I'd ask @billyocean who is the SBB whisperer on tank help. Your tank looks amazing btw, so it's got to be something minor.
....too slow....
I see two things a bit different, but not that much. I’ll have to look into your supplements. I really don’t use any additives except dosing the big three and aminos. Water change is auto at 2 gallons a day.
Okay, Billy, you stumped me an that comment. Enlighten me.
Once arrived, I would float them in the sump for about an hour. After that, I would acclimate them to salinity and them dip them in Coral RX for 5-6 minutes in a 50-50 mixture of bag water and tank water. Then rinse them in tank water and position them in a Frag rack at a medium to low position in the tank. They would stay there for 1-2 days at a PAR of around 200 and then position them in their final position on the top ledges. PAR at the final positions runs about 275-325 With good flow. Same as I do with the other Acro’s.
We may have found the culprit. All my other corals are local pickup. These are the only ones I get that are shipped.
Lol..that was at @Kasrift because I already answered. I always dip corals. What I was saying is Shane dips them in KCL before he bags them up. Could be the coral rx is too harsh on them when you dip them afterwards. I use kcl as well before they go in tank. Coral rx is a pretty harsh dip...good dip..but harsh. I'm thinking that could be the issue due to the fact they are dipped before shipping
Work meetings and messing around on forums, got to find a priority. Glad you jumped in here.
Thanks Billy. This makes absolute perfect sense. Since it’s only the SBB corals that are struggling, I can see that double dipping them over 2-3 days could cause them to suffer Greatly. I stayed away from grabbing something on their last two sales, but this gives me confidence to try them again. Hopefully the corals I still have will be able to pull through and stay alive. Time will tell.
I would still suggest a dip but no coral rx. Potassium Chloride (kcl) off of Amazon. You can run 2 tablespoons per gallon of dip..one seems to do fine as well...I'm a 1.5 tablespoons of it man myself..lol.
Outstanding. I love their corals and need to replace my losses. Gotta gear up for the next sale. Maybe get where I can compete with you high end snipers.
Lol..panda is the sniper. I've been grabbing moat of my stuff in vip because I have most of the drops. You know there's a 10 day guarantee on the corals too right? Lately I've been going after no name stuff to see how it colors up.Outstanding. I love their corals and need to replace my losses. Gotta gear up for the next sale. Maybe get where I can compete with you high end snipers.
I've heard about this too and it piques my interest, but it is just another tank that has to have perfect parameters. The best thing I've ever seen was a YouTube video where some one did auto water changes to another 20g to hold as a coral quarantine and that auto water changes to a drain. It was very interesting.
I'd counter with, if they weren't encrusting, they might not have been growing well at all since fragging. Depends on the species as well since things like birdsnest just don't encrust much no matter how well they grow.
