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Originally Posted by KodiakBear  I'm currently in a battle against a pretty bad brown algae bloom. Seems like I'm making progress on that after my 2nd 20% water change, with the help of about a dozen new hermit crabs (some scarlet, some blue-legged) and about 8 snails. My problem now is that I've realized that in over a week I haven't seen my Goniopora extended... Not even during feeding (DT Phyto). My other coral (Physogyra) seems to be doing fine. In the last 2 weeks, I've started my protein skimmer, added some charcoal filters, added the dozen hermits, and been turkey-basting the Heck out of the rocks trying to get the algae off of them so my filters can catch more of it. My Phosphates a still a little high; however, the nitrates and nitrites are at the same level they've been since I first got it about 5 months ago.
Does anyone know why it will not extend? Or what I can do to restore it to it's fully open nature? |
These corals have a very poor track record in captivity and usually after 6 months begin to decline and die and the biggest problem is usually food or lack thereof. These corals don't eat phyto but primarily zooplankton. Two things that stand out that have been already been mentioned is your parameters are a bit off balance and your SG is too low for inverts. There have been some problems with the PURPLEUP supplement don't know if it's being overdosed or what but I would stop using it for at least a short period of time until your tank returns to balance. We need to know what your alkalinity level, it's quite possibly very low with your calcium that high. Here's some good info on
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