I don't get acros

[joe0813]

Do you have any coralline growing in your tank? Don’t waste your time with SPS until you have a good amount of coralline growing.

I have a decent amount all over my overflows and on shaded rock

 

[Whispers]

I feel your pain I’m in the same boat most of mine stn from the bottom

 

[joe0813]

nitrate..... ZERO! how in the hell did those even get that low? I feed an entire cube of frozen every day plus pellets and nori. I don't think I've changed my GFO in about a month. I have Brightwell nitrate and phosphate, should I slowly start adding these to get my numbers up?

 

[joe0813]

I feel your pain I’m in the same boat most of mine stn from the bottom

and they said this hobby was relaxing.... I beg to differ

 

[joe0813]

this is the only one I have at the moment. I need to take another one tomorrow with all the lights on. all that algae on the back glass is gone too

 

[Hemmdog]

nitrate..... ZERO! how in the hell did those even get that low? I feed an entire cube of frozen every day plus pellets and nori. I don't think I've changed my GFO in about a month. I have Brightwell nitrate and phosphate, should I slowly start adding these to get my numbers up?

A single cube ? In a 180? Lol. That is nothing, I feed 6 a day in my 90, 4 in my 40b. Sometimes Lrs reef frenzy on top of that throughout the day. You need to feed a lot more.

 

[joe0813]

A single cube ? In a 180? Lol. That is nothing, I feed 6 a day in my 90, 4 in my 40b. Sometimes Lrs reef frenzy on top of that throughout the day. You need to feed a lot more.

really? ill bump that up too

 

[jpas]

I would turn off your GFO completely. I never had much luck with SPS & continuous GFO use.

 

[joe0813]

I would turn off your GFO completely. I never had much luck with SPS & continuous GFO use.

just turned it off

 

[chris jones 105]

I would turn off your GFO completely. I never had much luck with SPS & continuous GFO use.

Plus one on the no GFO, Not needed acro dont likey

 

[Hemmdog]

really? ill bump that up too

Yep, my 90 is very lightly stocked, my fish are very vibrant and healthy as well as my coral.

 

[jcarmo]

Hi, try using amino acids. My corals were bleaching and I started using amino acids a few weeks ago. And my SPS are regaining their color back.

 

[joe0813]

Hi, try using amino acids. My corals were bleaching and I started using amino acids a few weeks ago. And my SPS are regaining their color back.

I'll order some and see how it goes

 

[jpas]

I see your getting a lot of good advice, but remember that you shouldn’t make too many changes all at the same time.

Nothing good happens fast in a reef!!

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

I threw my gfo reactor and nopox in the trash a year ago, and all my sps have been thanking me ever since.

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

And my skimmer only runs for 12 hours, when the lights are off

 

[Punchanello]

You're not alone!

 

[Jaysushi]

@joe0813 I would look into borrowing a PAR meter and measuring your PAR. I run a 24" x 24" 60 gal cube with a single Radion XR30 G4 Pro on a standard 9" RMS mount and I used to have it set at 50% overall intensity.

Turns out that was not near enough par for most acros. PAR measured at like 150-180 at my highest point in the tank. I slowly began to bring up my overall intensity and set it at 95% where PAR varies from 250-400 and my acros are loving it. Now I just need these suckers to grow quicker lol.

 

[Pdash]

I only test no3/po4 now to make sure no3 doesn’t drop below 10 and po4 doesn’t drop below 0.10. Even Red Sea recommends a minimum of 0.08 po4 for sps frag in their reef recipes.

I've been running 5ish maybe slightly more nitrate, and between .1-.04 phosphate for the last 2 months (tank is 6 months old). Phosphate was always in that range before that. My sps generally hung in there before I got nitrate up, but color and growth were terrible. Dosed nitrate to get it up, then fed fish food, coral, aminos to keep both in their ranges, since then color and growth have come a very long way in 2 short months. I'm convinced especially young systems need this kind of feeding/nutrients to sustain sps. Oh and I raised my xr15s intensity from 70% to 100% and lowered them from 14 inches to 9.75 inches above the water. Bunch of similarities between what I was doing/experienced and what's happening to joe in my opinion, based on the limited knowledge of his situation.

 

[Pdash]

really? ill bump that up too

I feed twice what you feed+ coral food regularly in a red sea 350 (70 gallon display), 6 month old tank. Like I said before probably starving your corals.