Stuffs not growing

[sfin52]

Maybe 100 pars?

200 minimum higher is better. Whats your nitrates?

 

[Perthegallon]

150 minimum higher is better. Whats your nitrates?

I’m not trusting the kit I’m going to buy one of those hannas but it’s saying around 15 ppm

 

[CCauthers]

What would be pure tetraselmis

There are many places that sell it online, not just aquarium places

 

[Perthegallon]

There are many places that sell it online, not just aquarium places

I can’t find pure tetraselmis just phyolplanton?

 

[Perthegallon]

Plankton*

 

[Rick.45cal]

You should increase your lighting incrementally to prevent bleaching from occuring, if you increase it once a week and wait 7 days the corals will be able to acclimate to the increases. With the nitrate and phosphates you have available, in my opinion, it’s highly unlikely you’ll have a bleaching event occur. But I would err on the side of caution since you have had them in such low intensity lighting.

 

[ZoWhat]

I was using the alage barn plankton?

Algaebarn uses a proprietary blend of THREE phytoplankton. One being tetraselmis.

One of the other two is what caused your algae breakout. Their 3 blend is garbage IMO.

They grow three strains of phyto SEPARATELY and then blend at bottling time. When it hits your tank its waaaaay too much nutrients

Mercer of Montana's tetraselmis is the best I've ever used.

 

[Timfish]

+1 on increasing your PAR. Don't worry about your PO4, 0.5 mg/l isn't too high for acros, see this paper here. I would also suggest reading this paper by University of Hawai'i on feeding corals prepared foods, it can be tricky.

 

[Timfish]

+1 on increasing your PAR. Don't worry about your PO4, I would keep it around 0.1 mg/l but 0.5 mg/l isn't particularly dangerous for acros, see this paper here. I would also suggest reading this paper by University of Hawai'i on feeding corals prepared foods, it can be tricky.