Pectinia not doing well.
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HolisticBear
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The Skin on my Space Invader gets tight when the water gets too clean. When my PO4 is at 0 for too long, the Space Invader starts to look like that and my Setosa looks bad. Hopefully others will chime in. Some of this makes my Pectina very happy.
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Roy 9121
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How often do you feed yours? Do you feed it after lights out? Target feed?The Skin on my Space Invader gets tight when the water gets too clean. When my PO4 is at 0 for too long, the Space Invader starts to look like that and my Setosa looks bad. Hopefully others will chime in. Some of this makes my Pectina very happy.
HolisticBear
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I broadcast feed just prior to lights out (15 minute feed mode, return pump off). I use a few drops of R.O.E + Oyster Feast along with some LRS frozen. Fish love it. In my tank, I've bottomed out PO4 multiple times, so now I'm trying to feed the exact same amount each day to dial in consistent levels
TangingOut
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How much light are you giving it? Every happy pectinia that I've ever seen has been towards the bottom or on the sandbed of a tank. I grew out a space invader frag into a small colony by keeping it in lower light, low-medium flow, and target fed one every week or two after lights out.
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Roy 9121
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Its in a medium light area, about half way down in my tank. I'm going to move it down. I haven't been feeding it after lights out, which is what I'm supposed to be doing I guess. I'll try that as well.
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Roy 9121
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Ammonia is at 0.0
Nitrites 0.0
My nitrate tested at 50.0. I don't know of that is accurate, it's never been that hi before. I'm going to test it again tomorrow.
Calcium was 440
Mag. was low at 1180, I dosed that and will try to get that up.
TangingOut
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What about your ALK? Swings in ALK will really tick off most corals
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Roy 9121
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My alk sits at 8.5-9.0 consistently.
TangingOut
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That's good, consistency is key.
For now I'd get it in lower light and test the nitrates again when you get the time. When you start feeding look into reef nutrition oyster feast and roe. I also like Dr. G's reef cavier due to being a larger egg. Another method I use is I mix reef roids with oyster feast and with the pumps off I use a squirt bottle and target feed. The mixture stays in the water column longer around the coral then reef roids alone.
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Roy 9121
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Im using the oyster feast with reef rounds now. I'll try moving it to a low light area.
