Red Sea 350 about to be stocked with SPS

[ClownReef®]

Thought Id post a few shots of my tank before I start adding a few SPS this week so see how they do. Ive locked down the best parameters I could possibly get. It has been softies and zoas for a while..

Salinity 1.025
Ca 400
alk 8
Mag 1320
PH 8.04.. It stays between 8-8.04 most of the time. I cant seem to raise it.

I dose Aqua Vitro Fuel twice a week and Iron and Manganese daily (Pax Bellum macro algae reactor).

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[ClownReef®]

Well.. I bought a beautiful A. valida aquacultured frag from Live Aquaria as tester and it arrived RTNd in the bag.. so that was a dud.

Where do you guys get your SPS frags/colonies from?

 

[ClownReef®]

Also.. newest member of the crew..

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[Reefer40b]

If I was you I would look around local for a few cheap tester frags to see how your system handles sps. All your corals look to be around the same height in the tank... this may not be enough par to sustain sps long term(brown/ no growth/stn) stacking a rock on top of one of those structures should solve your issue. Also I'm just guessing your a lower par tank by what your housing currently...

 

[reefmutt]

Nice system, that Red Sea.
With that lighting, you should have no problem with sps.
Looking forward to your additions!

 

[ClownReef®]

If I was you I would look around local for a few cheap tester frags to see how your system handles sps. All your corals look to be around the same height in the tank... this may not be enough par to sustain sps long term(brown/ no growth/stn) stacking a rock on top of one of those structures should solve your issue. Also I'm just guessing your a lower par tank by what your housing currently...

I have Radions XR30 G4 Pro's. Im sure upping the power on them will solve the problems. They run at 40% right now. I bought a frag from Live Aquaria but it showed up RTNd in the bag.