No PE on Green Slimer

[Vapour1ze]

Hi all, I currently have the following in my tank...

Green Acro
Birds of Paradise
Green Tipped Purple Acro
Green Slimer

The Slimer and the Green Tipped Purple Acro have little to no PE...

The slimer before was turning very brown, I turned up my LED's and it has colors back up to a VERY VERY nice green, but not much PE. It is encrusting more and more daily, but no PE.

The green tipped acro is a little further down, and lost quite a bit of the green in the tips... Not seeing PE at night anymore like I used to.... Is my lighting not strong enough? I have a ton of turnover and flow in my tank.

Current Params

Salinity - 1.025
Phos - .08
Nitrate - 0
Nitrite - 0
Ammonia - 0
Alk - 6 - dKH
Calc - 430
Mag - 1350

Really unsure what to try... I have been dosing Marine Snow once a week, and target feeding with Coral frenzy once a week... Skimming pretty well, and I am running carbon and GFO.

 

[TOM BLEVINS]

seems low (Alk - 6 - dKH) or maybe a nipper?

 

[Vapour1ze]

Tank is fallow... No one in the tank right now, just a cleaner shrimp... Who I have seen doing something to the slimer... Beneficial or not?

EDIT: I dosed ALK last night... Will begin my dosing regimen within the next few weeks.

 

[Vapour1ze]

This is all I'm getting... Never anything more.

 

[Vapour1ze]

This is the other Acro... but it has lost color in the greens,,, they look brownish now, and I see no PE on this acro.. could it be the drop in Alk?

 

[ajcanale]

That is not bad PE by any means, but ALK is low which can definitely be a factor in PE and especially color. Lack of nutrients (from fallow) could be an issue as well.
I would recommend raising alk to 8-8.5 dKh (slowly) and target feeding any type of food appropriate for SPS once every two or three days.

 

[Vapour1ze]

That is not bad PE by any means, but ALK is low which can definitely be a factor in PE and especially color. Lack of nutrients (from fallow) could be an issue as well.
I would recommend raising alk to 8-8.5 dKh (slowly) and target feeding any type of food appropriate for SPS once every two or three days.

Ok great, I was worried because at the LFS the same slimer frags had tremendous PE! I've had mine for about a month and a half and never seen it as extended as it was at the LFS.

Thanks, I'll boost the alk up and hopefully have fish back in within a month! Cheers!