Hysterix help

[Matthew5664]

Bought a small frag along with a green pocillapora the pocilla's doing fine however the Hyst has no polop extention? could anyone be of some help?

have about x60 turnover in a 3'er with 250w MH and 110w Acts.

Been setup about 6 months

NH4> 0
NO2> 0
NO3> 0-5 at water change (monthley)
PO4>0.1
Ca> 400ppm
Alk> 130ppm (CaCO3)
pH> 8.2 (mean)

Temp 26.9 to 28.1

[SPS Hoover]

Its looks from those readings as phosphate issue its should be below 0.01

[Matthew5664]

My test kit only goes down to 0.1 this being that lowest reading it just showes up. what test kits mesure down to that level?

Got some PO4 remover in there now.

Thanks

[SPS Hoover]

The best one to get IMO is the D&D one its around £30

[Tristan]

How close to the lights do you have it? i always put new sps on the substraight for the first week.

[Matthew5664]

Had in on the sand for 5 days then up half way for another 5 days and now its up at the top.

[Gubs]

From experience, hysterixes can be a bit picky. Frags from a colony placed in different areas of the same tank can grow in very different ways. Equally, a large established hysterix moved just a few centimetres can die quite quickly.

I'd leave it for a while and see how it settles in. If it's the pink one, watch out for it getting whiter and then consider moving it a bit, otherwise leave it alone. Have also found small pink frags do better than larger ones.

Caveat: just my anecdotal experience, therefore may not apply to your situation.

gubs

[Matthew5664]

thanks I'll leave it where it is get the PO4 down and wait

[rockaria]

have to say that i added a pink hystrix frag about 6 weeks ago, and unfortunately my phosphate levels are very high compared to what they should be (min 0.1) however the hystrix extended straight away and has already nearly doubled in size with new growth. So dont always necessarily assume that phosphates the issue (though im sure it doesnt help! :))

[Matthew5664]

well the PO4 remover has gone into the sump in a nice little bag and I 'span' the frag through 90 clockwise and one of the tips is in the direct flow from a seio about 7" away. I'll have a look tomorrow and see what it's like.

[craighuckins]

just to reiterate the phosphate point my hystrix has had no trouble during a phosphate high, and has extended fully every day since I put it into the tank. Think it's probably more of an issue of light shock - what was it under before?

[simon garratt]

well the PO4 remover has gone into the sump in a nice little bag and I 'span' the frag through 90 clockwise and one of the tips is in the direct flow from a seio about 7" away

If your talking the seio stream type pumps, this is way too close imo. I would move it away to an area of less direct flow. Infact make sure none of your corals are in a direct line with the output from these types of pump. ime the flow is too strong, and too fast to do the corals any good, and will quite often lead to tissue loss.


However i would re-iterate Simons comments regarding a PO4 level of 0.1ppm. ideally it should be nigh on undetectable or below 0.03ppm preferably as simon says, into the 0.01ppm range or below.

Regards

Si.

[Matthew5664]

PO4 is yet to be tested after the addition of removal media. the Seio is pointing up toward the surface of the water now. The colour is now a more vibrant pink where at before it was a bit white. Is there any other way to get the PO4 down? Something I'm doing or something I'm not? I know every living thing produces PO4 but is there some way to curb the production

Should I move over to the Chemistry board for that one?