Sps 911

[Charlie’s Frags]

I have a huge problem going on with my acros. First of all let me tell you a little about my system. It’s a 50 gallon cube sps dominant/ mixed reef combo. I know that’s a huge a red flag but hopefully there’s another culprit for my problem. My second possible issue is that I only use LED Hydra 52 hds with more red and green than recommended. I know T5 supplement is the gold standard but that just won’t look right and my wife would never agree to huge bulky fixture. Now I don’t have an apex and have no idea what my pH is or ORP, so maybe I should look into that. I also don’t ever carbon dose or use gfo and only skim for 12 hours with a crappy undersized skimmer, so maybe that’s why I have a little green hair algae but that’s not the problem. Here are some pics of my latest tests.

No3 is around 20 -25
And I have no idea what my Mag is as my test ran out 6 months ago.
Here are some pics of the acros

Do y’all see the issue?
They seem too colorful, they’re growing too fast and the polyps seem to be sticking out too far. Is there anything I can do to resolve this issue? I’m really freaking out.

 

[Skynyrd Fish]

Great looking corals.

 

[Jaysushi]

Lol this must be a troll post. Your sps corals look amazing!

 

[Evan28395950]

Lol, you got me!

 

[RCS82]

Oh God those look horrendous. Let me try to help. Do you run a refugium at all?

 

[Fiesty]

I have a huge problem going on with my acros. First of all let me tell you a little about my system. It’s a 50 gallon cube sps dominant/ mixed reef combo. I know that’s a huge a red flag but hopefully there’s another culprit for my problem. My second possible issue is that I only use LED Hydra 52 hds with more red and green than recommended. I know T5 supplement is the gold standard but that just won’t look right and my wife would never agree to huge bulky fixture. Now I don’t have an apex and have no idea what my pH is or ORP, so maybe I should look into that. I also don’t ever carbon dose or use gfo and only skim for 12 hours with a crappy undersized skimmer, so maybe that’s why I have a little green hair algae but that’s not the problem. Here are some pics of my latest tests.

No3 is around 20 -25
And I have no idea what my Mag is as my test ran out 6 months ago.
Here are some pics of the acros

Do y’all see the issue?
They seem too colorful, they’re growing too fast and the polyps seem to be sticking out too far. Is there anything I can do to resolve this issue? I’m really freaking out.

Haha. I love this thread! Great pics!

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

Oh God those look horrendous. Let me try to help. Do you run a refugium at all?

Kind of
But it’s on top of my stand and filled with acros

 

[RCS82]

I was just kidding around. Your stuff looks awesome.

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

Come on guys
Y’all aren’t helping
Should I buy an over sized skimmer or, or, or, add 2 gfo reactors and a co2 scrubber and, and, and maybe a denitrator? How do I kill these?

 

[RCS82]

Come on guys
Y’all aren’t helping
Should I buy an over sized skimmer or, or, or, add 2 gfo reactors and a co2 scrubber and, and, and maybe a denitrator? How do I kill these?

I've read up on bleach dosing and think you should give it a go.
Hope this helps

 

[Style185]

You need to buy an apex and dosing system dose dose dose those things are on their death bed you need too export more nutes n dose more best advice lol looks awesome simple is better imo good job!

 

[Fiesty]

Kind of
But it’s on top of my stand and filled with acros

Now that my kind of refugium!!!

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

Yes yes yes
I really appreciate all the tips. And when I say appreciate I mean I’ll probably continue to do what’s not working because the back of a (insert company product) recommends to use x until y, because it wouldn’t possibly be trying to sell me more crap right??? And as things continue to decline go on (insert website) and buy more products because z is starting to happen and then, oh man, what comes after z?

 

[bigcheese]

Come on guys
Y’all aren’t helping
How do I kill these?

Give 'em to me... I'm sure I'll end up killing 'em [emoji12] .

Maybe you need a Reefbot, so you can stress about chasing numbers?
A chiller so you can add some cold-water corals too?
You know what would totally complement those sticks? A Tiger Puffer. And it will totally fit in that tank.

Seriously, tho... great looking tank.

 

[Style185]

Give 'em to me... I'm sure I'll end up killing 'em [emoji12] .

Maybe you need a Reefbot, so you can stress about chasing numbers?
A chiller so you can add some cold-water corals too?
You know what would totally complement those sticks? A Tiger Puffer. And it will totally fit in that tank.

Seriously, tho... great looking tank.

Dude could defanatelly add a chiller and just return it into a corner for those cold water creatures! Good lookin out brosky lol taking notes on this 1

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

Give 'em to me... I'm sure I'll end up killing 'em [emoji12] .

Maybe you need a Reefbot, so you can stress about chasing numbers?
A chiller so you can add some cold-water corals too?
You know what would totally complement those sticks? A Tiger Puffer. And it will totally fit in that tank.

Seriously, tho... great looking tank.

Reefbot doesn’t sound expensive enough. I’m thinking apex deluxe and trident with a DT and sump camera. That way when I get alert that my alk has gone up or down 0.001 dKH I won’t have to spend all day thinking and worrying, I’ll be able to just watch them all day worrying.

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

I just realized my phosphorus was 63 three days ago. Does that mean all these could finally be slow rtn’ng or “bleached” 2 weeks from now??

 

[Auto-pilot]

I have a huge problem going on with my acros. First of all let me tell you a little about my system. It’s a 50 gallon cube sps dominant/ mixed reef combo. I know that’s a huge a red flag but hopefully there’s another culprit for my problem. My second possible issue is that I only use LED Hydra 52 hds with more red and green than recommended. I know T5 supplement is the gold standard but that just won’t look right and my wife would never agree to huge bulky fixture. Now I don’t have an apex and have no idea what my pH is or ORP, so maybe I should look into that. I also don’t ever carbon dose or use gfo and only skim for 12 hours with a crappy undersized skimmer, so maybe that’s why I have a little green hair algae but that’s not the problem. Here are some pics of my latest tests.

No3 is around 20 -25
And I have no idea what my Mag is as my test ran out 6 months ago.
Here are some pics of the acros

Do y’all see the issue?
They seem too colorful, they’re growing too fast and the polyps seem to be sticking out too far. Is there anything I can do to resolve this issue? I’m really freaking out.

Yeah I'm going to have to agree with the others they are in pretty bad shape..... I think the only hope you have is to send them all to me every last one so I can take care of them for you

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

You clearly should not own a reef tank so send me all your Corals!

 

[bigcheese]

I just realized my phosphorus was 63 three days ago. Does that mean all these could finally be slow rtn’ng or “bleached” 2 weeks from now??

Nah. I'd be more worried about the explosion of hair and bryopsis algae that will inevitably take over.
I think I see a green spot in that first pic... quick, tear out all the rock and give it a good scrub with an angle grinder!