coral growth

ryguy886 · 01/05/2013, 10:04 AM

Hi All
I have a coral growth question? I have added the following to my 150DT. orange sun coral (15 polyps), frogspawn (2 heads), duncan coral (5 heads) Zoanthid polyps, one blue mushroom, a large purple whip coral and two frags of montipora (red and purple).

My question is how fast will the coral grow and spread? My lighting set-up is a 72" Coralife unit with 3 150W metal halide bulbs (14,000K) and 4 36" power compacts (2 are actinic bulbs). I am currently adding twice a week, "Fuel" and "eight four" by aqua vitro and my water chemistry parameters are perfect, Amm. = 0, Nitrites = 0, Nitrates = 0.

All corals are doing great! except for the purple whip coral, which seems to look like it is getting skinny (that is the best description I can give) in some areas?

How fast will the coral spread or grow with this set-up?

Thanks,
Ryan

Dapg8gt · 01/05/2013, 10:12 AM

That's a question that really can't be answered. All tanks are different enviornments with different needs. Depends also on how stable the big 3 are and how that's accomplished. Cal alk and mag . Good luck

01/05/2013, 10:04 AM	#1
ryguy886 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: West Warwick, RI Posts: 124	coral growth Hi All I have a coral growth question? I have added the following to my 150DT. orange sun coral (15 polyps), frogspawn (2 heads), duncan coral (5 heads) Zoanthid polyps, one blue mushroom, a large purple whip coral and two frags of montipora (red and purple). My question is how fast will the coral grow and spread? My lighting set-up is a 72" Coralife unit with 3 150W metal halide bulbs (14,000K) and 4 36" power compacts (2 are actinic bulbs). I am currently adding twice a week, "Fuel" and "eight four" by aqua vitro and my water chemistry parameters are perfect, Amm. = 0, Nitrites = 0, Nitrates = 0. All corals are doing great! except for the purple whip coral, which seems to look like it is getting skinny (that is the best description I can give) in some areas? How fast will the coral spread or grow with this set-up? Thanks, Ryan

01/05/2013, 10:12 AM	#2
Dapg8gt Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Pacifica Posts: 3,741	That's a question that really can't be answered. All tanks are different enviornments with different needs. Depends also on how stable the big 3 are and how that's accomplished. Cal alk and mag . Good luck __________________ 15 years in the hobby yet still learning every day. 280g radium lit sps flat living in my garage rent free. Current Tank Info: 105g SPS dominant euro braced powered by 4 ecotech pumps and lit by an ATI powermodule controlled by a reef angel =).