duncan-junkie Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 What lights were you running? What number am I? All LED's.......I was't getting the best growth, or color.....so I went back to what had given me the best results(T5's). I was also having problems with shadowing on my bigger colonies. Quote Link to comment
SpankythePyro Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 I'm dosing Nitrates (CaNO3) to keep mine at 5 and let the biopellets keep them there and reduce PO4 at the same time. The Katropora loves higher Nitrates. August 5th, low nitrates August 19th, Nitrates = 4 It's also growing a bit faster than i thought it was. I was about to say... so what you're telling me is I need to buy some CaNo3 and a Kat 1 Quote Link to comment
markalot Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 I was about to say... so what you're telling me is I need to buy some CaNo3 and a Kat Or KNO3 (potassium nitrate, aka stump remover) 1 Quote Link to comment
Slowtwitch Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Officially in the club. 6 Quote Link to comment
basser1 Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Officially in the club. Color me jealous..... How did that happen??? 1 Quote Link to comment
Slowtwitch Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Color me jealous..... How did that happen??? Got my name on Kat's list and asked her real nice. :-) Quote Link to comment
Chris! Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Got my name on Kat's list and asked her real nice. :-) I'm on my way to mug you. Did you talk her into including the myagi as well 3 Quote Link to comment
Slowtwitch Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 I'm on my way to mug you. Did you talk her into including the myagi as well Ummm...no? 3 Quote Link to comment
Chris! Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Ummm...no? Well good, get them growing already then 1 Quote Link to comment
Slowtwitch Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Well good, get them growing already then Working on it. Good PE today. Guess they're happy so far. 2 Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share Posted September 14, 2015 Ordering some coozies. I'll be sending one out with Kat orders. Which design do y'all prefer? Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Ordering some coozies. I'll be sending one out with Kat orders. Which design do y'all prefer? Needs more shoes. Where are the heels? Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share Posted September 14, 2015 Needs more shoes. Where are the heels? Totally thought about those, and I may do a run with heels but not sure if guys want that on the coozie? Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Its already pink. And for you, I'm sure they'll put up with it. Its practically a brand logo at this point. Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 I did some tank work today, so of course my skimmer is all like "peace out, see you in a week!". It likes to take vacations after heavy cleaning... -sigh- But related to the Kat, I exchanged my phosban and carbon today. I dont think the carbon needed it, but I recently noticed an increase in algae growth, so maybe my phosphates are going up. I dont have a test kit for phosphate. I will let you know if the kat gets some color back. All of the tips and polyps are a beautiful purple/blue. Its just the green that seems to have gone away. But all of my green sps are beautiful, so I don't understand... 1 Quote Link to comment
outerorbiter Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Beautiful! Maybe one day I will be worthy of a frag. Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share Posted September 14, 2015 I did some tank work today, so of course my skimmer is all like "peace out, see you in a week!". It likes to take vacations after heavy cleaning... -sigh- But related to the Kat, I exchanged my phosban and carbon today. I dont think the carbon needed it, but I recently noticed an increase in algae growth, so maybe my phosphates are going up. I dont have a test kit for phosphate. I will let you know if the kat gets some color back. All of the tips and polyps are a beautiful purple/blue. Its just the green that seems to have gone away. But all of my green sps are beautiful, so I don't understand... I had the same thought a while back. All my corals were showing great colors except this ONE millepora. And To color that idiot up, I dosed Pohls. Disaster. The Kat is supposed to be a deep minty/blue-green. Not really dark, but not pastel either. Markalot swears that the Kat likes nitrates. My phosphates and nitrates are always measurable so there may be something to that. Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 I had the same thought a while back. All my corals were showing great colors except this ONE millepora. And To color that idiot up, I dosed Pohls. Disaster. The Kat is supposed to be a deep minty/blue-green. Not really dark, but not pastel either. Markalot swears that the Kat likes nitrates. My phosphates and nitrates are always measurable so there may be something to that. Mine right now is looking like the second photo with blues on (whites are still on too though). It used to be I could see it nice and minty top down and a little more (but not much) washed out from the front. Hopefully a couple weeks will tell. Because I'm pretty sure it washed out in just a few weeks. So hopefully it only takes a few weeks to come back. I was also thinking about KZ Coral Snow (or Ben's version of it). Thoughts? And what is the correlation between water clarity and SPS colors? Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share Posted September 14, 2015 Just took this top down. My LEDs are on. 1 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 i want dense growth. I'm getting staghorn-esque growth. Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share Posted September 14, 2015 i want dense growth. I'm getting staghorn-esque growth. Yeah, I'm confounded about that, not sure why. It's a bushy acro. 1 Quote Link to comment
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