New Montipora have some question
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reefreak29
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usually new growth is white at the tips can u post a pic
murph145
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thats not exactly a monti its some sort of acropora and its slowly dying from the base up.... the whole coral in general doesnt look too happy or healthy its browned out with no polyp extension
please give some info on the tank its in and the water parameters.... lighting etc....
and those clown gobbies are known to cause stess to acros and kill them off
please give some info on the tank its in and the water parameters.... lighting etc....
and those clown gobbies are known to cause stess to acros and kill them off
ifirefight
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Originally Posted by Quakstar
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Here is my monti,,,, I agree with reefreak29...mine is usually white when growing new sections...
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murph145
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yea its dead skeleton that has algae growing in it now.... i have tons of acros and i can tell yah somethings not right and from the look of it its ur nitrates.... those clown gobies can be more of a pesk that a cool fish if u realy wanna get into SPS corals....
how can i tell its nitrates.... first of all the coral is totally brown with little polyp extension and the base is dying....
base dying could also be a flow issue acros need ons of flow to be happy.... shoot for around 25x's total tank water turnover per hour
was that the color of the coral when u got it from the LFS?? is so they just wanted u to take it off there hands they should never sell an unhealthy coral like that unless it was very cheap
how can i tell its nitrates.... first of all the coral is totally brown with little polyp extension and the base is dying....
base dying could also be a flow issue acros need ons of flow to be happy.... shoot for around 25x's total tank water turnover per hour
was that the color of the coral when u got it from the LFS?? is so they just wanted u to take it off there hands they should never sell an unhealthy coral like that unless it was very cheap
quakstar
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That is definitely the color of what it was and never had any sort of spores coming off of it. This is my first so i am still learning i did not have it in a good current so i put a new power head on it giving it a constant swirling current around it now maybe that will help but thanks for the advise
not new to salt water but very new to the green thumb of corals
not new to salt water but very new to the green thumb of corals
murph145
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u got it acros are the toughest corals usually to keep alive theres some basic things they like.... light, good random flow (not direct), and very clean water
if u can meet these do your research get the nitrates down add some more flow then id try some frags from a local reefer they are usually more hardy
good luck!
if u can meet these do your research get the nitrates down add some more flow then id try some frags from a local reefer they are usually more hardy
good luck!
quakstar
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thank you so much for the advise... I am working on the nitrates what would you say is the ideal perfect level of nitrates my store told me to never get them to 0 but i have never really known i just know i have never seen mine get all the way to 0 or should you just aim for 12.5?
murph145
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well for sps corals heres an ideal water table parameters IMO
temp 78-82 but constant not varying too much at anytime
salinity 1.024-1.026 using a refractometer
Ammonia 0
nitrates 0-5! preferably 0
nitrites 0
phosphates 0-.25
calcium 390-450ppm
alkalinity 8-10 dkh
magnesium 1250-1450
flow 20x's + some run around 100x's turnover in an sps tank
light-very bright ;-)
thats kinda a general rule of thumb and i know some will wander out of the guide lines i like but each tank runs a lil differently
temp 78-82 but constant not varying too much at anytime
salinity 1.024-1.026 using a refractometer
Ammonia 0
nitrates 0-5! preferably 0
nitrites 0
phosphates 0-.25
calcium 390-450ppm
alkalinity 8-10 dkh
magnesium 1250-1450
flow 20x's + some run around 100x's turnover in an sps tank
light-very bright ;-)
thats kinda a general rule of thumb and i know some will wander out of the guide lines i like but each tank runs a lil differently
