LPS for dummies?

[Picasso Clown]

thanks a lot for the info!! beautiful collection. i was tempted on getting cloves, my lfs has a good colony of rainbows for $120 though ! flowerpot is also cool to me. what are you nitrates at if i may ask? i think my biggest anxiety is my tank is usually 15-20ppm and that the lps wouldn’t be so happy about it..

Honestly, I have never ever tested my water. The only testing equipment I have is a refractometer :). Everything’s going strong, I just watch the corals and add supplements based on their behavior and growth patterns :)

 

[Saminpa]

thanks a lot for the info!! beautiful collection. i was tempted on getting cloves, my lfs has a good colony of rainbows for $120 though ! flowerpot is also cool to me. what are you nitrates at if i may ask? i think my biggest anxiety is my tank is usually 15-20ppm and that the lps wouldn’t be so happy about it..

I’m normally 15-20 with nitrates and my lps are doing great

 

[HomeSlizzice]

thanks a lot for the info!! beautiful collection. i was tempted on getting cloves, my lfs has a good colony of rainbows for $120 though ! flowerpot is also cool to me. what are you nitrates at if i may ask? i think my biggest anxiety is my tank is usually 15-20ppm and that the lps wouldn’t be so happy about it..

15-20ppm Nitrates is totally fine for LPS. There are a few reefers who target those levels. Just make sure everything else is balanced accordingly, but I wouldn't sweat 20ppm nitrates.

 

[Noob_reefer]

Hammers and frogspawn are the best starting lps tbh. I have a couple