Hey everyone,
I've been having a problem in one of my tanks. My 5 gallon nano has a mix of corals and has been pretty stable, however I'm still having an issue with Euphyllia retracting. Other corals in the tank are happy (zoos, acans/micromussa lords, Duncans, Favia, shrooms/ricordea, however my Euphyllia just aren't stretching to their full potential.
Initially I thought it was lighting so I went up on that so that they are at about 125-150 PAR. Then I thought it could be too much flow so I went down on the flow on them.
Parameters are as follows:
Salnity: 35 ppt
Alkalinity: 9 dkh (Hanna checker)
Ca: 420 pm (Red Sea)
Magnesium: 1300 ppm (Red Sea)
Nitrates: 5-12 ppm (Nyos)
Phos: 0.06 (Hanna checker)
I have also attached a video of the tank showing the happy extended Acans and Duncan and sad retracted Euphyllia to showcase the flow, I think it should be the right amount so I don't think it's that. I started running a small, small amount of carbon in case of potential coral warfare.
Any thoughts?
I've been having a problem in one of my tanks. My 5 gallon nano has a mix of corals and has been pretty stable, however I'm still having an issue with Euphyllia retracting. Other corals in the tank are happy (zoos, acans/micromussa lords, Duncans, Favia, shrooms/ricordea, however my Euphyllia just aren't stretching to their full potential.
Initially I thought it was lighting so I went up on that so that they are at about 125-150 PAR. Then I thought it could be too much flow so I went down on the flow on them.
Parameters are as follows:
Salnity: 35 ppt
Alkalinity: 9 dkh (Hanna checker)
Ca: 420 pm (Red Sea)
Magnesium: 1300 ppm (Red Sea)
Nitrates: 5-12 ppm (Nyos)
Phos: 0.06 (Hanna checker)
I have also attached a video of the tank showing the happy extended Acans and Duncan and sad retracted Euphyllia to showcase the flow, I think it should be the right amount so I don't think it's that. I started running a small, small amount of carbon in case of potential coral warfare.
Any thoughts?