nps

Hello everyone, I'm a Nano Reef enthusiast. I came to this forum because I acquired a very strange Acropora Frag. It has no visible fluorescence, appears brown under white light, but displays a beautiful gradient of structural color from sage blue to Prussian blue under blue light. Its polyps...

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I was at my local fish store today and I saw a beautiful Dendronephthya colony. I didn't get any pictures but it was fully inflated and looked like it was feeding. I consider the person running it to be very trustworthy and he has decades of experience. I asked him about it and he said he's been...

I'm setting up a dedicated NPS tank and I would love to include an electric flame scallop. Can they tolerate exposure to air/bubbles or is it dangerous? I've heard mixed info about Tridacna clams so I thought I should check.

I'm setting up a tank for NPS corals and filter feeding inverts, and dosing PNSB looks like a very attractive option for a system that needs a lot of food and a lot of biological filtration. My question is, how much of it will actually colonize the surfaces in the tank with so many organisms...

Today is the beginning of a new project that I've been planning for a long time. I fell in love with the deep sea and with filter feeding inverts a long time ago and I'm finally going to make a real attempt at keeping them. The idea is essentially this: Two five gallon tanks plumbed together...

So "deep below the ocean waves in labyrinths of coral caves," you may find "the echo of a distant time." However if you are in the Pacific, you are more likely to find gorgonians in the coral caves so long as there is a lot of flow. (not my photos) Can I do this in my tank? I would plan to...

Where do the european and asian reefers get their colorful nps gorgonians?? Why can't I find them in the states? They're probably banned but if anyone has any ideas or frags ($$) please let me know. Great examples of what I'm talking about in the below video. Also, anyone know where to get a...

Curious as to what all these different critters growing on live rock in my NPS tank are? I know some are sponges but I’ve included pics of a few I’m not sure of. I’ve seen most of it here and there before but I feed my NPS tank consistently so I’ve noticed new growths popping up everywhere on my...

I just purchased this Balanophyllia solitary cup coral the other day and noticed it came along with this purple growth next to it. Just curious if anyone knows what it is? Definitely assuming it’s NPS Thanks

Just noticed this small brown thing with white/blue tipped tentacles on the glass of my NPS tank. Any clue what it could be? Sorry photos aren’t the best but curious if anyone recognizes this? Thanks

There's a few in particular I'm looking to get my hands on, mainly the ones that don't really have any color at all, Rhyzotrochus Truncatoflabellum Veroni (i could be butchering the spelling) Phyllangia Americana (hidden cup coral) any kind of wire coral I'm all ears if you can think of any...

Hey everyone I have been setting up an NPS tank for the past few months and have been looking at the rhizo corals for a while. I am aware that they are illegal to import but I’m wondering if anyone has any available from their personal collection? They are a dream coral of mine and now that I...

I recently got a red chili finger and it is doing great. Not planning to frag it just yet but when it gets a bit bigger I think I’ll have to, it’s already starting to rub against the rock a bit. What’s the best way to frag these? Also should I frag while it’s expanded at night/morning or closed...

Hiya again, Figured that as I begin to close my Reefer nano down in its current form (majority sps) that I’d begin this thread. I’ll *hopefully* be running this tank as a slightly cooler NPS majority but still mixed reef featuring some deep water species… This isn’t my first NPS tank, my...

I'm not writing this in the NPS section because I'm hoping to stir up some interest in the wider reefing community. Nearly all general advice you find online about filtration, feeding, and nutrient reduction assumes you won't ever be keeping any NPS corals. The assumption behind most reefing...

Has anyone had success with studeriotes sp. before? There is verg limited information online about them. I managed to procure a specimen and will be posting my experience attempting to keep one.

Non-Photosynthetic (NPS) Corals have the some of the craziest colors and shapes you'll see naturally in corals. Our NPS Tank at the Seattle Aquarium we've dubbed as the "Dr. Seuss Tank" due to all the colors and shapes, also because that's what a lot of guests refer it to as. So I'm taking that...

NPS FOT It's my first time to show my 160 gallon tank. The size is 3.28*2.62*2.13 ft. It has been 1 year to be a NPS tank.

Hi I just got a new gorgonian and it's my first coral in my seahorse tank. I'm curious to know the identity of this species as I'm unable to find it anywhere and the lfs I got it from only knows that it is a nps Gorgonian. Any help would be appreciated

Would anyone have a decent idea on varieties of coral that can grow upside down, or glued to the underside of an aquascape? My first thought was NPS (Non Photosynthetic) Corals, because they don't need light and I could just spot feed. But I'm a big fan of easy corals so I don't know if NPS is...

Could anyone point me to some information regarding Primnoa pacifica, or share with me some experiences about its captive care. I obtained a frag of this from a Fiji shipment. I understand this NPS is from deep sea, other than that, there is little care info available. Of course, it was...

I have a 50G where I mostly keep LPS and tubastrea. But I wanna keep NPS soft corals (i.e. red finger gorgonian) later down the road, so I'd consider this a heavy bioload 50G. ;DeadCurrent setup and problem. Originally, I only used a skimmer for mechanical filtration so I got an oversized one...

Hi everyone, I recently bought a 3l tank with a HOB filter and light for $19!!! I’m probably going to use it to display one baby fish that just metamorphosised (maybe a week or less at most on display) and/or sexy shrimp babies from my breeding tanks at a time so I want to stock the tank with...