|
|
|
#1
09-04-2007, 02:51 AM
|
||||
|
||||
coral growth
I have always wondered why when I look at other tanks and hear everyone's corals are growing like mad you know can keep up with them (xenia or others) even after 6 months they say it just started out as a frag and now it's the size of a grapefruit or bigger So what is my problem I try to keep my water within the scope ph 8.2 ,salitity 1.023 or a bit higher Calcium say 400ish and low nitrates etc. Alk or dkh is the one i have not followed closely.
heck my zoo's take forever to sprout newheads and no I do not have my fish nipping alot. I have had the lights on alot example 12hrs on ( pc light currently). I have had some growth on corals but nothing close to others. Should I be adding something?? So can anyone throw some idea out???
__________________
only 25 gal & (6 bulb, t5's fixture & 30 gal sump with small fuge 
|
|
#2
09-04-2007, 03:01 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Lights. That's my guess. Things grow like snot in my nano (MH) but almost don't grow at all in my 55 with PC lighting.
The difference is really quite something. Thats' my 2 cents.
__________________
_______________________________________ Have a good one!
|
|
#4
09-04-2007, 07:35 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
I second the light being your main problem... Just a little tip to get zoos to grow a little faster its IMO that zoos prefer a little dirtyer water than most coarls... I now only do water changes every second week and the zoos seem to be growing leaps and bounds now .... there are a few threads about zoo growth on RC
|
|
#5
09-04-2007, 09:05 PM
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
I would guess lighting, possibly a new bulb, and flow.
How about a full tank shot? Have you tried taking photos of your growth, say one ever 3 weeks? Sometimes you don't see th growth because its happening right in front of your face. What kind of corals? Just softies like you've mentioned?
|
Linear Mode
