KantGetRite
Aquarium Advice Freak
Good Morning! First I'll give you my system as it is setup now and my readings for all the normal stuff and you can advise me from there.
I have a 20g Long setup with a 10g Sump/Refugium.
I have 165W 55 LED Full spectrum light that hang 14 inches from top of water.
I have 200 gph return pump and 2 koralia nano 425 and HOB overflow
Stocking:
1 Royal Gramma Basslet
1 Purple Firefish
1 Six Wrasse
3-5 Hermit Crabs
Various Snails
2 Heads of Frogspawn
1 Head of Gold Hammer Coral
2 Heads of Green Hammer Coral
2 Heads of Candy Cane Coral
2 Ricordea Mushrooms (Small)
1 Green Hairy Mushroom (Small)
Tubbs Blue Zoa (about 15 polyps)
Radioactive Dragon's Eye (about 5 polyps)
Fire and Ice Zoas (about 5 polyps)
My readings are as follows:
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: Less then 5ppm
pH: 8.0
Salinity: 1.025
Temp 77.9
Calcium: 420
Alkalinity: 4.0 meg/L
Magnesium: 1280
All of my other corals seem to open and even seem to be growing (the tentacles on the frogspawn, whisker, and hammer coral bubble up from time to time though) and doing well. I have tried moving them around in the tank for lighting and flow. Any ideas why they aren't growing and opening up? Also, I heard that the do better in "dirty" water and I keep having some algae blooms so I don't think that my water is exceptionally clean either.
I have a 20g Long setup with a 10g Sump/Refugium.
I have 165W 55 LED Full spectrum light that hang 14 inches from top of water.
I have 200 gph return pump and 2 koralia nano 425 and HOB overflow
Stocking:
1 Royal Gramma Basslet
1 Purple Firefish
1 Six Wrasse
3-5 Hermit Crabs
Various Snails
2 Heads of Frogspawn
1 Head of Gold Hammer Coral
2 Heads of Green Hammer Coral
2 Heads of Candy Cane Coral
2 Ricordea Mushrooms (Small)
1 Green Hairy Mushroom (Small)
Tubbs Blue Zoa (about 15 polyps)
Radioactive Dragon's Eye (about 5 polyps)
Fire and Ice Zoas (about 5 polyps)
My readings are as follows:
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: Less then 5ppm
pH: 8.0
Salinity: 1.025
Temp 77.9
Calcium: 420
Alkalinity: 4.0 meg/L
Magnesium: 1280
All of my other corals seem to open and even seem to be growing (the tentacles on the frogspawn, whisker, and hammer coral bubble up from time to time though) and doing well. I have tried moving them around in the tank for lighting and flow. Any ideas why they aren't growing and opening up? Also, I heard that the do better in "dirty" water and I keep having some algae blooms so I don't think that my water is exceptionally clean either.