I bought this "red lobo" several weeks ago from my LFS. Got a good deal because it was broken and I bought the larger piece. Anyway, the coloring has remained about the same since getting it, but all the little pointy bits have turned brown and now it's got bubbles all over it. I've moved it around to see if it's "happier" high or low and less or more flow and it seems to like more light and I can't really tell much else, except it doesn't look as nice as others I see all the time and I can't figure out if it's something I'm doing wrong or what.
Tank details:
3x 250w 10k MH w/ 4x 80w T5 - 2 act, 2 65k
ammonia - 0
nitrites - 0
nitrates - 10-20 (coming down since the move to the larger tank)
dKH - 9 or 10
PH - 8.2
Calc - 460-480
Phos - 0
Temp - 76-80F
Attached refugium, whole tank appears to be thriving, loads of pods, ministars, etc. My zoos are growing like mad, so is my xenia, acan brain is looking awesome, frogspawn is great, duncan is growing fast, ricordias & shrooms are splitting and making babies.... I just don't understand why my SPS frags and this one lobo all look so pathetic!
Here are some pics of the lobo and sps frags along with the things that look good for comparison.
SPS frags in order of appearance are:
supposed to be orange digi & I don't know what type of monti cap
supposed to be pink pocillipora
supposed to be pink stylo
supposed to be blue tip mille
What am I doing wrong?!
(more pics in next post)
Tank details:
3x 250w 10k MH w/ 4x 80w T5 - 2 act, 2 65k
ammonia - 0
nitrites - 0
nitrates - 10-20 (coming down since the move to the larger tank)
dKH - 9 or 10
PH - 8.2
Calc - 460-480
Phos - 0
Temp - 76-80F
Attached refugium, whole tank appears to be thriving, loads of pods, ministars, etc. My zoos are growing like mad, so is my xenia, acan brain is looking awesome, frogspawn is great, duncan is growing fast, ricordias & shrooms are splitting and making babies.... I just don't understand why my SPS frags and this one lobo all look so pathetic!
Here are some pics of the lobo and sps frags along with the things that look good for comparison.
SPS frags in order of appearance are:
supposed to be orange digi & I don't know what type of monti cap
supposed to be pink pocillipora
supposed to be pink stylo
supposed to be blue tip mille
What am I doing wrong?!
(more pics in next post)