pretty much the higher the flow, the better the extension.

I'd agree with DFW that stags generally don't have too much PE to begin with, though.

nazzman · Mar 15, 2015

As long as they have PE at night thats all that matters

kacrocorals581 · Mar 15, 2015

I've never really seen a stag with busy poylps kinda at night usually the tips have big poylps but manly at night you well see those just typical of stags

beastium · Mar 16, 2015

If there are particles in the water, will higher flow have a negative effect?

Tahoe61 · Mar 16, 2015

Do you have Angels?

DLuce510 · Mar 17, 2015

In my experience, nipping fish have been the culprit. When the fish are sleeping the polyps come out. Mille's have usually had the best PE for me.

Tek · Mar 19, 2015

Try feeding the corals during the day for a few weeks along with regular night time feedings. Bacteria dosing helps as well. I have a couple different stags with great PE.