sps beginner

Hi all sorry for the long post, I have a Cade 1500 S2 that I purchased second-hand from fakebook around a year ago to upgrade from a Waterbox 90.1. For the first 9 or so months I have had no issues with the tank, and transferred the majority of my live coral and corals across to the larger...

I’ve only been in the hobby about a year and I’ve only kept softies and LPS up until recently when I added two montiporas, a red cap and another one but can’t remember the exact name (it’s supposed to be orange with purple polyps and it’s plating). I’ve had them for about a month and a half now...

I’ve only been in the hobby about a year and I’ve only kept softies and LPS up until recently when I added two montiporas, a red cap and another one but can’t remember the exact name (it’s supposed to be orange with purple polyps and it’s plating). I’ve had them for about a month and a half now...

Hey everyone! So i have a problem with my two Montipora. One Setosa and one Digitata. Got them at the same time about 1.5 months ago. Also got a stylophora, but that one just bleached 2 weeks ago, morning it looked good and in the afternoon just white. But thats not my issue now. So the Setosa...

I bought some corals during the TSA live sale. I got some zoas, clove polyps, a hammer some favia, montipora, and a chalice. I was able to get 2 $1 acros and a free acro. So I figured I’d have a go at it being that worst case I lose $2. I saw online it’s better to let the corals sit in the frag...

Help! I’ve been having issues with SPS for months now. Every SPS I introduce to the tank develops RTN within 48 hours. All of my LPS corals are doing fine. Even this coral has good polyp extension when in the water. I have not seen any pests on them, but i could just be overlooking. I added this...

Pickup at Queens, Fresh Meadows, 11365 Green birdnest: size (M) 2’ $15 size (L) 4’ $35 Pink purple birdnest/stylo: size 2-3’ $35 Forest fire digi: size (M) 2’ $10 size (L) 4’ $20 Green digi: size (M) 2’ $8 size (L) 4’ $15

Howdy! I went on vacation for one week over the holidays and everything was fine when I returned except for my monti frag that I’ve had for about a month or two now. It has this white look to it now on about 75% of it, but I can still kind of see color under it. It doesn’t come loose or off when...

Hoping for some more eyes on this to help me nail down what's wrong with my green goddess birdsnest. She was doing great for months after a rocky start in Nov where it lost over 90% of it's polyps after accidental exposure to RO water during the initial introduction to the tank. (noob move on...

hi guys i could do with some help i have some montipora that is bleaching can anyone help i think my parameters are low i will post them below can you guys take a look and offer any advice please i am looking into dosing ( All for reef) looking for any advice please guys todays test temp...

Got this coral yesterday, maybe it's a pavona? It's looks healthy to you? It's was looking exactly like this on my LFS, my patameters are all nice, I have other SPS doing great on my tank, but I don't have reference and knowledge of this coral. It is on a high flow area under royal blue and UV...

Hi All! I have a 40 Gal tank that was FOWLR since November until Friday when I added this leather toadstool. It looks like this and I want to know if I need to be worried or not!? It was laying like this on the rock I initially had it on so I moved it lower thinking it was getting too much...

Hello evrybody This is my first participation with you in the greet place I have an issue with my acropora I dont know if this is : - necrosis - bleaching - growth My water parameters : Kh : 8.3 dkh Ca : 450 mg/l Mag : 1350 mg/l No3 : 20 - 25 mg/l Po4 : 0.03-0.05 mg/l Nb : i am a...

Hey all. I have a pretty low tech tank. Just a heater, powerhead, HOB skimmer, and lighting. I have LPS and softies that have been thriving for awhile. I want to consider SPS down the road when I've got a more mature tank. However, I'm not sure I want to set up ATO or auto dosing. I dose and...

These are my current parameters as of today, I mainly plan to only put softies and some sps in my tank, do my parameters seem good besides my Nitrates? What would be the ideal nitrate level for what I want?

Buddy of mine gave me a monti frag , he thinks its a detonation monti. Anyone with more experience can give some input? Its my first sps and first time dipping into sps after being nervous about it for so long. It looks red and dark green polyps to me.

hey guys i spot fed my green digi yesterday with reef roids and redsea ab+, has not opened or even made any progress in opening. here are some pics. i also have another small piece of this that i fed and it opened after feeding parameters: salinity 1.026 calcium 410ppm mag: 1500 ppm alk: 12.4...

So I got some encrusting SPS and a plating montipora and a digitata from LFS. they seemed to be opening up in quarantine. The plating montipora i really can't tell if its happy or pist its just there lol. but i did my dip waited 2 days did next dip waited 2 days did another dip x dip waited 2...

I often find myself looking online for inspiration for my reef tank that I’m gonna be setting up. I see a lot of tanks that are super mature and grown in and the corals are just absolutely packed into the tank. I’m talking like 15 corals on a rock. How is this possible? Are coral stings not as...

There have been far (far) too many threads and websites discussing best beginner SPS - you know, the typical green slimer, monti, stylo, birdnest discussion. How much can we kick a dead horse? That bad boy is done and cooked. We all know where to start, but where do we go from here?! I have...

I am new to the hobby so apologies for what may be a basic question. I recently got some free SPS frags from a local reefer. Some of those frags came from branches which were growing horizontally. The colorful areas grew on the side facing upwards towards the light. I have put those frags on...

Looking for a good home for my overgrown Birdnest, trade preferred, a big Birdnest colony, 6-8" ball, easy SPS coral, will turn bright pink if given ample lighting, currently in an area being shaded by other corals higher in the aquascape. I will meet within reason from 18334 and consider any...

What’s going on fellow reefers! Planning a new 10 gallon tank for the office. Flow, thinking 2 koralia 240’s and my aquaclear 110 Hydor Koralia Nano Aquarium Circulation Pump, Includes Built-In Cable Protector, 240 GPH, Measures 2.4-Inches & is Ideal for Fresh or Salt Water Use...

I have a fair bit of Brownish colored algae in my tank on my sand and green algae on my rocks. It’s a new tank cycled for about 2 months, but livestock only added 3 weeks ago. 15 gallon nano with SPS. a few snails and hermits cleaner shrimp clown and 6 line I am wondering if I should add a...

My parameters are all normal -0 Ammonia -0 Trite -0 Trate -1.025 -77.5 degrees -AI Prime HD set to SPS AP+ spectrum -AI Nero3 pump set to random mode between 3% min and 20% max with medium variance, and it blows straight at the back rocks and diffuses it everywhere along with return pump flow...