farfromsea
Active member
Hello all,
Been a lazy reefkeeper with a newborn in the house. `Anyhow, my green montipora has been brown for quite some time now although it has good (IMO) polyp extension. I have two pieces in the tank, both of which I thought were glued appropriately to the rock. However, my giant mexican turbo snail knocked over the large monti and I saw that under and on the sides there is significant area without polyps.
Tank stats
salinity: 1.026-1.027 (prefer 1.025 need more RODI to top off asap obviously)
nitrates: probably off the charts can't determine based on the test see attached
phosphates: 0.36 ppm (bad)
no time to test right now
calcium
mag
photobucket is down and I have a limited window to post so here are some links to flickr pics
nitrate test: https://flic.kr/p/NmPwzh (red sea algae control kit)
phosphate test: https://flic.kr/p/NpoB4P (red sea algae control kit)
happier monti: https://flic.kr/p/NmPwmS
larger unhappy monti:
https://flic.kr/p/NpoAQc
https://flic.kr/p/NmPwKs
Questions:
is the polyp-less white area a sign of death or is this just from being in the shade of other rocks/branches of the monti?
I know my phosphate/nitrates are terrible but I also wonder if my lights were affecting it? I had terrible lights that were probably meant for a grow tank not for a reef. Just switched to Radion Gen1 xr30. Have had the radions on for 20d with no appreciable change.
Thanks for any feedback and help reading that nitrate test.
Been a lazy reefkeeper with a newborn in the house. `Anyhow, my green montipora has been brown for quite some time now although it has good (IMO) polyp extension. I have two pieces in the tank, both of which I thought were glued appropriately to the rock. However, my giant mexican turbo snail knocked over the large monti and I saw that under and on the sides there is significant area without polyps.
Tank stats
salinity: 1.026-1.027 (prefer 1.025 need more RODI to top off asap obviously)
nitrates: probably off the charts can't determine based on the test see attached
phosphates: 0.36 ppm (bad)
no time to test right now
calcium
mag
photobucket is down and I have a limited window to post so here are some links to flickr pics
nitrate test: https://flic.kr/p/NmPwzh (red sea algae control kit)
phosphate test: https://flic.kr/p/NpoB4P (red sea algae control kit)
happier monti: https://flic.kr/p/NmPwmS
larger unhappy monti:
https://flic.kr/p/NpoAQc
https://flic.kr/p/NmPwKs
Questions:
is the polyp-less white area a sign of death or is this just from being in the shade of other rocks/branches of the monti?
I know my phosphate/nitrates are terrible but I also wonder if my lights were affecting it? I had terrible lights that were probably meant for a grow tank not for a reef. Just switched to Radion Gen1 xr30. Have had the radions on for 20d with no appreciable change.
Thanks for any feedback and help reading that nitrate test.
