Acropora Spathulata

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Rich...at least yours is keeping some color and getting growth...mine has nothing except encrust down...it's right under a 250 Radium and gets blasted with alternating flow too...
 

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Well this Sps should only be kept by reefkeepers with lots of experiancess. This type of Sps needs high flow high light and needs to be feed with a high quality food such as pappone or reefbooster. They normally do not do well in captivity and almost never keep there color. I have seen a few examples that have done good but only under exceptional water quality. Most if not all Sps keepers fail at keeping this one alive. It's an amazone Sps but not for the less advanced aquarist.
 
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Easy to keep alive as the next acro but it does require high light, very high light, in a well fed reef to keep color. I no longer try to keep these. Not worth the effort.
 

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The LFS's by me have been getting in quite a few Australian acropora spathulata. I never saw them before, I actually thought they were millis. They look similar except they are thicker branched. Just curious if anyone has experience with them and can comment on growth rate, color retention, longevity etc. I picked up these 2 yesterday (cell pic). The color looks better in person
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Hey all
I have 2 specimens in my tank from the barrier reef. The first is coloured similar to the first pic and the second is bluer in colour with metallic flashes of green and orange.

They have been thriving for 6 months now and show good growth under Radion Gen2 pro's with the Warm whites turned down to 50% and overall intensity of 70%.

They have very high, random flow (2 x MP40's and 2 x RW-15's).

They sit about 40 cm from the lights, high up in the reef at PAR of ~500.That being said, I've fragged them and placed some pieces lower down in the reef where they've encrusted and grown (they grow quickly) at PAR values of ~200.

My PO4 varies between 0.02 and 0.04 ppm.

Here is a picture of one, but the colours are so hard to photograph.They are a lovely coral :)

Cheers,
Tony
 

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Hey all
I have 2 specimens in my tank from the barrier reef. The first is coloured similar to the first pic and the second is bluer in colour with metallic flashes of green and orange.

They have been thriving for 6 months now and show good growth under Radion Gen2 pro's with the Warm whites turned down to 50% and overall intensity of 70%.

They have very high, random flow (2 x MP40's and 2 x RW-15's).

They sit about 40 cm from the lights, high up in the reef at PAR of ~500.That being said, I've fragged them and placed some pieces lower down in the reef where they've encrusted and grown (they grow quickly) at PAR values of ~200.

My PO4 varies between 0.02 and 0.04 ppm.

Here is a picture of one, but the colours are so hard to photograph.They are a lovely coral :)

Cheers,
Tony

Another look.

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I've got a few that have grown well will try to snap some pics. Never knew there was any issue with these, every one I've gotten has done pretty well.
 

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Here's spongebob. Grew from one inch in about 1.5 years. He's kindof yellow/orange, colors aren't great but he grows great kindof mid tank





This one is unknown from Aquasd, slow grower but encrusting well and starting to project from .5" for about a year. Great color on this one







Now that I look at it, not so sure it's a spat. Might be a tenuis?
 

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I have a Spath that I grew from a frag that has started to explode in growth. Has kept its color this whole time. Maybe avoid buying colonies and just buy frags. Frags may do better.
 

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Are you sure sponge Bob is a spath? It looks too skinny for a spath, but flow and everything can play a big role. Either way I would love a frag of it! Its beautiful!
 

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Yeah it's not skinny, half inch thick branches, just a lot of new growth. I'm kindof addicted to spats so when they show up and I can afford em I try to pick up frags
 

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I got mine today split with my buddy it very expensive than I would like to spend so hopefully it keeps it color
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And the brightest SSC i every seen



Both are a lot brighter in person.

Anyway slowly acclimating it to my lights
16 bulbs t5/led hybrid
 

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