sweedish15
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Im new to sps, I have recently purchased a frag of incredile hulk. I love the color, but the polyps have not extended after several weeks of being in the tank. I've moved the frag around a few times for different lighting conditions and it has not helped. Its not losing color, but its not extending either.
Standard 90 gallon tank lit by 6 retro fit t5's with icecap reflectors, all geissman and kz bulbs. photo period is 8 hours, 5.5 hours at fully lit fixture. The bulbs sit about 10 inches off the water, the frag is in the upper third of the tank on the very top of a rock. 2 bulbs are replaced every 3-4 months so they vary from a month old to 9 months old.
Some of the other sps in the tank are good some are bleaching and I dont know why.
no nitrate
no phosphate
I use reef crystals salt for 10% changes each week, and daily brs 2 part
cal varies between 420-450
alk is steady around 9 dkh
run rawaphos in a phosban reactor
chaeto in sump
carbon in sump
2 koralia evo 1050s in display with 800gph flow from return ( thats with the calculated head)
I would like to keep more sps but keep getting discourages because some seem to be ok while others bleach as soon as I add them and dont recover. I have another frag of sps and dont know what it is, but it bleached the first two weeks in the tank while sitting on the bottom rocks.
Purple pocilopora and purple bonsai look great. and are at similar heights to the incredible hulk.
Standard 90 gallon tank lit by 6 retro fit t5's with icecap reflectors, all geissman and kz bulbs. photo period is 8 hours, 5.5 hours at fully lit fixture. The bulbs sit about 10 inches off the water, the frag is in the upper third of the tank on the very top of a rock. 2 bulbs are replaced every 3-4 months so they vary from a month old to 9 months old.
Some of the other sps in the tank are good some are bleaching and I dont know why.
no nitrate
no phosphate
I use reef crystals salt for 10% changes each week, and daily brs 2 part
cal varies between 420-450
alk is steady around 9 dkh
run rawaphos in a phosban reactor
chaeto in sump
carbon in sump
2 koralia evo 1050s in display with 800gph flow from return ( thats with the calculated head)
I would like to keep more sps but keep getting discourages because some seem to be ok while others bleach as soon as I add them and dont recover. I have another frag of sps and dont know what it is, but it bleached the first two weeks in the tank while sitting on the bottom rocks.
Purple pocilopora and purple bonsai look great. and are at similar heights to the incredible hulk.
