Millis not hairy

[reefwizz]

Well I have a sunset, ora blue (2), watermelon, and green milli. The green and watermelon milli both have long polyps out. But my two blue ones and the sunset never show ant long pe. I just went from an xm 20k 250 watt to a reeflux 12k 250 watt yesterday, and while I was away for a week, the calcium went to 350, alk to 14, and mag to 1150. I have fixed things up to calcium 430, alk 13, and mag 1200. I know the alk is still high (thanks to instant ocean) so I am still fixing that. But the millis have almost always been this way. Does anyone know why?

[eggiel]

They like Flow and light

[Marklu]

Check for AEFW's. They love millies.

[reefwizz]

eggiel, like a ton of flow, and at the top of the tank light?

Marklu, how small or big are the aefw? Ive never seen them (thankfully) so I don't know what to look for.

[Maxi]

Give it more flow. Place it in different places of your tank to see where its polyps come out more.. Mine didn't have much till I blasted at it with a K2

[reefwizz]

Thanks maxi. Should I find a high light and high flow for all of them? What about any foods. Any you can recommend?

[Marklu]

Check for little bite marks at the base of the coral, that's the easiest way to spot them. You can also check out Melev's website for some good info on them. Hopefully you don't have them.

[reefwizz]

Ya I dont think I have them I checked all over. I just think they are unhappy. Any good coral foods to recommend?

[Maxi]

I don't feed my corals =\. sorry.

Just fish poop.

[eggiel]

flow they need flow they will get there food once there polyps extend

http://i555.photobucket.com/albums/jj448/eggiel/yeiraspictures539.jpg

http://i555.photobucket.com/albums/jj448/eggiel/yeiraspictures538.jpg

[jackson6745]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15512647#post15512647 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefwizz
Ya I dont think I have them I checked all over. I just think they are unhappy. Any good coral foods to recommend?

Extremely hard to see on millis. You should get Coral revive and give them a dip.
As for a food, Oyster Eggs improved PE for my acros.

[unbreakable]

any fish that are potential nippers?

[YogiBoo]

eggiel: wat kind of mili is the second pic?

[eggiel]

Its wild I got it at my friend LFS is blue with yellow polyps
Its nice when you add a wild brown colony of coral and it turns in to collection piece

[reefwizz]

YA, eggiel, both of those millis are sweet. Wish I could get a frag.

JAckson: The ones with almost ne pe are only the blue and sunset. The watermelon and green are super hairy. But I just moved the blue into higher flow and I can start to see a little more pe on them.

[eggiel]

One day ill let you know for frags

I use to hear people say the were slow growers and mine has grown alot in less than 1 yr

http://i555.photobucket.com/albums/jj448/eggiel/CSC_0005.jpg

same coral like a month ago
http://i555.photobucket.com/albums/jj448/eggiel/yeiraspictures511.jpg

[reefwizz]

Haha I cant wait for that day. Those are some sweet millis you got. What kind of lights are you running?

[eggiel]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15525821#post15525821 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefwizz
Haha I cant wait for that day. Those are some sweet millis you got. What kind of lights are you running?


Thanks
T5

Front
ATI Actinic
Kz new gen
Blue plus
Blue plus
Aqua bluespecial
Blue plus

I got a yellow milli also but it hard to keep it yellow I have it in the bottom ill get a pic

[reefwizz]

Oh wow, well that defanitely helps with color. I am running two 250 watt 12 k reeflux bulbs.

Have you ever had a hard time keeping the blue millis blue?

[eggiel]

yeah i had one but it fade i think they do better in high light I had it low

I got a nice pink with green polyps ill take pics of it tomarrow

[reefwizz]

Wow, those sound really nice. Where do you find all these rare millis?

[trueblackpercula]

Alk is 14????

[eggiel]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15532392#post15532392 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefwizz
Wow, those sound really nice. Where do you find all these rare millis?

My pics
pink with green polyps not the best pics but youll get the idea
http://i555.photobucket.com/albums/jj448/eggiel/DSC_0177.jpg

Yellow milly
http://i555.photobucket.com/albums/jj448/eggiel/DSC_0170.jpg

[reefwizz]

trueblackperc: i went away to north carolina for a week for a baseball tournament and had to leave the tank with my parents for a week. And of course they have no idea what they are doing lol.

eggiel: both of those are nice, the second one looks kind of like a sunset milli? maybe? but they are both very nice.

btw, how are you liking your mp40's? Since i am still in highschool, I have to earn every penny that goes into the tank. right now I have a k3 and tunze 6025. I just want to make sure the vortechs stand up to the hype before I shell out that much money.

[eggiel]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15535156#post15535156 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefwizz
trueblackperc: i went away to north carolina for a week for a baseball tournament and had to leave the tank with my parents for a week. And of course they have no idea what they are doing lol.

eggiel: both of those are nice, the second one looks kind of like a sunset milli? maybe? but they are both very nice.

btw, how are you liking your mp40's? Since i am still in highschool, I have to earn every penny that goes into the tank. right now I have a k3 and tunze 6025. I just want to make sure the vortechs stand up to the hype before I shell out that much money.

You will like every penny you put on it the are a great investment
I have it on short pulse like 50%

I havent see the sunset milli i just could tell you mine is peptobismol pink with green polips

[Zire]

Try some Rogaine? :rollface:

[eggiel]

Jajajaj

[reefwizz]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15535216#post15535216 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by eggiel
You will like every penny you put on it the are a great investment
I have it on short pulse like 50%

I havent see the sunset milli i just could tell you mine is peptobismol pink with green polips


Hahaha, that sounds like the sunset milli. But none the less very beautiful. Mine is light orangeish, but you have t-5's. But you never know, i could be something completely new.

But about the vortech's, how many do you have running on your 75? and what places on the tank. I just upgraded to a 90, so do you think i should run them at like 75%?

[eggiel]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15536335#post15536335 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefwizz
Hahaha, that sounds like the sunset milli. But none the less very beautiful. Mine is light orangeish, but you have t-5's. But you never know, i could be something completely new.

But about the vortech's, how many do you have running on your 75? and what places on the tank. I just upgraded to a 90, so do you think i should run them at like 75%?

I only have 1 MP40 and it place in the same direction of my return and oposite of my overflow and its like 4-5 inches uder of the water level

I think youll be ok with one for a while at maybe 60 - 75 % the idea is to make a small wave on the top and you will have a lot of movement in the bottom youll see everything lifting up from the bottom

maybe in the future you coould get a tunze and place it oposite and to give you some flow thru the back of the rocks

[reefwizz]

wow, ok thanks a lot. But one more thing, I have bahamas oolite sand, which is very powdery. Will the vortech blow the sand to kingdom come?

[eggiel]

It will depend the speed you give it. I think any power head will blow sand it just depends where you direct it and the power of the power head

[reefwizz]

Ok. Thanks a lot eggiel, you have helped me figure everything out, and guess what? The millis are all hairy now! :) Thanks for all the great advice.

Happy reefkeeping.