Joe's SPS collection

[Sweet Reef Corals]

The classic SC orange passion
I have really struggled with this one in the past but this frag is doing really well.

Looks very healthy Joe! I’ll take that branch on the right :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

I need to replace mine too...

 

[Heres_doe_]

Every tank is different but I don’t find that amino acids or the coral vitalizer cause my nitrates or phosphates to be a problem. They are the only coral foods I feed. I think a lot of the phosphate in my system comes from fish food

Ab+ makes my phosphates go up. When i bottom out at times or get too low i hit tank with a shot of ab+ to increase a bit

 

[Joe462]

Ab+ makes my phosphates go up. When i bottom out at times or get too low i hit tank with a shot of ab+ to increase a bit

I have never used ab+. When my phosphates are low I dose phyto, that seems to boost it some. And I dose stump remover for nitrate because it is generally low in all my tanks if I dont

 

[Heres_doe_]

I have never used ab+. When my phosphates are low I dose phyto, that seems to boost it some. And I dose stump remover for nitrate because it is generally low in all my tanks if I dont

My tank usually sits at 15-28 ppm and .03-.5 ppm higher nitrates after like 3 weeks of no wc

 

[Joe462]

my nitrates hover around 2.5 ppm and phosphates are all over the place in my different tanks, in two of them I have to run GFO to control it and the others it never gets very high at all

 

[Heres_doe_]

my nitrates hover around 2.5 ppm and phosphates are all over the place in my different tanks, in two of them I have to run GFO to control it and the others it never gets very high at all

Exactly how i run my phosphates with gfo. I wish there was a way to get nitrates to drop without issues. I tried carbon pellets got no results. Tried carbon dosing best i got was slower nitrates going up. Now that tanks hit a year I'm glad i don't have to do WC every week faithfully i can wait a bit longer

 

[Joe462]

BKchem fruit loops

thinking about putting it in more par to try to bring out more red in the polyps, not sure, still pretty cool

 

[Joe462]

Vivid’s white zombie

 

[Steven Garland]

I'm probably the only one but I love some rainbow Tenuis under white lighting.

 

[Joe462]

RMF red matrix.
been waiting and waiting on this one, finally looks like it’s taking off

 

[biecacka]

Great looking pieces you have! I am Local to you, would love to get a piece of that orangesicle.


corey

 

[Joe462]

Great looking pieces you have! I am Local to you, would love to get a piece of that orangesicle.


corey

Sure i can get you a piece of the orange creamsicle. I'm in Logan OH, Send me a PM and we will figure something out.

 

[Joe462]

BC Mango Ultimo
It has been doing pretty well lately and have a couple branches starting to form. I think i got this as a freebie with one of my orders, Adam gives out some nice freebies @Battlecorals

 

[SpSDrew]

Will you have a table at the Lear swap next month Joe? That Blue Spath I got off you Saturday looks killer under the radium 20k.

 

[Joe462]

Will you have a table at the Lear swap next month Joe? That Blue Spath I got off you Saturday looks killer under the radium 20k.

Yep, i will have a hobbiest table. That's great! I just know i like it better under full spectrum lighting than all blue. If you care about the names and you didn't already pick it up from me or else where, that one is Raising Reefs Blue flame. I assume you will be at LEAR as well? I didn't get a chance to wonder around much Saturday until late in the swap.

 

[SpSDrew]

Yep, i will have a hobbiest table. That's great! I just know i like it better under full spectrum lighting than all blue. If you care about the names and you didn't already pick it up from me or else where, that one is Raising Reefs Blue flame. I assume you will be at LEAR as well? I didn't get a chance to wonder around much Saturday until late in the swap.

Sweet ill stop by like always to grab a few off you. Ill just be doing presale zoas but no table.

Any chance you still have the GB full spectrum growing?

 

[nuxx]

Coral's looking amazing!

 

[Joe462]

Sweet ill stop by like always to grab a few off you. Ill just be doing presale zoas but no table.

Any chance you still have the GB full spectrum growing?

I do, but it took a hit when my power was out for 4 days, and I’m not sure if I will be able to get a frag off of it. It mostly has just encrusted over the dead parts, not sure if there are any decent branches, but I will take a look.

this is my colony of the blue flame under blues of course because the whites haven’t come up yet.

 

[SpSDrew]

Got a nice colony growing there. Blue corals are hard to take photos of me regardless of what light they are under

 

[Joe462]

I got this one recently in a Battle box, I usually like to let them grow up a little but I’m really enjoying this one. And a lot of my cool stuff is small, 2022 was a rough year for my acros
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