Getting a torch garden going on a RedSea reefer nano G1

[karldomo]

Tank coral stock

HellFire Torch
NewYork Nix Torch
Joker Torch
Malaysian green tip glitter torch
Malaysian blue tip torch,
Standard green torch
Pink clove coral
Firecracker clove coral
GSP
Couple of zoa’s
Couple of Favia’s

I’m looking to get a
Holy Grail torch
24K gold torch
And a Dragon soul torch

Please comment ask questions and criticism

And I don’t dose I just do water changes 3 gallons a week

 

[siege]

Keep that carbon changed out bi-weekly at least. If you can, run two bags, and alternate between them - that's a lot of potential allelopathy going on with that many corals of different kinds in that small a tank.

I see you've got a Ca probe, which is good. But are you also actively tracking Kh (i.e. alkalinity)? You don't have a lot of SPS or anything that will quite as actively mow down on Ca, so your uptake of Ca and Kh may not be fully linear, but you have enough LPS that there will be uptake. Kh and pH also often track closely together, and your pH read looks good, but...

I've got a lot more SPS than you do in my 50 gallon (a purple monti, 4 small pieces of pocillopora, and a small rainbow stylo), granted, but you seem to have at least as much - if not more - total coral than I do, and when my lights are up, my tank is sucking down 14ml/day of Reef Code A and B. The person I bought my torch from recently, who had a 120g filled with almost nothing but torches, noted his system is pulling 120ml/day of... whatever he's dosing (no idea if it's Reef Code, All-For-Reef, or something else).

In that much smaller volume, the depletions could be even more severe and rapid, so I'd be keeping a careful eye on my levels, especially any time I added a new coral or changed lighting in the slightest.

Also, unsure if maybe it's just your camera and/or lighting... but that water seems kinda cloudy, like maybe you're having a bacterial bloom.