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12-19-2004, 09:59 PM
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Green Monti. Dig. question for sps gurus
First off, here are the specs of my tank
46 gallon display tank lit with 2 x 400 watt radiums and a 55 watt actinic pc 75 gallon sump in basement filled with 50 or so gallons (some live rock in there) 54 gallon in basement hooked to same sump with one clown and an anemone 40 gallon frag tank hooked to same sump in basement with 250 watt 10K halides Calcium reactor Kalk reactor Huge beckett skimmer Last I checked - Calcium 440 Alk - 4 meq/l Sal - 1.024 (I think) I haven't measured Nitrates etc... Anyway.. All of my sps are growing very well... I have 6 different caps all growing Acros seem to be growing Birdsnest frag is at a standstill.. I have brown monti dig and brown with purple tipped monti dig that are growing.. However, every single time I try a green monti dig frag...it seems to brown out...then slowly die. I don't get it. I gave a frag a couple of years ago to Canadian Man and his colony is huge. I got a frag back from him after my 150 tank crash and I can't keep them alive. I've gotten the green one from someone else and same thing...slowly browns, then dies... The other monti digs are doing well in my tank, orange from Delphinus, browns, and the purples... It's very frustrating because I think green is my favourit colour of the digitatas... Argh  Any ideas? Des Oh btw, I've tried the frags in my frag tank with 250 watt lighting and also under my pc's and in my display tank... I don't get it. 
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12-19-2004, 10:09 PM
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what works for me is a Ca of about 390 to 400 (I find slower growth with a higher Ca. and alk of about 12dkh (what ever that is in meq/l) and salinity of 1.025 to 1.026. My digitata is the first coral that will dull and lose color when Alk drops.
Steve
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12-19-2004, 10:16 PM
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Steve, thanks for the response. When are you gonna make it out this way again? What's wierd is all my other digitatas are doing well and growing fast... I think 4 meq/l is considered high. I don't have a book with me so I can't gauge it.
things that make you go hmmmmm.... dez
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12-20-2004, 01:07 AM
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Dez, I think it is funny stuff. Mine encrusted onto the wall of the tank. I tried to remove the original piece, but it promptly died. The three inch encrusting stuff is still going strong.
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