sps beginner

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...

I got a green pavona coral 2 months ago. It is my first SPS after having a bunch of soft corals. He is in moderate/high lighting with high flow and I'm dosing the tank with All-for-One Reef solution as recommended by my LFS. He got knocked over a couple times by the hermit crabs before I could...

My fellow reefers, I am in a way proud and nervous. I just bought my first sps coral. I bought an “encrusting montipora”. I’m mainly posting this just to ask for any tips or advice. I got is yesterday and all polyps are out so I’m assuming that’s a good sign. Also what do monti’s look like when...

Hi everyone, Finally starting a build thread and record of my journey and progress.

Pickup in Hazlet NJ 07730 $10 per frag - Strawberry Shortcake -Green goblin acto -Purple birdnest -Bubblegum digi