This applies to all corals, specially stony corals but I have to post it somewhere so posting on SPS.
I would like to remind everyone...... leave your corals alone, if they are already established and looking happy. Even if they are closed or otherwise looking a bit iffy.
If your water parameters are ok, and no other inverts or fish are bothering them then there is nothing you can do that is likely to help. In fact moving them again or again, or adding stuff to tank to make it grow etc, is going to do more harm than good. Changing lighting or flow too often is also not good.
As long as they are getting appropriate light, flow and water is stable they will be ok. I have had several frags on the verge of dying but have come back from the brink, simply after I made sure the above happened and didn't move them. Corals are a lot more resilient than we think and will survive across a wide range of salinity, ALK, PH, temp, lighting and flow variations IF they are not in the extremes, and stable and, no one else is bothering them including .... you.
The biggest factor, for coral growth, for me was making sure my PH and Alk were in range and stable. Changing lights, pumps, skimmers, algae scrubbers, salts, etc. has no effect. I also have high NO3 (30ppm) and PO4 (+0.5) and my hammers and other corals are happy and growing quite a bit. I know SPS needs much lower nutrients but rest of it still applies.
Happy Reefing!
I would like to remind everyone...... leave your corals alone, if they are already established and looking happy. Even if they are closed or otherwise looking a bit iffy.
If your water parameters are ok, and no other inverts or fish are bothering them then there is nothing you can do that is likely to help. In fact moving them again or again, or adding stuff to tank to make it grow etc, is going to do more harm than good. Changing lighting or flow too often is also not good.
As long as they are getting appropriate light, flow and water is stable they will be ok. I have had several frags on the verge of dying but have come back from the brink, simply after I made sure the above happened and didn't move them. Corals are a lot more resilient than we think and will survive across a wide range of salinity, ALK, PH, temp, lighting and flow variations IF they are not in the extremes, and stable and, no one else is bothering them including .... you.
The biggest factor, for coral growth, for me was making sure my PH and Alk were in range and stable. Changing lights, pumps, skimmers, algae scrubbers, salts, etc. has no effect. I also have high NO3 (30ppm) and PO4 (+0.5) and my hammers and other corals are happy and growing quite a bit. I know SPS needs much lower nutrients but rest of it still applies.
Happy Reefing!
