I can't tell if my SPS corals are eating

[whiterushen]

New to SPS corals--- I have seen PE in my corals a few times and in the past--- here as of late, PE sightings have been rare, I cant tell if my SPS corals are eating or not---but after 2.5 months, i am starting to finally notice some growth in them---slow of course---but their color looks good. I feed them Benereef by Benepets, they also get micro frozen food mixed in when i feed my fish---and fish poop of course.

 

[outssider]

they sound like they are doing fine. Be careful not to over feed them because you could raise your nitrate/phosphates too high..…..lots of fish poo is all you really need

 

[whiterushen]

Thank you outssider

Thank you outssider

Yeah, no i already ran into a slight higher phosphates issue---it was because i was feeding my fish a little too much. I cut my fish feeding in half, added Phosphate absorbant pads, and started dosing twice a week 1/2 dosage of NOX. Things have calmed down with the phosphate issues. My corals just get fed a tiny bit of frozen micro coral food mixed with the frozen fish food and Benereef by Benepets 3x week--small amount

 

[whiterushen]

Update-- the SPS are growing

Update-- the SPS are growing

Two of my largest SPS colonies...I kept thinking that they were not growing. At first glance looking straight on after a month, they look stunted in growth. Then I looked from up above, I can actually see the corals have grown I 4 weeks. The acro arms are growing sidways... directly away from my line of sight. That's why it appeared little to no growth of my SPSs--- but in fact, I have great growth in my pieces

 

[outssider]

Two of my largest SPS colonies...I kept thinking that they were not growing. At first glance looking straight on after a month, they look stunted in growth. Then I looked from up above, I can actually see the corals have grown I 4 weeks. The acro arms are growing sidways... directly away from my line of sight. That's why it appeared little to no growth of my SPSs--- but in fact, I have great growth in my pieces

also keep in mind that the branches get fatter over time (for most sps).

 

[whiterushen]

thank you outssider

thank you outssider

Thats true---thank you for your input outssider