torch coral and green star polyp look unhappy

[raul lopez]

hello, I’ve had my 4.1 gallon lifegard reef tank for about 6 months now and have slowly been adding coral, I used to have a clownfish but sadly it passed away a few weeks after it’s purchase and I haven’t introduced fished ever since, I dose neonitro(nitrate suppament), Dr.Tim’s waste away, and Acro power, I feed mysis shrimp and reef roids and I’m currently using the aquaknight v1, I have medium flow, 2 hermit crabs and 2 astrea snails, my salt level is 1.025 and doesn’t really fluctuate since I do have a ato, I’ve dipped every coral when I introduced them using revive, my temperature is 76-78, and I do weekly 50% water changes, my levels are:

nitrate~5 ppm

ammonia-0

nitrite-0 

phosphates-not sure 

ph-I haven’t tested ph in a while but i remember it being a good level as well as my alkalinity

calcium/-I haven’t tested them but I doubt they fluctuate due to my weekly 50% water changes

my monti cap is doing just fine too and I haven’t been able to spot any hitch hikers so I am quite confused on why my torch and gsp look like that the gsp has been been looking sad for about 2 months now and the torch was never looking so well but has worsened this past month but the rest of my coral are doing just fine and they all came from the same lfs.

 

sorry about all the reading 

 

[raul lopez]

Before and after 

[raul lopez]

the torch coral was never really that happy but this is before and after 

[WV Reefer]

29 minutes ago, raul lopez said:

hello, I’ve had my 4.1 gallon lifegard reef tank for about 6 months now and have slowly been adding coral, I used to have a clownfish but sadly it passed away a few weeks after it’s purchase and I haven’t introduced fished ever since, I dose neonitro(nitrate suppament), Dr.Tim’s waste away, and Acro power, I feed mysis shrimp and reef roids and I’m currently using the aquaknight v1, I have medium flow, 2 hermit crabs and 2 astrea snails, my salt level is 1.025 and doesn’t really fluctuate since I do have a ato, I’ve dipped every coral when I introduced them using revive, my temperature is 76-78, and I do weekly 50% water changes, my levels are:

nitrate~5 ppm

ammonia-0

nitrite-0 

phosphates-not sure 

ph-I haven’t tested ph in a while but i remember it being a good level as well as my alkalinity

calcium/-I haven’t tested them but I doubt they fluctuate due to my weekly 50% water changes

my monti cap is doing just fine too and I haven’t been able to spot any hitch hikers so I am quite confused on why my torch and gsp look like that the gsp has been been looking sad for about 2 months now and the torch was never looking so well but has worsened this past month but the rest of my coral are doing just fine and they all came from the same lfs.

 

sorry about all the reading 

 

Is there a reason you are using all of those additives and feeding so heavy in such a new tank? It seems like major overkill in such a small immature tank. 
 

Do you have a pic of the entire tank so we can see what other corals are in there?
 

[raul lopez]

12 hours ago, WV Reefer said:

Is there a reason you are using all of those additives and feeding so heavy in such a new tank? It seems like major overkill in such a small immature tank. 
 

Do you have a pic of the entire tank so we can see what other corals are in there?
 

my tank since the beginning always had problems with not enough nutrients which was obvious because all my coral started loosing color as soon as I added them to the tank so that’s why I started dosing neonitro and started feeding heavy but honestly I don’t think I feed that heavy, in my opinion it’s what I’ve gotten the best results out of but I use waste away because who doesn’t like their reef tank looking spotless, and Acro power is just the amino acids for better coral coloration.

[raul lopez]

ive always wondered why my monti was a bit pale but it always showed good polyp Extension so I never thought much of it, any ideas. (Colors on pictures are a bit off)