Polyp Extension

[Poseidon]

Some of my corals, green slimmer, birds nest, red monti have great polyp extension and look quite hairy lol

But others like my: cobalt tort, blue tip stag, my blue tip acro, and my orange digi rarely ever have any poly extension.

IMO they have good colours and I do see some growth ( nothing crazy )

I keep my levels at: Ca- 420, Alk- 8.0, Mg, 1350, Nitrate- 0, P04-0,
Sg- 1.0024, temp 78-80 F,

I have a jebeo wp-40, mag18 return on a sea swirl and 2 koralias (1200 and 700?)

Any idea? Should I be worried?  I do NOT feed anything but I would like to start.

 

[Poseidon]

Some of my corals, green slimmer, birds nest, red monti have great polyp extension and look quite hairy lol

But others like my: cobalt tort, blue tip stag, my blue tip acro, and my orange digi rarely ever have any poly extension.

IMO they have good colours and I do see some growth ( nothing crazy )

I keep my levels at: Ca- 420, Alk- 8.0, Mg, 1350, Nitrate- 0, P04-0,
Sg- 1.0024, temp 78-80 F,

I have a jebeo wp-40, mag18 return on a sea swirl and 2 koralias (1200 and 700?)

Any idea? Should I be worried?  I do NOT feed anything but I would like to start.

 

[Poseidon]

Some of my corals, green slimmer, birds nest, red monti have great polyp extension and look quite hairy lol

But others like my: cobalt tort, blue tip stag, my blue tip acro, and my orange digi rarely ever have any poly extension.

IMO they have good colours and I do see some growth ( nothing crazy )

I keep my levels at: Ca- 420, Alk- 8.0, Mg, 1350, Nitrate- 0, P04-0,
Sg- 1.0024, temp 78-80 F,

I have a jebeo wp-40, mag18 return on a sea swirl and 2 koralias (1200 and 700?)

Any idea? Should I be worried?  I do NOT feed anything but I would like to start.

 

[Darryl_V]

You dont feed anything.  As in you dont have fish or feed the fish?

Any pictures of the problem?

 

[Darryl_V]

You dont feed anything.  As in you dont have fish or feed the fish?

Any pictures of the problem?

 

[Darryl_V]

You dont feed anything.  As in you dont have fish or feed the fish?

Any pictures of the problem?

 

[Poseidon]

You dont feed anything.  As in you dont have fish or feed the fish?

Any pictures of the problem?

Haha I mean do not feed the corals, I do feed my fish yes, new life spectrum pellets, but the corals don't eat off of that do they?

Ill try post some pics after. I'm not sure if it's a problem or not, trying to find that out .

 

[Poseidon]

You dont feed anything.  As in you dont have fish or feed the fish?

Any pictures of the problem?

Haha I mean do not feed the corals, I do feed my fish yes, new life spectrum pellets, but the corals don't eat off of that do they?

Ill try post some pics after. I'm not sure if it's a problem or not, trying to find that out .

 

[Poseidon]

You dont feed anything.  As in you dont have fish or feed the fish?

Any pictures of the problem?

Haha I mean do not feed the corals, I do feed my fish yes, new life spectrum pellets, but the corals don't eat off of that do they?

Ill try post some pics after. I'm not sure if it's a problem or not, trying to find that out .

 

[Petercar (RIP Dec 2017)]

I feed every peice of coral ..i throw 2 peices of frozen shrimp from grocery store. Let it thaw in a magic bullet  with some saltwater mash it up.  Dump it in a samll net to strain it  then dump back in magic bullet jar and add some dried cyclopeeze. Ref chili amd some saltwater mash it up them full that jar half full with saltwater  Then the fish get the bigger peices of shrimp so does the anemone. Then turkey baste every coral  with that saltwater that has cyclopeeze reef chili

 

[Petercar (RIP Dec 2017)]

I feed every peice of coral ..i throw 2 peices of frozen shrimp from grocery store. Let it thaw in a magic bullet  with some saltwater mash it up.  Dump it in a samll net to strain it  then dump back in magic bullet jar and add some dried cyclopeeze. Ref chili amd some saltwater mash it up them full that jar half full with saltwater  Then the fish get the bigger peices of shrimp so does the anemone. Then turkey baste every coral  with that saltwater that has cyclopeeze reef chili

 

[Petercar (RIP Dec 2017)]

I feed every peice of coral ..i throw 2 peices of frozen shrimp from grocery store. Let it thaw in a magic bullet  with some saltwater mash it up.  Dump it in a samll net to strain it  then dump back in magic bullet jar and add some dried cyclopeeze. Ref chili amd some saltwater mash it up them full that jar half full with saltwater  Then the fish get the bigger peices of shrimp so does the anemone. Then turkey baste every coral  with that saltwater that has cyclopeeze reef chili

 

[Darryl_V]

Any foo you feed the fish will in turn feed the tank and any organism in it. I never feed the corals in my display tank anything specifically. I just make sure the fish are well feed. Sps really don't need specific feedings.... lps will do better with target feeding but don't absolutely need it.

Are you only feeding pellet?

 

[Darryl_V]

Any foo you feed the fish will in turn feed the tank and any organism in it. I never feed the corals in my display tank anything specifically. I just make sure the fish are well feed. Sps really don't need specific feedings.... lps will do better with target feeding but don't absolutely need it.

Are you only feeding pellet?

 

[Darryl_V]

Any foo you feed the fish will in turn feed the tank and any organism in it. I never feed the corals in my display tank anything specifically. I just make sure the fish are well feed. Sps really don't need specific feedings.... lps will do better with target feeding but don't absolutely need it.

Are you only feeding pellet?

 

[Poseidon]

Any foo you feed the fish will in turn feed the tank and any organism in it. I never feed the corals in my display tank anything specifically. I just make sure the fish are well feed. Sps really don't need specific feedings.... lps will do better with target feeding but don't absolutely need it.

Are you only feeding pellet?

Only pellet and occasionally seaweed on a clip

 

[Poseidon]

Any foo you feed the fish will in turn feed the tank and any organism in it. I never feed the corals in my display tank anything specifically. I just make sure the fish are well feed. Sps really don't need specific feedings.... lps will do better with target feeding but don't absolutely need it.

Are you only feeding pellet?

Only pellet and occasionally seaweed on a clip

 

[AdamS]

Not to hijack the thread, but are frozen shrimp meant for human consumption better or worse than mysis?

Also, could it be a flow issue? My red digitata that darryl gave me died when I installed the wavebox next to it. First the polyps wouldn't come out, then STN / RTN.

 

[AdamS]

Not to hijack the thread, but are frozen shrimp meant for human consumption better or worse than mysis?

Also, could it be a flow issue? My red digitata that darryl gave me died when I installed the wavebox next to it. First the polyps wouldn't come out, then STN / RTN.

 

[Poseidon]

Not to hijack the thread, but are frozen shrimp meant for human consumption better or worse than mysis?

Also, could it be a flow issue? My red digitata that darryl gave me died when I installed the wavebox next to it. First the polyps wouldn't come out, then STN / RTN.

I was wondering possibly flow, but that doesn't explain why some corals are and some arnt. The ones that aren't I am still getting growth from.