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Bunch of arcos not thriving in my tank

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nightmarepl

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Have a couple of arcos not thriving at all not entirely sure if their 100% living they do have greenish specks here and there
Looking to trade them all for something super cheap softies mushrooms Dunkin’s anything really hopatcong 07843
973900-0939
 

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DYIguy

DYIguy

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I'm a couple of weeks away from having enough Phyto to share, but I have a devil's hand leather, a couple of palys, some gold tip cloves and pink cabbage you can have, and I can cut you a frag of green sinularia- but you'll have to get it to attach to a rock- I also have have a white sinularia, forest fire rhodactus and a green toadstool for sale
 
motortrendz

motortrendz

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Sps is not easy.. and all of us have struggled before some of us were successful with sps. If the tank is less than 6-8 month old sps will struggle for not completely fail. As the tank isn't mature enough. Also you mentioned alk must be low bc you didn't start dosing.. before you can start dosing you need to test th essentials.. nitrate phosphate and the big 3. Magnesium, alk and calcium. The 5 of those levels alog wth the maturity of the tank are really where most of us fail. If your running just about any new light on the market, lighting shouldn't be an issue. Do you have a full tank shot you can share?

Hope that helped
 
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nightmarepl

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motortrendz said:
Sps is not easy.. and all of us have struggled before some of us were successful with sps. If the tank is less than 6-8 month old sps will struggle for not completely fail. As the tank isn't mature enough. Also you mentioned alk must be low bc you didn't start dosing.. before you can start dosing you need to test th essentials.. nitrate phosphate and the big 3. Magnesium, alk and calcium. The 5 of those levels alog wth the maturity of the tank are really where most of us fail. If your running just about any new light on the market, lighting shouldn't be an issue. Do you have a full tank shot you can share?

Hope that helped
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Some pictures not much visible it’s mostly all in the sand and top layer of the rocks
Calcium 410
Alk 9.0
Phosphate .07
Nitrate very low 0-5 tops
Mag was average
Don’t do much water changes
Fighting red cyano right now and literally can’t win!
Thinking of hitting it with lots of good live bacteria next and chemclean
Lights are Amazon leds i feel like their blue isn’t deep blue more on the lighter side which might be causing the cyano but doubt it
 

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Rueric

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How old is your tank, based on the white-ish looking rock, the tank looks young.
Aside from the major 3 elements and nutrients, other factors help to increase the success of SPS:
- Trace elements
- Lighting
- Flow

Get yourself an ATI-ICP test, see where your deficiencies are, otherwise, keep up with routine water changes.
What salt are you using?

For lighting, how much PAR are your acros getting? Typically, they should be getting atleast 250-350 par.
They do better with high flow, but not direct blasting.
 
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nightmarepl

NJRC Member
Rueric said:
How old is your tank, based on the white-ish looking rock, the tank looks young.
Aside from the major 3 elements and nutrients, other factors help to increase the success of SPS:
- Trace elements
- Lighting
- Flow

Get yourself an ATI-ICP test, see where your deficiencies are, otherwise, keep up with routine water changes.
What salt are you using?

For lighting, how much PAR are your acros getting? Typically, they should be getting atleast 250-350 par.
They do better with high flow, but not direct blasting.
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Pars are roughly 250ish
Flow is kinda screwed up cause I’m missing a controller for my wave makers and setting them up manually is a nightmare
Reef crystals i know they had issues lately I’m trying to fix that portion
Tank is like 3-4 months i have 80lbs of live rock and 100lbs of dry
 
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