Bubble & Hammer Coral not opening up like they used to (purchased Jan 10, 2018)
Bubble has been looking like this since April & Hammer started not fully extending soon after.
First two pics are how they have been looking from Jan to end of March & next two photos were taken today 4/19/18.
Powerheads are not blasting them with current. My alk did dip to 8.5 from its usual 9.3, but I gradually brought it back up
I don't see any fish nipping at them. I don't see any sweepers from the Favias hitting them.
My torch corals look great. Frogspawn Corals still look good, although the one that I
have had for a few months doesn't seem to open all the way ever since I placed another one near it (branching frogspawn).
Not sure if I have to crank my lights up more in the tank. PAR level by the Hammer is 90 PAR on the sandbed. Bubble coral is placed midway up on the rocks. PAR around 120
For the Hammer: Could it be that I need to move it up on the rocks or crank up my lights
more? I target feed my corals once or twice a week with a mix of Reef Roids/Reef Chili & sometimes some frozen brine/mysis & some P/E Calanus.
TANK INFO:
325 Gallon DAS DECO Tank 96x28x28 - Tank Started on 3/15/2017
300 lbs of Live Sand & 275 lbs of Marco Dry Rock
pH - 8.1 to 8.3 (use CO2 absorbant in the warmer months to keep pH up with the skimmer or else it falls to 7.9)
Alk - 9.0 to 9.5
Calcium - 425-450
Magnesium - 1400
Nitrite/Ammonia - 0
Nitrate - 4 to 6ppm
Phosphate - .08 (as of April 2018 - used to be in the .04 range all the time)
Temp - 78 to 79
Salinity - 34 ppt (use Red Sea Coral Pro Salt)
Skimmer - Reef Octopus 5000 Space Saver
Complete Apex System w/ (2) Power Heads, Doser, PAR Meter
20 Gallon ATO Resevoir with Tunze ATO System
2 x 500w Heaters
Reef Octopus Varios-8 Return Pump Set around 50% Power
2 x 50" Reef Breeders Photon LED Lights
lights run from 10am til 9pm then dim low and moonlights come on from 10pm to 1am
CH 1 (deep red) max out at 40% from 12pm to 6pm
CH 2 (green) max out at 20% from 12pm to 6pm
CH 3 (Royal Blue: Strongest) max out at 75% from 12pm to 6pm
CH 4 (white) run maxed out at 30-35% from 1pm to 5pm
CH 5 (Cool Blue) max out at 75% from 12pm to 6pm
CH 6 (Violet) max out at 75% from 12pm to 6pm
PAR Level in sand direct under lights - 80 to 100 PAR
PAR Level at top on highest rock in back near center of tank - 185-200
Tank has glass canopies (noticed that they block about 15-20 Par of light)
Dose 30mL of NOPOX daily around midnight
Dose 25mL each of Reef Energy A&B roughly every day - sometimes miss a few days
Dose Cal & Alk when needed with BRS two part solution (only once or twice a week)
KALK in ATO seems to keep everything in check
20 gallons of Fresh ATO lasts about a month in the Spring/Summer/Fall & takes about 40 gallons
in the Winter months
Fish:
4 x Tangs - Naso (8/2017), Hippo (7/2017), Sailfin (6/2017), Orange Shoulder (8/2017)
1 x Foxface Lo (3/2017) (probably going to pull out - eats some Zoas/Mushrooms & has eaten a Trachy & Elegance)
3 x Zebra Dartfish 6/2018
7 x Clownfish (2 x Black/White, 2 x Reef Stew, 2 x Tomato, 1 x Ocellaris) 9/2017
1 x Blue Reef Chromis 6/2018
1 x Royal Gramma 8/2018
1 x Mandarin 2/2018
1 x Sixline Wrasse 12/2017
1 x Christmas Wrasse 4/2018
2 x Lyretail Anthias 11/2017 (1 male & 1 female): bought 7, but 5 died within 5 days (1 per day)
** Fish are all very healthy & have had no problems
Feed 1 full sheet of Nori every day (green & purple), feed frozen every evening & some dry foods. Soak all frozen
food in Selcon & use garlic 2-3 times per week. I broadcast feed my frozen food.
