Feeding to Much or Feeding to Little

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  1. andru1313

    andru1313 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Ok need a bit of guidance. I have a mixed bag of corals in my 65g tank. SPS and LPS. They sometimes are really plump and juicy and others look awful. So currently I run 2 Lumia Cree 5.2 leds The lights mimic sunrise and sunset and i have the whites turned down pretty low.. My feeding regiment right now is as such. Around 6pm when I get home from work I feed my fish frozen reef frenzy. Around 10pm I thaw some more reef frenzy and dose redsea reef energy part A and B. 4mls of each. I spot feed my Scoly and all my acans. Now I am spot feeding every 3 days. my 6pm feeding happens every day and dose every day.

    My corals just look meh.. They have there feeders out at night and I am now really trying to spot feed more.. I used to just leave the pumps on and dump everything in..

    I have googled and done reading just not sure how to get the look of healthy colorful corals....

    My parameters are pretty constant. 1.026 sal. 81 degrees, My kh is a bit high at 9.6dkh. my Nitrates and Nitrites were not at zero but just did a 10g water change I usually do 5g a week. I had to order a new test kit to add a few more tests to the routine. Here is an example of my Scoly it looks super plump sometimes then like this other times.... Just trying to figure out what the right thing is to do with out doing much more experimentation. Sorry for the long winded ask... bit scattered

    Tank details are
    65g RedseaMax 250
    JBJ ATO
    MP40
    2 units of Chemi Pure Elite
    Puragine
    Some filter floss at the top of my media basket
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  3. oldfishkeeper

    oldfishkeeper Giant Squid

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    I think that what you're doing sounds good. bump for your question......I'm not very knowledgeable about LED's but it sounds like maybe it's a lighting issue?
     
  4. Todd_Sails

    Todd_Sails Giant Squid

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    This is where you got me:

    '2 units of Chemi Pure Elite
    Puragine
    Some filter floss at the top of my media basket'

    Why these things?

    Are you running a sump? Macroalgae? Skimmer?, maybe an Algae Turf Scrubber?
     
  5. andru1313

    andru1313 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Yah thought that after I typed it. My tank is an all in one so no sump. I have 4 chambers in the back. 2 for the pumps on for the protien skimmer and the other for the media basket. where # 7 and 8 are is where I have my media basket..
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  6. Marshall O

    Marshall O Giant Squid

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    Do you have a dwarf angel or other potential nipper?
     
  7. andru1313

    andru1313 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Current Live stock.
    1 Blue Throat Trigger - never seen him nip at any rocks or corals. Very shy and stays in his cave
    1 Kole Yellow eye tang. - Hasn't bothered any corals that i have seen
    2 clowns - They host in my frog spawn..

    Thats all the fish I have.
     
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  9. AmericanChewToy

    AmericanChewToy Astrea Snail

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    It may not be your lights at all, if your noticing a bit of shrivel now and then,
    does it seem to happen after (if) your manually dosing the redsea reef energy part A and B?

    I notice that a bit when I dose, if I am not dosing everyday, you tend to use a bit more to get it back into perimeters.
    And that swing can do it.

    To me its more Noticeable on the more fleshier corals.
     
  10. Swisswiss

    Swisswiss Caribbean Reef Squid

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    my two cents but the trigger story makes me cringe. how big? are you sure (seeing you're at work till 6) that he isnt having a go at them? water parameters?
     
  11. Vinnyboombatz

    Vinnyboombatz Giant Squid

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    May 2014.Tanks too small for a trigger imo.
     
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  12. AmericanChewToy

    AmericanChewToy Astrea Snail

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    It is Summer too, so your aquarium maybe getting to hot too, just an after thought