no growth

[pickle311]

I do a 30g water change every 2 weeks at this point. I have one place in the tank where detrius collects and it's a very small ammount. The bottom of the tank stays very clean.
I will kick up the feeding a bit and see what happens.
Thanks

[GaryP]

I'm feeding my corals 4-5 times a week and the fish twice a day. My biggest problem is doing calcium and alkalinity enough to keep up with the growth. Do I have some nutrient control problems? Yes. Do I have problems with growth? No. That's why I'm try to get rid of some frags. My corals are crowding each other out. If I have to chose which problems I would rather deal with I will go with too much growth. Nutrients are a lot easier to deal with then starving your tank. How? Aggressive skimming, carbon, phosphate absorbers, physical filtration, siphoning, water changes, and a refugium.

[TexasTodd]

As others have stated, I think they're probably doing better than you think.

1. Take some pictures now as Clint suggests.
2. Put a Green slimer in there if you don't have one. I can always tell how things are going by if mine has nice 1/2+ long white tips or not.
3. Bump up the feeding....some, don't go nuts. The oyster eggs are a nice way to feed without putting too much extra in.
4. As you bump up the feeding I'd go to a little larger water changes every two weeks.

Give us updates!

Todd

[Bug_Power]

so are you guys saying corals don't eat phyto? That's what DT's is!

[fishypets]

SPS eat meat.....Can you post a pic of your corals? I would like to see what the Oregon Blue Tort looks like. It is also my experience that starvation=poor color on sps, you said yours was good.

[GaryP]

so are you guys saying corals don't eat phyto? That's what DT's is!

Clams, feather dusters, gorgonians and some soft corals (like carnations) eat phyto. Not SPS. I feed mine a mixture of cyclopeeze, daphnia, rotifers, baby brine, & oyster eggs. Some corals may only eat a specific sized food, that's why I feed the mixture. Sort of a shotgun approach. I also feed at night. In the wild, plankton migrate vertically. They sink down to deep water during the day and come up to the surface where the corals are at night. That's why you get better polyp extension on some corals at night. That's their natural time to feed.