growth

So - everyone here with an SPS related tank is concerned about growth. Without googling:). What is the maximum growth to expect from SPS within a year?

So I have an all coral tank as of right now and out of the blue I noticed a strange growth behind my frogspawn. I don’t know weather this is dangerous or if it is some sort of coral. It is colored purple/blue with orange dots

Hello all! I have a camera mounted to the side of my tank which takes a few images per day, and every now and again I create a timelapse and post it up to YouTube. The last one was 7 months, this one is 15. Check it out! It's really cool to watch corals grow in sped up time. Whiskey

Curious people are always buying frags - and every now and then (every other day lol:) there is a comment about 'the high prices'. So - I'm curious - what percentage of your frags actually 'grow into colonies - lets say 5 inches or more. How important do you think stable alkalinity is in...

Hello all! I haven't had too much trouble keep coral alive. However, I also haven't experienced much growth and was wondering if anyone had any good advice to grow out LPS coral. For some 20g long tank, all parameters are good: Calcium: 400ppm Alk: 9-10dKH Nitrates...

So we have a few acans, most started with 2 or 3 heads and a lot of them have grown many new heads and others have the same amount of heads as when we got them. All of them open and are feed at the same times and frequency. All of them look happy, so what give?

Anybody has any suggestions on best software/way to catalog my corals. I am fairly new and have amassed a lot of sps frags which are growing well. Goal is two-fold: 1) Name, source etc of the coral. 2) Growth pics of the corals (say every few months). Wanted to see what everyone thought.

Can onynowe in the Reefworld share some light and knowledge between the growth rate between Cyphastrea and Plesiastrea Which one of these grows the fastest? a-Cyphastrea b-Plesiastrea

Anyone know what’s growing on the bottom of my hammer coral?

hey guys i need some advice about my reef tank currently i have a 10g tank doing a small little reef for the past 10 months its been running pretty smooth no major issues few changes here and there changed a light change my rock landscape around things like that nothing major my coral growth is...

I LOVE toadstool leathers (sarcophytons) and have a 20 gallon softie-only DT that has about 7 different sarcophytons. The tank has 3 fish which I feed daily with a generous amount of some thawed San Francisco Bay Brand Emerald Entree. The corals seem to do well yet are not growing as fast as I...

Hello all! I'm beginning to figure out this video software! This is a video that shows 7 months of growth in 30 seconds. Hope you like it! Whiskey

Hello, I am cycling my tank and I am now getting some algae growth on the glass. Is this the same thing as diatoms? Or maybe the beginning of coralline algae? Should I clean it off the glass or leave it? I will attach a picture.

Wanted to hear peoples thoughts on this. A few things to include in your post- Growth with 0 nitrate vs with nitrate Filters used in your sps tanks Parameters in your sps tanks Fish stocking and feeding regiment Thanks!

Hello, I have seen some clownfish that are about 2 1/4 inches long and I have seen some that are about 1 1/4 inches long. What do the people feed and how often to get a clownfish grow to be 2 1/4 inches long?

Ok everyone, i need some advice/help with my frag tank. I am not seeing very good growth. Most corals seem ok but not flourishing like I would have hoped. I am wondering if PH is the problem??? First a little info. Tank is a 45 gal peninsula ( approx 12 inches deep) draining into a 20 gal...

Recently My boys and I started a separate 45 gallon frag tank using two 54 watt Nemo leds. Recently I purchased a 180 watt Wattshine LED from Amazon after reading a lot about “black Boxes.” My intention was to use the Nemo lights for lower light demanding corals and the Wattshine for higher...

Hi Everyone, I have a Red Sea Reefer 350 tank (roughly 90 gallons total) and have had issues with color on my SPS. My corals have displayed no color and barely any growth - they're very pale in color.. I just checked my phosphate levels using Hanna and they were 0.00. I am carbon dosing with...

Hi, this is my first post on R2R. I've been using this forum as a resource, just reading threads, for almost a year now, and it's been fantastic, so when I encountered this problem I couldn't figure out how to solve, I figured I'd join. (But I'm sure I'll use this forum for a bunch else now...

I just noticed this white stuff on one of my zoa frags. Anyone have any ideas?

We currently have a 28g JBJ Nano-cube. We removed the hood, and have been using a T5/Metal halide combo fixture. Our tank life (which looks "ok") consists of zoas, torch, frog spawn, hammer, Duncan, ricordea, and a few others that I can't remember the names of. Will the sBox Sprite Reef Nano...

Back in late August I built a algae scrubber. To this day all it has grown is diatoms... Info about the scrubber: Waterfall style, screen is about 9" x 4", uses an individual pump to supply flow 295gph pump and most importantly the lights... rapidled solderless leds, 4 reds and 2 blues on each...

I have a 180 gallon mixed reef with mostly SPS. Lit by LED and flow by two Tunze 6105 powerheads and a Waveline DC-6000 return pump. My current params are 8 dKH Alk, 420 Ca, 1250 Mg, .10 P04, 5 NO3 I'd like to see if I can get more growth and color from my SPS. I also cant grow digitata...

When I bought this clownfish, I didn't notice this bump on it until I brought it home. I was concerned for a while, but never found any information on it. I have had this clownfish for about two years now, and seems to be healthy, other than the lump on its side. It swims normally, eats...

Hello. I'm new to this forum and I love learning all about corals and ocean life. I need to know how fast a zoanthid grows. Unlike most zoanthid owners, I need to find out how slow a basic zoanthid can grow. How fast does it sprout new polyps? It's hard to explain but basically, what's the rate...