My 65G Shallow Reef Tank
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Some historical photos:
Acropora sarmentosa
Acropora microclados
Acropora echinata
Acropora efflorescence
Acropora granulosa
Acropora millepora
Acropora desalwii
Hurlock Acropora
Red dragon acropora
2020
Acropora sarmentosa
Acropora microclados
Acropora echinata
Acropora efflorescence
Acropora granulosa
Acropora millepora
Acropora desalwii
Hurlock Acropora
Red dragon acropora
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Now, I would like to share the growth pictures of some of my Acroporids. All the photos in the next few posts, including this one, were taken from the same depth using an acrylic coral viewer. This coral seems to thrive on high PAR. It receives in excess of 400 mol/m2/sec PAR. I will provide a set of PAR values for all my corals in due course.
Acropora desalwii (aka pearlberry acropora)
Acropora desalwii (aka pearlberry acropora)
| March 2020 | May 2020 |
| July 2020 | October 2020 |
| January 2021 | March 2021 |
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Acropora efflorescence is one of my favourite corals. It requires a LOT OF light and FLOW to grow table formation in a reef tank as in the nature. I set up my Tunze nanostream pumps in such a way that flow placed from the opposite sites of the tank crash onto each other, thereby creating a vortex-like water movement just over this coral. I find that this sort of water movement encourages acroporids to grow in table formation even if they may not be naturally tabling corals.
When I first purchased it in December 2018, I placed it in less than ideal position where it received less than 300 mol/m2/sec PAR. This had two consequences: first, the coral did not grow satisfactorily fast. Second, it did not exhibit good colouration. As can be seen from the first two photos below, in a less than ideal position, the coral spent most of its energy in basing out instead of basing out as well as branching out.
I then changed the position of the rock to which both Acropora sarmentosa and this are attached back in March 2020. Acropora efflorescence started to receive well over 300 mol/m2/sec PAR. As a result, its growth rate accelerated.
Acropora efflorescence
When I first purchased it in December 2018, I placed it in less than ideal position where it received less than 300 mol/m2/sec PAR. This had two consequences: first, the coral did not grow satisfactorily fast. Second, it did not exhibit good colouration. As can be seen from the first two photos below, in a less than ideal position, the coral spent most of its energy in basing out instead of basing out as well as branching out.
I then changed the position of the rock to which both Acropora sarmentosa and this are attached back in March 2020. Acropora efflorescence started to receive well over 300 mol/m2/sec PAR. As a result, its growth rate accelerated.
Acropora efflorescence
| December 2018 | January 2020 |
| March 2020 | June2020 |
| October 2020 | March 2021 |
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Your tank is very impressive!!!
very aesthetically pleasingMy tank as of today:
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The red planet (Acropora hyacinthus) is growing at a fast pace again. Here are three photos taken on 8th January, 1st February and today (17th April) to show you its growth rate. For what it is worth, today's alkalinity test result is 6.55 dKH.
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