I got this Walt Disney frag about a week ago. It seemed fine until last night. After I got it in the tank the color looked great, but it didn’t have the polyp extension seen in the photos from when I bought it. The polyps still seem present, but the “skin” looked like it was coming off last night so I blew it with a turkey baster to confirm, and it all practically flew off. I have another acro that a while back the same sort of thing happened. When I got it it was a NEON green color. The polyps came out a bit, but not to their full potential. Then I noticed that the bright green color was fading to a darker green and the ends were getting white. Weird thing though is the polyps more extended them I’ve ever seen in any of my acros. I’ve also noticed that all 3 of my monti digis (basic red and green, and a Forest fire) don’t have the PE that they use to and my forest fire has lost its green base entirely. It seems that some of my SPS doesn’t grow at all, a couple are showing signs of SLOW growth, and a few are really struggling.
Here are my parameters:
Sg: 1.025
Alk 9.2
Ca 460
Mg 1425
NO3 20-25
PO4 .16
I’ve been trying to get my NO3/PO4 lowered, but I’m not having much luck. I thought I read that elevated amounts would slow SPS growth, but not kill them.
I’m fairly new to SPS, so any advice is welcomed!
First photo is the bare WD frag I just got, second is what use to be a NEON green that is losing its base color.
Here are my parameters:
Sg: 1.025
Alk 9.2
Ca 460
Mg 1425
NO3 20-25
PO4 .16
I’ve been trying to get my NO3/PO4 lowered, but I’m not having much luck. I thought I read that elevated amounts would slow SPS growth, but not kill them.
I’m fairly new to SPS, so any advice is welcomed!
First photo is the bare WD frag I just got, second is what use to be a NEON green that is losing its base color.