Bubble has been looking like this since April & Hammer started not fully extending soon after.
First two pics are how they have been looking from Jan to end of March & next two photos were taken today 4/19/18.
Powerheads are not blasting them with current. My alk did dip to 8.5 from its usual 9.3, but I gradually brought it back up
I don't see any fish nipping at them. I don't see any sweepers from the Favias hitting them.
My torch corals look great. Frogspawn Corals still look good, although the one that I
have had for a few months doesn't seem to open all the way ever since I placed another one near it (branching frogspawn).
Not sure if I have to crank my lights up more in the tank. PAR level by the Hammer is 90 PAR on the sandbed. Bubble coral is placed midway up on the rocks. PAR around 120
For the Hammer: Could it be that I need to move it up on the rocks or crank up my lights
more? I target feed my corals once or twice a week with a mix of Reef Roids/Reef Chili & sometimes some frozen brine/mysis & some P/E Calanus.
TANK INFO:
325 Gallon DAS DECO Tank 96x28x28 - Tank Started on 3/15/2017
300 lbs of Live Sand & 275 lbs of Marco Dry Rock
pH - 8.1 to 8.3 (use CO2 absorbant in the warmer months to keep pH up with the skimmer or else it falls to 7.9)
Alk - 9.0 to 9.5
Calcium - 425-450
Magnesium - 1400
Nitrite/Ammonia - 0
Nitrate - 4 to 6ppm
Phosphate - .08 (as of April 2018 - used to be in the .04 range all the time)
Temp - 78 to 79
Salinity - 34 ppt (use Red Sea Coral Pro Salt)
Skimmer - Reef Octopus 5000 Space Saver
Complete Apex System w/ (2) Power Heads, Doser, PAR Meter
20 Gallon ATO Resevoir with Tunze ATO System
2 x 500w Heaters
Reef Octopus Varios-8 Return Pump Set around 50% Power
2 x 50" Reef Breeders Photon LED Lights
lights run from 10am til 9pm then dim low and moonlights come on from 10pm to 1am
CH 1 (deep red) max out at 40% from 12pm to 6pm
CH 2 (green) max out at 20% from 12pm to 6pm
CH 3 (Royal Blue: Strongest) max out at 75% from 12pm to 6pm
CH 4 (white) run maxed out at 30-35% from 1pm to 5pm
CH 5 (Cool Blue) max out at 75% from 12pm to 6pm
CH 6 (Violet) max out at 75% from 12pm to 6pm
PAR Level in sand direct under lights - 80 to 100 PAR
PAR Level at top on highest rock in back near center of tank - 185-200
Tank has glass canopies (noticed that they block about 15-20 Par of light)
Dose 30mL of NOPOX daily around midnight
Dose 25mL each of Reef Energy A&B roughly every day - sometimes miss a few days
Dose Cal & Alk when needed with BRS two part solution (only once or twice a week)
KALK in ATO seems to keep everything in check
20 gallons of Fresh ATO lasts about a month in the Spring/Summer/Fall & takes about 40 gallons
in the Winter months
Fish:
4 x Tangs - Naso (8/2017), Hippo (7/2017), Sailfin (6/2017), Orange Shoulder (8/2017)
1 x Foxface Lo (3/2017) (probably going to pull out - eats some Zoas/Mushrooms & has eaten a Trachy & Elegance)
3 x Zebra Dartfish 6/2018
7 x Clownfish (2 x Black/White, 2 x Reef Stew, 2 x Tomato, 1 x Ocellaris) 9/2017
1 x Blue Reef Chromis 6/2018
1 x Royal Gramma 8/2018
1 x Mandarin 2/2018
1 x Sixline Wrasse 12/2017
1 x Christmas Wrasse 4/2018
2 x Lyretail Anthias 11/2017 (1 male & 1 female): bought 7, but 5 died within 5 days (1 per day)
** Fish are all very healthy & have had no problems
Feed 1 full sheet of Nori every day (green & purple), feed frozen every evening & some dry foods. Soak all frozen
food in Selcon & use garlic 2-3 times per week. I broadcast feed my frozen food.
