Lps water quality

fishmaster818 · Jan 18, 2015

Can water be too clean for lps

Reefcowboy · Jan 18, 2015

Don't think so, issue sometimes is when the water is way to clear, with use of excessive carbon(Rox did it for me) the light penetration in the water is higher, and can bleach easier corals. Other than that I don't believe so.

Reefing Madness · Jan 18, 2015

Can be if your not feeding them enough.

fishmaster818 · Jan 18, 2015

Reefing Madness said:
Can be if your not feeding them enough.

Im talking phosphate wise

fishmaster818 · Jan 18, 2015

Reefcowboy said:
Don't think so, issue sometimes is when the water is way to clear, with use of excessive carbon(Rox did it for me) the light penetration in the water is higher, and can bleach easier corals. Other than that I don't believe so.

Im talking phosphate wise

Tab28 · Jan 19, 2015

fishmaster818 said:
Im talking phosphate wise

Phosphates below 0.02 is ideal most keep at zero. Too clean is generally used when nitrates fall below 5. Many lps perfer some nitrates in water. Keeping nitrates below 5 is not a game ender if you feed them. My nitrates have not been measurable in years. My lps are fine.

Justin1997 · Jan 19, 2015

Just curious what you recommend feeding, I've heard good things about reef roids.

fungia_fiend · Jan 19, 2015

If they'll take direct feeding they'll do fine even in an ULNS tank. If they don't take direct feeding, they can still take very clean water just not totally stripped of phosphates/nitrates. I feed a blend of reef chili/reef roids/goniopower. However, most of my LPS are not too interested in that. They prefer direct feedings of either mysis or spectrum pellets.

fishmaster818 · Jan 19, 2015

Justin1997 said:
Just curious what you recommend feeding, I've heard good things about reef roids.

I feed mysis

fishmaster818 · Jan 19, 2015

fungia_fiend said:
If they'll take direct feeding they'll do fine even in an ULNS tank. If they don't take direct feeding, they can still take very clean water just not totally stripped of phosphates/nitrates. I feed a blend of reef chili/reef roids/goniopower. However, most of my LPS are not too interested in that. They prefer direct feedings of either mysis or spectrum pellets.

Okay yeah feed them mysis

KoleTang · Jan 19, 2015

I believe that its a misconception that LPS need dirty tanks. On most wild reefs, phosphate and nitrate are even lower than some of the cleanest tanks in the industry. The difference is that the corals have access to a lot of food.

Fish waste is a great coral food, feed the fish more and the corals get more food. LPS pellets and mysis are good for direct feeding (if you feel that you need to).

Just be careful to stay within the limits of your filtration when doing this.