So most of my corals have been doing great, but several havent been too happy. For example, if they get injured, they heal slowly or dont heal at all. Also, growth has been slower than usual for most of the corals.
After the recent post, i realized i hadnt tested my Mg in over a year! Maybe partially attributed to work stress, buying a new house, and other responsibilities that ramped up quickly. Combined with minimal water changes, and half-the-time i used inferior quality salt. All-in-all, it was being utilized faster than it was being replaced over a long period of time.
Tested my Mg.... ultra ultra low, <200ppm (perhaps ~170ppm ish). ... so i did a 30% water change, and added extra MgSO4. I will supplement heavily daily for the next 2 weeks to bring it up, and boost my dosing.
Meanwhile, there have been numerous interesting observations recently:
1) Montipora setosa seemed to grow at normal rate, and was completely unaffected. Perhaps suggesting it has a lower Mg requirement than most other corals. Other corals also seemed unaffected. But the setosa was surprising.
2) Leptoseris turned brown from the inside of the colony spreading outward. But not entirely.
3) Trachyphylia, Micromussa lordhowensis, *some* euphyllia, and 2 of my favias seemed strongly affected. Deteriorating slowly, and unable to recover.
4) 8 of my 10 different euphyllia seemed fine. Fortunately, all the best ones.
5) Deepwater smooth acros seemed unaffected. With minimal affects on other acros, mostly just super slow growth.
6) Monti Caps didnt grow hardly at all. Super weird.
7) Acanthophylia (meat coral) and Lobophylia seemed moderately affected. They grew and healed fine, but slower than expected.
8) Utter Chaos also grew super slowly. Blue hornets died off i think. All other zoas and palys (and gsp) grew, just slightly slowly.
9) Still tons of coralline.
10) The one bta anemone hasnt split all year. Still growing slowly, and quite big though.
Thats all for now. Thought yall may be interested in the observations.
After the recent post, i realized i hadnt tested my Mg in over a year! Maybe partially attributed to work stress, buying a new house, and other responsibilities that ramped up quickly. Combined with minimal water changes, and half-the-time i used inferior quality salt. All-in-all, it was being utilized faster than it was being replaced over a long period of time.
Tested my Mg.... ultra ultra low, <200ppm (perhaps ~170ppm ish). ... so i did a 30% water change, and added extra MgSO4. I will supplement heavily daily for the next 2 weeks to bring it up, and boost my dosing.
Meanwhile, there have been numerous interesting observations recently:
1) Montipora setosa seemed to grow at normal rate, and was completely unaffected. Perhaps suggesting it has a lower Mg requirement than most other corals. Other corals also seemed unaffected. But the setosa was surprising.
2) Leptoseris turned brown from the inside of the colony spreading outward. But not entirely.
3) Trachyphylia, Micromussa lordhowensis, *some* euphyllia, and 2 of my favias seemed strongly affected. Deteriorating slowly, and unable to recover.
4) 8 of my 10 different euphyllia seemed fine. Fortunately, all the best ones.
5) Deepwater smooth acros seemed unaffected. With minimal affects on other acros, mostly just super slow growth.
6) Monti Caps didnt grow hardly at all. Super weird.
7) Acanthophylia (meat coral) and Lobophylia seemed moderately affected. They grew and healed fine, but slower than expected.
8) Utter Chaos also grew super slowly. Blue hornets died off i think. All other zoas and palys (and gsp) grew, just slightly slowly.
9) Still tons of coralline.
10) The one bta anemone hasnt split all year. Still growing slowly, and quite big though.
Thats all for now. Thought yall may be interested in the observations.
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