Is this a good combination?

[Reefdad]

I have been feeding my reef Roti Feast, Phyto Feast and Oyster Feast. I feed once a day usually at night. I am getting great growth with my softies but not much with my SPS or LPS. Nothing is suffering but nothing is thriving. Am I missing something or doing something wrong?

 

[tuberider]

Do you run carbon?

 

[sfsuphysics]

what time frame are you referencing for "great/slow" growth? Most softies will out grow any stony coral by quite a noticeable amount.

 

[Reefdad]

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Do you run carbon?
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Yea I run Carbon.

[quote author=sfsuphysics link=topic=6870.msg88773#msg88773 date=1237153208]
what time frame are you referencing for "great/slow" growth? Most softies will out grow any stony coral by quite a noticeable amount.

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I realize that..as an example I have a chalice frag that had one mouth that I got a the BAYMAC this year, now it has two mouths. Green plate monte red digitata maze coral all show very little growth. My monte's have very little growth, just like little branches maybe 4-6 mm branches. All been in my tanks since around BAYMAC. Dose this sound slow growth or average?

 

[GreshamH]

It appears my reply last night didn't take

With a million factors in reefs tanks and the limited info you gave me to go on I can't say what is causing the slower growth or even if it' slow growth for your tank. FWIW the chalice growth is pretty decent depending on which chalice. How's the color?

I have corals hat barely grow and ones that I have to knock down every few weeks as they double in size.

 

[palawan]

Some sps will not grow for a while and then all of a sudden they just take off for no reason. Moving the coral around, unstable parameters, lighting, flow all play a role on coral growth. That is why stability is a great concern. Once the coral settles in with all the right stable parameters it will grow at a good pace. Some exceptions are specific corals like the Purple Monsters or Icefire enchinatas that in most tanks grow at a slow rate. Corals like montis, ie, Sunset, Tyree Undata grow like crazy.

 

[Reefdad]

As far as which chalice it is a lava eye and the color is great! All my stuff has great colors and looks good just grows slow I guess. I will keep up with what I am doing and see how it goes. Maybe i am just impatient.