POTO Showstopper

[Pieces of the Ocean]

Hey guys the tank that the Showstopper comes from which is SPS2 is quite on the low maintenance side. I did a video on the system here to show what goes on behind the scene, there really is no secret:

But if there's one thing I'm always a proponent of is to add more big body fish and feed the fish good. They will reward you with colors and growth. Make sure to have good flow when your nutrient is dialed in. Another thing to remember is that targeting a PAR or a lighting spectrum without looking at other factors such as nutrients/bioload is almost futile. No two tanks are alike like fingerprints. So you really have to start looking from within your system and see what your tank likes as everything falls into a balance.

Attached are two grow outs from the tank, photo taken a few days ago, they are sitting elevated from a disk, 3-4" from the surface and getting violent and indirect flow from 10 powerheads in a 96"x36"12"H raceway:

Those that follow me on IG may also know that this is the system with a really grimy sump with a close to 4" detritus bed that is never cleaned.

 

[Pieces of the Ocean]

Hi all,

Wondering if there is anyone here that has frag/colony of the POTO Showstopper coral. I grabbed one in an auction and have been disappointed so far. Color isn't even close to what is advertised. I reached out to them and was advised that they achieve this green/pink/yellow coloration under the Radion AB+ program on the Radion XR30 G6. I have a Prime HD with a Lux engine 4 Blue puck upgrade so I have tried to emulate AB+ ( I have a number of presets and then dialed it in from there ). It never changes from the colors seen below. If you have this coral and have it appearing as shown with the green body can you advise as to your lighting schedule and anything else you did to achieve this coloration? Thanks!

Note, that this is the same coral in all 3 pictures. The frag I purchased, then in my tank with different light schedules.

Sorry you're not getting the result you're looking for. From the looks of your frag it looks like there maybe either excess of or a lack of a micro/macro nutrient. If you want to be precise, do an ICP test. Otherwise, add more fish load while maintaining adequate nutrient export. High nutrient import + equally high nutrient export is key.

 

[fiji4118]

Hi all,

Wondering if there is anyone here that has frag/colony of the POTO Showstopper coral. I grabbed one in an auction and have been disappointed so far. Color isn't even close to what is advertised. I reached out to them and was advised that they achieve this green/pink/yellow coloration under the Radion AB+ program on the Radion XR30 G6. I have a Prime HD with a Lux engine 4 Blue puck upgrade so I have tried to emulate AB+ ( I have a number of presets and then dialed it in from there ). It never changes from the colors seen below. If you have this coral and have it appearing as shown with the green body can you advise as to your lighting schedule and anything else you did to achieve this coloration? Thanks!

Note, that this is the same coral in all 3 pictures. The frag I purchased, then in my tank with different light schedules.

Sorry you're not getting the result you're looking for. From the looks of your frag it looks like there maybe either excess of or a lack of a micro/macro nutrient. If you want to be precise, do an ICP test. Otherwise, add more fish load while maintaining adequate nutrient export. High nutrient import + equally high nutrient export is key.

Thanks for the insight. I'm just surprised that out of the bag it never had the color indicated in any of the other photos. I've seen many corals that have lost some color in transit but never any that were so starkly different.

 

[adsf430]

I've seen POTO's corals colors in person. They can shift by tank for the same pieces, but their corals are the best colored out there. Likely was shipping stress. I always found super high PH with stable alkalinity and high feeding but also frequent water changes to be the best method to keep any corals healthy. Low PH was always where everything became unforgiving.

 

[bubbgee]

Thanks for the insight. I'm just surprised that out of the bag it never had the color indicated in any of the other photos. I've seen many corals that have lost some color in transit but never any that were so starkly different.

It's just how speciosas and lokani are. These are deepwater varieties. My lokani is finally coloring up green from brown for a month and the speciosa is still colored at the tips but not the main stems after a month. It has to adjust to the environment after losing the colors from shipping stress.

 

[bubbgee]

Hey guys the tank that the Showstopper comes from which is SPS2 is quite on the low maintenance side. I did a video on the system here to show what goes on behind the scene, there really is no secret:

But if there's one thing I'm always a proponent of is to add more big body fish and feed the fish good. They will reward you with colors and growth. Make sure to have good flow when your nutrient is dialed in. Another thing to remember is that targeting a PAR or a lighting spectrum without looking at other factors such as nutrients/bioload is almost futile. No two tanks are alike like fingerprints. So you really have to start looking from within your system and see what your tank likes as everything falls into a balance.

Attached are two grow outs from the tank, photo taken a few days ago, they are sitting elevated from a disk, 3-4" from the surface and getting violent and indirect flow from 10 powerheads in a 96"x36"12"H raceway:

Those that follow me on IG may also know that this is the system with a really grimy sump with a close to 4" detritus bed that is never cleaned.

Thanks team! That was very helpful information because I collect a lot of your frags and I am setting up similar to SPS1.

 

[akma]

Hi all,

Wondering if there is anyone here that has frag/colony of the POTO Showstopper coral. I grabbed one in an auction and have been disappointed so far. Color isn't even close to what is advertised. I reached out to them and was advised that they achieve this green/pink/yellow coloration under the Radion AB+ program on the Radion XR30 G6. I have a Prime HD with a Lux engine 4 Blue puck upgrade so I have tried to emulate AB+ ( I have a number of presets and then dialed it in from there ). It never changes from the colors seen below. If you have this coral and have it appearing as shown with the green body can you advise as to your lighting schedule and anything else you did to achieve this coloration? Thanks!

Note, that this is the same coral in all 3 pictures. The frag I purchased, then in my tank with different light schedules.

I’ve purchased allot of frags from POTO and have lost only 2 frags which were my fault.
Give their frags about 3 months and the colors will start to come back.

Just be glad you haven’t received frags like this. Mc prom and tgc acrolandia.

 

[fiji4118]

Hi all,

Wondering if there is anyone here that has frag/colony of the POTO Showstopper coral. I grabbed one in an auction and have been disappointed so far. Color isn't even close to what is advertised. I reached out to them and was advised that they achieve this green/pink/yellow coloration under the Radion AB+ program on the Radion XR30 G6. I have a Prime HD with a Lux engine 4 Blue puck upgrade so I have tried to emulate AB+ ( I have a number of presets and then dialed it in from there ). It never changes from the colors seen below. If you have this coral and have it appearing as shown with the green body can you advise as to your lighting schedule and anything else you did to achieve this coloration? Thanks!

Note, that this is the same coral in all 3 pictures. The frag I purchased, then in my tank with different light schedules.

I’ve purchased allot of frags from POTO and have lost only 2 frags which were my fault.
Give their frags about 3 months and the colors will start to come back.

Just be glad you haven’t received frags like this. Mc prom and tgc acrolandia.
Bought this from a member here. Bleached but still polyps so all he said was “they will recover”

Those are unfortunate. Good luck. Hope they color back up

 

[bubbgee]

I’ve purchased allot of frags from POTO and have lost only 2 frags which were my fault.
Give their frags about 3 months and the colors will start to come back.

Just be glad you haven’t received frags like this. Mc prom and tgc acrolandia.

I'll take that over green. Green just makes it questionable if I got the right frag or not.. lol

 

[coral reeftank]

You gotta feed them ;)

 

[Science/G]

My speciosa is apparently a grower and not a shower. Three week in, and still on the rack.