Help growing corals

[Tinman76]

I can't get corals to grow even tho my parameters are great.

[Peter T]

Hi Tinman,

Welcome to Reef Central. More specs and params would be very helpful on why they are not growing. There can be so many reasons.

Here are the basics you can provide for us:
- Types of corals you are growing
- Tank inhabitants (fish and inverts)
- Size / age of tank
- Specific gravity
- What type of water (RO/DI, distilled, tap, etc.)
- Lighting system
- Ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, pH, alkalinity, calcium

[bnumair]

hey tinman76
i am from tulsa welcome to Reef Central.
yes a bit more info will be healpful.
what are ur parameters post them here.
types of corls
how long the tanks been up
how long corals been in that tank
type of lights
if u can post more info we can get u more advices.
looking forward to helping out.

[David Grigor]

Also be more specific on the corals your trying to grow, how long you have had them and the size they started at.

Perhaps, some of this can be an unrealistic expectation. If your dealing with small frags, it can take a good while before they appear to be growing then whamo just grow like nuts. Also, while some zoanthids for example can grow really fast while others can be very slow so again your expectations may be a bit too high.

[funkejj]

Also, while some zoanthids for example can grow really fast while others can be very slow so again your expectations may be a bit too high.

Thats no kidding, I have some zoo's that grow a new polyp once a month and others that seem grow new ones daily.

[bertoni]

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