How to successfully keep SPS Corals!
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saltyphish
Certified Sand Groomer
got to say what's already been said, very nice tank Rosco. Make sure you share pics of new tank. Thanks for sharing!
Neatest thing I've seen in a while, especially for alk.
Do the smartphone meters have a par option?
Grey Ghost
Active Member
I just stumbled upon this thread and cannot believe the amount of growth and layouts in some of these tanks....WOW!
mcarroll
10K Club member
It's not really needed for most purposes. Measure lux at the surface...10,000+ is "full daylight" and should make most corals extremely happy, 30,000+ is "direct sun". I have one tank in each range an don't see a lot of difference. (Peaks around 110,000-130,000 have been recorded at the equator at high altitude.....so stay well below this range.)
You (or the app author) would have to calibrate to a particular set of lights to make a conversion factor. Check out my other thread https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/eq...le-photosynthetic-active-radiation-meter.html for a little more info.
-Matt
gcgangsta187
New Member
What is a good way to get coral back into sps?
dh350twin
Well-Known Member
What are you feeding? How often?
You mean get back into sps?
gcgangsta187
New Member
Yea, I have a few that are brown and then used to be bright green, I have a little algae but my tests are neg for NO3 and PO4
Oscaror
Back In It
How to keep SPS corals is a very vague title to this thread. Most of the time when people talk about SPS care requirements they are just talking about acroporas. There are some SPS that are easy to keep and can be kept in nano tanks without issue, and SPS (acros and montis) that are significantly harder to keep.
mcarroll
10K Club member
True, I guess it should be a little more generalized...something like "How to successfully keep stony corals."
I think the gist is that if you're "doing it right" then all SPS (and, generally, other corals too) will prosper - whether you have a nano- or a mega-tank.
This thread is "the place" to help figure out what "doing it right" can mean. :)
-Matt
I think the gist is that if you're "doing it right" then all SPS (and, generally, other corals too) will prosper - whether you have a nano- or a mega-tank.
This thread is "the place" to help figure out what "doing it right" can mean. :)
-Matt
I think they mean "color" back into SPS. Not coral :)
Rydogg
New Member
Everyone I'm new to R2R; Need some help with my acropora frags; They were indigo blue and now they are turning brown; they still have polyp extension... Help... water changes are routine w RODI and instant ocean. Feeding rod's fish food at a minimum. Only one sleeper gobie
55G Long
Orbit Marine Current LED - 48" (seems like 60/60% is preferred by all corals)
MP40
Eshopps PSK-100H
Emperor 400
Two Fishes 550 phosban w GFO
Ca - 450
Mg - 1350-1400
dKh - 9-10
Nitrate - 0
Nitrite - 0
Phos -.02-.03 (can't get lower even w Phosban and reg H20 changes)
Ph - 8.2
55G Long
Orbit Marine Current LED - 48" (seems like 60/60% is preferred by all corals)
MP40
Eshopps PSK-100H
Emperor 400
Two Fishes 550 phosban w GFO
Ca - 450
Mg - 1350-1400
dKh - 9-10
Nitrate - 0
Nitrite - 0
Phos -.02-.03 (can't get lower even w Phosban and reg H20 changes)
Ph - 8.2
gettaReef
Valuable Member
It is most likely due to a number of factors. For one, I'd switch the salt you are using to at least Reef Crystals. What is you lighting schedule? It could possibly be either too much or too little light. Anything new or out of the ordinary occur with the system recently (dose a new supplemt, etc.)? How long have you had the browned acros? Do you dose anything like amino acids, supplements? The good news is that browned out acros can recover. A worse situation IMO is if the corals were dieing, showing their skeleton and having RTN
Rydogg
New Member
My lighting schedule is 8:00am-8:30 sunrise 7.5hrs at 60% blue/white with a 30min sunset... If I increase my lighting intensity the other LPS corals don't expand as much, acros are towards the top of tank. I've had them for at least 3wks now... Nothing new to the system, dosing brightwell Ca, Mg, Alk on a very specific dosing schedule... No i've never tried AA supplements... This system has been running for 3.5months soon to be upgraded to 150G and 50G sump/refug...
