Transition From Lps To Sps
Hey guys feel like I've been spamming the forums lately, I'm really struggling to moving to SPS corals from LPS
I've been keeping my LPS fine for ages now and managed to keep a birdsnest and some other stylophora coral for maybe 6-8months (they died in summer before i realised i needed a chiller)
Recently decided to try again and added a small frag of the strawberry shortcake acro and it was doing great for again a few months and now it's gone down hill again.
I have an AI prime over the side where i want the SPS to grow and a coralbox moon LED over the other side which i want to just keep lps.
The coral at the moment is still kicking, base is very green and the stalks are pink but there's some algae growing on the very tips and with my others as soon as that started it was all over.
Params have been very stable recently slowly I've been upgrading bits and pieces on the tank to try stay ahead of the game. Had a few alc swings when I first added this piece from the clam going through a bit of a growth spurt, I've started adding half a teaspoon of kalk to the ATO and it seems to be enough to keep up with demand at the moment.
Long post TL;DR, any pro tips on upgrading from a tank that can keep LPS and Clams happy but unable to move on to the harder SPS.
I've been keeping my LPS fine for ages now and managed to keep a birdsnest and some other stylophora coral for maybe 6-8months (they died in summer before i realised i needed a chiller)
Recently decided to try again and added a small frag of the strawberry shortcake acro and it was doing great for again a few months and now it's gone down hill again.
I have an AI prime over the side where i want the SPS to grow and a coralbox moon LED over the other side which i want to just keep lps.
The coral at the moment is still kicking, base is very green and the stalks are pink but there's some algae growing on the very tips and with my others as soon as that started it was all over.
Params have been very stable recently slowly I've been upgrading bits and pieces on the tank to try stay ahead of the game. Had a few alc swings when I first added this piece from the clam going through a bit of a growth spurt, I've started adding half a teaspoon of kalk to the ATO and it seems to be enough to keep up with demand at the moment.
Long post TL;DR, any pro tips on upgrading from a tank that can keep LPS and Clams happy but unable to move on to the harder SPS.