I can't keep LPS, pointers?
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I mentioned skimmer because of possible chemical substances, the leather are secreting - but you better know your tank, it was one of possibilities.
LPS ans sps were growing good for me - without any special care, except the light, and mine is even lower, than yours.
If they grow in my tanks - they surely should grow in your. I'm using conditioned tap water, salts, with raised Ca and Mg, alkalinity additive in some tanks, that do not hold alkalinity themselves good. SG 1.026, t 78F. Tanks are fed, at least cyclop eeze. It's all.
The easy LPS I received as a frags, damaged during shipping:
Recovered even in low light tank:
Later, in higher light, frogspawn and hammers (frogspawn also comes in cold green color):
Candycanes:
the green recovered:
This, more high light loving, at arrival:
and recovered, the bicolor was very slow:
Blastomussa merletti (B. welsii will be more colorful):
at arrival:
Cynarina:
at arrival ($10!):
Later:
Will continue.
LPS ans sps were growing good for me - without any special care, except the light, and mine is even lower, than yours.
If they grow in my tanks - they surely should grow in your. I'm using conditioned tap water, salts, with raised Ca and Mg, alkalinity additive in some tanks, that do not hold alkalinity themselves good. SG 1.026, t 78F. Tanks are fed, at least cyclop eeze. It's all.
The easy LPS I received as a frags, damaged during shipping:
Recovered even in low light tank:
Later, in higher light, frogspawn and hammers (frogspawn also comes in cold green color):
Candycanes:
the green recovered:
This, more high light loving, at arrival:
and recovered, the bicolor was very slow:
Blastomussa merletti (B. welsii will be more colorful):
at arrival:
Cynarina:
at arrival ($10!):
Later:
Will continue.
Scolymia:
at arrival (same $10):
Recovered:
Beware, that in half of year they expanded to 7.5" in diameter.
Pink lobophyllia, very slow:
Big brains were living equally good in the usual reef:
and in simplified settings in direct sunlight, when I ran out of space. This is 4,5g container, with regularly changed carbon and purigen (to deal with excreted proteins). Fed regularly.
Your tank has much greater possibilities, only if pH was lower - to 8.3 and alkalinity slightly higher - to 8.5. But mine were at 7 dKH for not too long time too, pH was chronically low.
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at arrival (same $10):
Recovered:
Beware, that in half of year they expanded to 7.5" in diameter.
Pink lobophyllia, very slow:
Big brains were living equally good in the usual reef:
and in simplified settings in direct sunlight, when I ran out of space. This is 4,5g container, with regularly changed carbon and purigen (to deal with excreted proteins). Fed regularly.
Your tank has much greater possibilities, only if pH was lower - to 8.3 and alkalinity slightly higher - to 8.5. But mine were at 7 dKH for not too long time too, pH was chronically low.
Tried to make mood-lightening show case
You have some beautiful corals, it's great to see them recovering then thriving. You should be proud! You're right about the PH, I used to have problems with it being low so I made a few adjustments and added kalkwasser to my top up water a while back and now it's a little high! The KH is just due to the calcium reactor media needing changing and me being away from the tank for the last month or so, I'm bringing it back up now.
I was doing some reading on Lobophyllia hemprichii (and Lobophyllia in genral) and I came across something I thought I would mention. A lot of people suggest low light is best for these corals, now I'm not disputing that as I haven't successfully kept them yet, but in Eric H. Borneman's Corals - Selection, Husbandry, and Natural History he says;
"Bright direct light and calm currents are optimal." Would you guys disagree with that?
Oh and atzak the fish I have are 1 Dwarf angel, 1 Pseudochromis aldabraensis, 1 Neon goby, 3 Yellow tailed blue damsels and 1 Red Head Goby (Elacatinus punticulatus).
I was doing some reading on Lobophyllia hemprichii (and Lobophyllia in genral) and I came across something I thought I would mention. A lot of people suggest low light is best for these corals, now I'm not disputing that as I haven't successfully kept them yet, but in Eric H. Borneman's Corals - Selection, Husbandry, and Natural History he says;
"Bright direct light and calm currents are optimal." Would you guys disagree with that?
Oh and atzak the fish I have are 1 Dwarf angel, 1 Pseudochromis aldabraensis, 1 Neon goby, 3 Yellow tailed blue damsels and 1 Red Head Goby (Elacatinus punticulatus).
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These were just cheap try ($8-15) of a new corals - for some reasons LFS had only them on sale 
Low light: for a tank with 2x400W MH low light will mean much more, than my 12" deep tank with 18W 50-50 PC - the last is not enough for a lobo. 12" depth 70W PC+ direct sunlight, medium to the top placement - much better for it. And big open brains bathed in direct sunlight.
IMHE.
BTW, the plus of candycanes, blasto and frogspawns with hammers - no life-or-death need in hand feeding, some tank feeding could be enough. Open brains with 1 mouth - it's easier to feed 1 mouth, than 8, located in folds
Good luck!
Low light: for a tank with 2x400W MH low light will mean much more, than my 12" deep tank with 18W 50-50 PC - the last is not enough for a lobo. 12" depth 70W PC+ direct sunlight, medium to the top placement - much better for it. And big open brains bathed in direct sunlight.
IMHE.
BTW, the plus of candycanes, blasto and frogspawns with hammers - no life-or-death need in hand feeding, some tank feeding could be enough. Open brains with 1 mouth - it's easier to feed 1 mouth, than 8, located in folds
Good luck!
i've had worse looking lps recover i lowered them in tank reduced light period and at times cut plastic screen into 6x6 squares and stacked them on top of each other 5 or 6 high to shade the coral till it got used to light then removed one screen a week till all screens were gone i would also try a 10 percent water change a day for 10 days if i had enough salt you would be amazed what it will do for tank
