Whats wrong with my efflo ??

[FWC]

Thanks for the advice everyone

I'm not sure if it really is an efflo ,I bought it as a "blue rim efflo" ,so thats what I've been calling it.

So pretty much it sounds like I need to do the following to get my efflo (and sps in general) back into tip top shape:

-Add more lights. I've been wanting to do this for quite a while. I was thinking four T5's with two LED strips.

-Make sure to test/dose accordingly for Cal/Mag/Alk

-Keep up on water changes.

Also I did add GFO to my tank for the first time in a while about a week ago ,however when I was last using GFO in the tank I saw nothing like this with the coral.

Also my tanks not a low nutrient system by any means

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by reefermadness

The sps around it also look in poor condition from what i can tell. Perhaps something or things aren't quite right for sps success.

agreed also, im thinking if you want to do an sps tank, the most important things are :

parameters, lights,flow and nutrients.....its very important to keep these in sync consistently to keep sps colored and thrieving.


basically your lights may be under powered, the flow to laminar and your tank parameters are constantly changing.

if your not using your test kits then you prob have no idea where your calcium and alk stand, so chances are they are fluctuating up and down with water changes

hope this helps



i woulld get to checking and logging my alk and calcium, i would run some gfo for phos and look into a flow and lighting upgrade.


perhaps starting with some easier sps will help as well as some of those are tuff to take care of under the best of conditions