Blasted Blasto: Need tips

[GPB]

I have a Blasto that I recieved about two months ago. It has not puffed up since I got it. It has been receded into its skeleton from day 1. The good news is that it looks the same after two months as the day I got it. No worse.

I also have a Favia, Trach, and Plate that I got at the same time. They are all doing great. The Favia is a pig and eats whatever it can get.

I have 6 x 24 watt T-5 lighting. Run about 6 hours per day. Initially my Favia bleached with a 10 hour photoperiod so I tuned back my photoperiod to the 6 hours and that seems to have helped it.

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FTS:

My parameters all seem ok.

Cal: 490
Alk: 8.3
ph: 8.1-8.27
temp 76 - 79
Mg: 1380
No3: 1
PO4: None detected

For flow I have a 300gph return from sump. (2) Koralia nano powerheads 425 gph ea, and a MJ1200 that cycles on / off once per minute on a wave timer.

 

[ParanoidObseshn]

I would move it down to the sandbed. Maybe tuck it against the main rock underneath the favia on the left.

 

[Nemo4ev]

I would try to find the lowest flow area and a shaded region to see if that helps. I mean if it has not gotten any better or worse just start experimenting with different spots until you find the sweet spot.

 

[GPB]

Thanks for the tips. I think I will try to move it.

 

[Urchinhead]

Sorry to pile on but... Low flow and a bit of shade will help allot. When it starts to inflate feed it. Salifert pellets were what I used for my blasto's. They *LOVED* them.