I have ordered my first ever acropora frag. It's the Dr Foster and Smith Neon Vermiculata... Supposedly some special edition. It was on sale in the diver's den. I can't wait to try my luck with this thing. I have kept softies and a few LPS but never had the guts to try any SPS.
You're in the same position as me! I'm putting my first SPS order together and should have it next week Good luck!
I was told to lay them horizontal so they'd grow up and make more branches ;but that's fairly subjective for what you're trying for. What are your parameters?
This afternoon they were as follows. Tested with a blend of Red Sea kits and Hanna checkers. BRS refractometer fo salinity. Temp 79 PH 8.2 Salinity 35 ppt Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate ~5 Po4 .02 Ca 470 Dkh 8 Mg 1300
Today the filaments are out. I noticed it after adding some nori. It had been a while and the nori had started disintegrating. This is a sign of good health, right?
Filaments in the long tentacles trying to catch food, or filaments as in secretions that are streaming from it. Longer tentacles are good, but usually are out with the others in the species that have them. Secretions are a sign you made it angry. Doubt it was the nori though. If it's doing it every once in a while is ok. If it does it too much then that means something is stressing it and eventually it'll bite the dust. I think they usually they do this as a means to fight with other corals, so I'd look at whats close to it first.
Pretty sure it was feeding. I compared it to some videos and it looked exactly the same. There were tiny specs of "dust" presumably nori or mysis, stuck to them. After a while they were gone. I took a crappy cell phone video but accidentally uploaded it in standard def.
