Glue a ricordea frag on it.
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Geez that’s a beautiful tank. Great job.It’s on the top center rock. Might make everyone else suffer.
As with a lot of things, the answer is “It Depends” The red one and those around it have all been in the tank just over a year. First Acro went in the tank Sept 01 last year. Growth rate depend on many things. Stable parameters, good light and health frags and keeping up with trace elements to start with. Also depends on the specific type of Acropora. Some grow fast, but Tenuis Acro’s are normally slow growers. I’ve got a lot of those and most aren’t much bigger than when I got them. Having said that, even for the Tenuis, at some point they all seem to say it’s time and just shoot up like a weed. For my tank, the acros are somewhere between 275 and 450 PAR, but some fast growers are at the lower end and some at the higher end. You just have to find what they like best.Out of curiosity, how old is that acro? I've stuck with softies, LPS , and plating montipora so far but I'm ready to jump into SPS. I've had a (mis?)conception that acros were slow growing.
Tanked cycle complete May 2022. First coral were Zoa’s and LPS in June 2022 and Acro’s started going in Sepember 2022.Out of curiosity, how old is that acro? I've stuck with softies, LPS , and plating montipora so far but I'm ready to jump into SPS. I've had a (mis?)conception that acros were slow growing.
I do an ICP test every 3-4 months to make sure everything is where it should be. The one thing I dose other than the big three is iodine. With a lot of acro, they seem to use it faster than water changes replace it. I use IO Reef Crystals and do 1.5% WC daily. Alk, Ca and Mag and iodine gets dosed daily. I also use KZ 1234 weekly.Good info and great tank.
Other than phosphates, nitrates, calcium, alkalinity, magnesium, what trace elements do you track?
Here is the link to the post.I had to put f aptasia on a pc rainbow every month or two in order to keep it off Oregon tort. Worked well and I just accepted that was what needed to be done as routine maintenance.
I've used specific corals at times to stop other corals like zoas from spreading to much but how exactly do rics stop the encrusting? Aren't they getting fried by acro light par?Glue a ricordea frag on it.
Yeah, I agree. That Acro is sitting at around 420 PAR.I've used specific corals at times to stop other corals like zoas from spreading to much but how exactly do rics stop the encrusting? Aren't they getting fried by acro light par?
I've used specific corals at times to stop other corals like zoas from spreading to much but how exactly do rics stop the encrusting? Aren't they getting fried by acro light par?
I've got them all around my tank and other corals always out duel them for space.Rics can handle a wide variety of light. Worked for me in a few instances. The SPS doesn't stand a chance against them.
Honestly not sure; haven't kept acros yet. I would say keep some aggressive corals near it to keep it from spreading.@encrustingacro NEEDS to reply to this thread lol
In all seriousness I'm sure he'll have some advice
SPS?I've got them all around my tank and other corals always out duel them for space.