Scots_art
Reefing newb
this is really starting to annoy me now .
I am not one for SPS corals , but i do have a soft spot for all Montiporia species.
i bought an orange plating monti , and a branching blueberry monti a while back.
Started them off on the sand bed so i could acclimatise them to my lighting , then lifted them up over the next few days.
The orange plate has its polyps out all the time , i noticed a section bleaching but put that down to being covered by a bit of rock causing shade. i have moved it into the open so all of it gets light.
It is almost directly under one of my PAR38 bulbs , and sits in one of the stronger flow sections of the tank.
But i have noticed an other section bleaching now , and the blueberry has bleached completely and that is ontop of a tower directly under the bulb by 7 inches or a bit more .
My water readings are all present and correct.
temp 75F
SG 35ppt
PH 8.3
dKH 11
Po4 hardly causes a reaction on the test kit.
Ammonia 0
Nitrate 5
Nitrite 0
calcium 450
the flow in my tank is not constant as i have an MP10 on reef crest set to the 9th LED at max. and i have a small surface skimmer pump which adds a constant 300 LPH flow.
yet i know of someone else who never test his tank for anything , does water changes as and when he can be bothered . has less lighting than me ( he still uses the old T8 bulbs ) and his SPS are going nuts in growth .
I am not one for SPS corals , but i do have a soft spot for all Montiporia species.
i bought an orange plating monti , and a branching blueberry monti a while back.
Started them off on the sand bed so i could acclimatise them to my lighting , then lifted them up over the next few days.
The orange plate has its polyps out all the time , i noticed a section bleaching but put that down to being covered by a bit of rock causing shade. i have moved it into the open so all of it gets light.
It is almost directly under one of my PAR38 bulbs , and sits in one of the stronger flow sections of the tank.
But i have noticed an other section bleaching now , and the blueberry has bleached completely and that is ontop of a tower directly under the bulb by 7 inches or a bit more .
My water readings are all present and correct.
temp 75F
SG 35ppt
PH 8.3
dKH 11
Po4 hardly causes a reaction on the test kit.
Ammonia 0
Nitrate 5
Nitrite 0
calcium 450
the flow in my tank is not constant as i have an MP10 on reef crest set to the 9th LED at max. and i have a small surface skimmer pump which adds a constant 300 LPH flow.
yet i know of someone else who never test his tank for anything , does water changes as and when he can be bothered . has less lighting than me ( he still uses the old T8 bulbs ) and his SPS are going nuts in growth .