Time for sps???

[tram]

Tank is 6 months old. I have a lovely acan which as been in a month and expands well & feeds. Is it time to put in something sps. Worried a little that my nitrate may still be too high
Ph8.1
Sg 1.0235
Redox 450
Alk 9
Ca 430
Po4 0.012
No3 10-12

Tony

 

[yepreef]

bring ur nitrate down to 5 [emoji4] its patience game

 

[mcarroll]

Phosphates up if the tank is new. I'm not sure I'd worry too much about 10 ppm nitrates. Once you have phosphate present and corals growing, it'll drop quickly on its own....you want to prevent it and PO4 from dropping to zero before the tank matures.

 

[dwest]

Phosphates up if the tank is new. I'm not sure I'd worry too much about 10 ppm nitrates. Once you have phosphate present and corals growing, it'll drop quickly on its own....you want to prevent it and PO4 from dropping to zero before the tank matures.

Agree with mcarroll. I’m dosing sodium nitrate to get to the level you are at after my dino bloom.

 

[DarthSimon]

Name of the game for SPS is stability. Alkilinity and calcium have to be super stable, and not fluctuate. Alk swings in my experience cause stress on Acropora and sps in general...
Dosing is a must....


Start with one or 2 small frags and see how they grow. Remember you have to patient. Some grow very slow and at there own rates. Some will grow down and outward on their frag plugs first before they grow up......
Good luck...