coral growth

[daniella3d]

Well 2 compact light are not much, especially if one is an actinic, not much remain.

I have a frogspawn in my 70 gallons at the bottom of my 250 watt metal halide and it grow very fast. I fragged it in July and it is due to be fragged again because it is even bigger than it was in July. I think mine double in about 2 months.

As for the xenia, it was growing insanely fast and I finally got rid of it because I had to split it and throw some in the garbade every 2 or 3 weeks.

Green star polyps also grow very fast and can sprea over other coral.

When you way your parameters are all ok, what exactly are they? What is the nitrate level? Small aquariums can have a very unstable environment and corals must constantly ajust to survive, never mind growing.

Originally Posted by cityreefer

this is just what happens when i am up at 8:30am on a Saturday, i start over thinking
here we go
i have a red sea max 130, so 34gal altogether. i run the stock lighting 2 55wat compact t5's 50/50 i change them once every 10 months.
i do 10- 15% water changes once a week (instant ocean salt) and top up two times a week with a little fresh water about 1 gallon just to add some seachem reef builder. when i test it is all good kh,gh,ph,cal,mag, ammonia no3 and no2, phos
i feed my fish once a day and my frogspawn once a week.

i know my tank is not big but i would like to have my corals grow faster? is this a normal growth rate coral list below:
frogspawn
colt coral
finger leather
cabbage leather
pulsing Xenia
GPS
toadstool leather but this is just a frag so not worried about it yet.

any help would be great!!