Bunch of arcos not thriving in my tank

[Jamie S]

Start with getting your nitrates up and see from there. I started ammonia dosing for nitrates and I'm seeing a great improvement to my acros.

 

[Rueric]

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

I've had good success with the ReefMoonshiners program, take a look: Reef Moonshiners

They have a very active facebook community

 

[Jamie S]

I've had good success with the ReefMoonshiners program, take a look: Reef Moonshiners

They have a very active facebook community

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While I do think the reef moonshiners program is a fine program, I don't think it keeps corals from dying. I think it's designed more to have corals that are already surviving and help them thrive. I did the reef moonshiners program when my acros were dying but it did not help, the corals died anyway and i wasted hundreds of dollars. Now that my corals are thriving I'm doing the BRS balling method and a little acro power and seeing great results without all of the dailies. I have a lot of bottles left if you are interested in purchasing them at a discount.

 

[Rueric]

While I do think the reef moonshiners program is a fine program, I don't think it keeps corals from dying. I think it's designed more to have corals that are already surviving and help them thrive. I did the reef moonshiners program when my acros were dying but it did not help, the corals died anyway and i wasted hundreds of dollars. Now that my corals are thriving I'm doing the BRS balling method and a little acro power and seeing great results without all of the dailies. I have a lot of bottles left if you are interested in purchasing them at a discount.

can always use more bottles! where are you located?

 

[Jamie S]

PM sent

 

[motortrendz]

The tank is still young your getting these outbreaks bc it takes time for the tank to mature. I didn't see what kind of filtration your running. But I can tell you with a 3 month old tank, that's really your main issue. I have been collecting sps for years. And anytime I start a new tank it takes atleast 6 months before sps will survive. And another 6 before they thrive. Be patient. Go slow. Concentrate on keeping things stable and not making too many changes at once.

 

[nightmarepl]

The tank is still young your getting these outbreaks bc it takes time for the tank to mature. I didn't see what kind of filtration your running. But I can tell you with a 3 month old tank, that's really your main issue. I have been collecting sps for years. And anytime I start a new tank it takes atleast 6 months before sps will survive. And another 6 before they thrive. Be patient. Go slow. Concentrate on keeping things stable and not making too many changes at once.

Thanks bud, well generally my first chamber is 2 filter socks, second is UV with a big wave maker on it but I’m not running the UV cause i don’t want the pods to get killed by it so bio bars in thay one too third chamber has protein skimmer 20 bio bars
And the final chamber is return pump 20 bio bars. Eventually will get myself a floss roller but things like 400$…

 

[DEL]

For sps and acros...stability is key. It took a while before my acros really took off. Now I have to constantly trim. Get your levels corrected, then maintain them.

 

[motortrendz]

Thanks bud, well generally my first chamber is 2 filter socks, second is UV with a big wave maker on it but I’m not running the UV cause i don’t want the pods to get killed by it so bio bars in thay one too third chamber has protein skimmer 20 bio bars
And the final chamber is return pump 20 bio bars. Eventually will get myself a floss roller but things like 400$…

Looks good, looks.like you got everything going right.. time is the key here. Don't rush. It takes time for systems to mature enough for sps.

 

[nightmarepl]

Looks good, looks.like you got everything going right.. time is the key here. Don't rush. It takes time for systems to mature enough for sps.

Most defectively i feel like the tank is slowly clearing up specially since im actually dosing the calcium and alk seems to be stabilizing

 

[ericrodriguez]

You can add the bulletproof ones… pc rainbow is just one of those

 

[nightmarepl]

You can add the bulletproof ones… pc rainbow is just one of those

Think ima stick away from sps for a while currently reduced lights go 40% to let the tank mature and hopefully all this cyano dies off

 

[jrswish1g]

PC acro is one of the best looking acros if u can get the par right to get the best coloration

 

[ericrodriguez]

PC acro is one of the best looking acros if u can get the par right to get the best coloration

And easy too

 

[Jamie S]

PC acro is one of the best looking acros if u can get the par right to get the best coloration

I've been moving it around. I had it around 450 par and it turned red, now i have it around 300par and it's more of a green. I'm having a hard time pulling the rest of the colors.

 

[ericrodriguez]

I've been moving it around. I had it around 450 par and it turned red, now i have it around 300par and it's more of a green. I'm having a hard time pulling the rest of the colors.

I think that’s what you want, mine also got red with more than 350 par.
Around 300/350 will get the orange/yellow you looking for.