Any more SPS?

JoJosReef · Sep 3, 2023

Here is my SPS island. Basically monti caps coming out of the cave-like holes and then sticks glued to the top. Have a few acros that were given to me that are stuck to the sides in weird ways. Would you put anything else on this island or just leave it as is to grow out? I've been toying with the idea of a garf bonsai from a local and I wouldn't mind another color variant of monti digitata...

Tank: IM Nuvo 40Long AIO
Rocks: TBS premium + dried very old Fiji and Marshall Island rocks (that have purpled up very nicely) -- the SPS island is a Marshall Islands rock
Usual tank parameters: NO3 zilch, PO4 0.1-0.15, ALK 7.7-8.0, Ca/Mg maintained by AFR (I rarely measure, it's just always on the high range)
Flow: Maxspect gyre 2K, soon to be swapped for two opposing Maxspect gyre xf330s
Food: Reef Nutrition Oyster Feast + Phyto Feast dosed 5x daily (ROE and Tigger pods also dosed, but that goes to the fish)
Light: 3x Noopsyche Minis. Top of rock is easily getting 300-350 PAR during peak.

HudsonReefer2.0 · Sep 3, 2023

Looks great. Mayb a forest fire digi but u do have healthy looking fast growing corals. I feel your need tho. Lol.

Propane · Sep 3, 2023

Looks like what you got will fill in nicely as is. That being said more never hurts lol.

JoJosReef · Sep 3, 2023

Forest fire digi does sound nice! How would a garf bonsai grow? Slowly? Narrow and upward? Spreading out? Best placement?

Now that I finally have some SPS growing, I regret not having a bigger tank and more space!!

exnisstech · Sep 3, 2023

Maybe something just above the yellow wrasses head growing outward toward the front of the tank :thinking-face:

JoJosReef · Sep 3, 2023

Know what, I'm kinda thinking of removing the bigger birdsnest, fragging it up and making space for some more fun stuff. I like the birdsnest, but it has tripled in size over the past 4 month and is starting to make its way to the water surface.

Lavey29 · Sep 3, 2023

Garfs grow slow. Just don't make the mistake I did and place frags to close together. I was anticipating some frag die off but everything grew into colonies on top of each other instead.