Rainbow Stylo Questions ??

[ZoaAddiction81]

Hello I’m getting a small frag of rainbow stylo tomorrow morning. And I’m wondering where a good placement would be to start off like mid level ? I’m running 4 Ai primes over a 55 gallon. Any tips would be awesome thanks….

 

[mrpontiac80]

My purple stylo has been thriving at the top of my rock in about 200-250 par. I recently got a rainbow stylo and placed it in about the same conditions and so far so good

 

[ZoaAddiction81]

That’s awesome do you have any pics ? My nitrates are around 5 to 6 and 9.4dkh tank has been running almost 20 years now time for some new stuff. Do you feed the stylo’s anything specific?

 

[mrpontiac80]

That’s awesome do you have any pics ? My nitrates are around 5 to 6 and 9.4dkh tank has been running almost 20 years now time for some new stuff. Do you feed the stylo’s anything specific?

So my tank is just over 2 yrs old. Nitrates are 20 and phosphates are .15- .2 most of the time. Alk 8.5. Cal 430 and mag 1440
I use ab+ and acropower alternating every day. Otherwise I just feed a frozen cube and Rods original daily.
the purple stylo is about 1.5 yrs old and was just a small frag when I got it. I’ve had the rainbow maybe a month… it’s mounted below the acros to the left of the red anacropora

 

[ZoaAddiction81]

That is a beautiful tank love the scape. I think I’m gonna buy more stylo’s now after seeing this.Would reef roids and live phytoplankton work ? What kinda flow do you have on the stylo’s?

 

[Wallace11]

My purple stylo is happy around 250-300 par. I have a rainbow stylo that is at around 300 par and doing well (don't have a photo on hand). Alk and NO3 levels look good, keep PO4 around 0.03-0.08.
I would start it out mid level and gradually raise it up to prevent light shock. I don't feed anything specific - maybe some reef roids once in a while.

 

[ZoaAddiction81]

Beautiful tank and thank you for the advice I don’t wanna mess this up lol. I see you have nems as well. I have a few black widow nems and demons I was worried about that situation in my tank. To the middle I have my golden maxima. And the right is shrooms and zoas and flower nems. Trying to move some stuff around and make a good home for the stylo.

 

[ZoaAddiction81]

 

[ZoaAddiction81]

I was hoping to put it by the clam not many spaces left.

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

Mid tank. Milka and I think it was labeled rainbow stylo below it.

 

[ZoaAddiction81]

Whoaaa that’s amazing nice rastas In the back as well. Do they grow pretty quick ? Im worried about the flow I should be looking for once I get it in there.

 

[jhadaway]

My rainbow stylo is about 6” under water under a hydra 32. Most important is that it gets light on all sides. Mine grew dark and dropped polyps until i put in an or3 at an angle. My milka stylo likes halfway down the tank almost directly under the hydra 32. The milka is the fastest growing coral i have and it really encrusts. The rainbow is much-much slower.

 

[jhadaway]

Man i love those goofy looking blotched anthias! Like a cartoon character!

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

Whoaaa that’s amazing nice rastas In the back as well. Do they grow pretty quick ? Im worried about the flow I should be looking for once I get it in there.

Ty. My Nero 5 is right behind it pushing 75% pulse mode and yes it pretty fast growing. Was a nub frag like 30 months ago. Well weekend fast fro me. Lol. I’m sure others would have outside the tank already.

 

[mrpontiac80]

That is a beautiful tank love the scape. I think I’m gonna buy more stylo’s now after seeing this.Would reef roids and live phytoplankton work ? What kinda flow do you have on the stylo’s?

Thank you. I have a gyre on each end of the tank and both are set at 60% random. There’s quite a bit of flow in the tank.

 

[ZoaAddiction81]

Thanks for the info I feel more confident now about this. Could I place it by zoas seems to be the best spot I have under the light and the clam and nems hog the other lights.

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

Mid tank. Milka and I think it was labeled rainbow stylo below it.

May of ‘21 and today

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

The rainbow stylo below the milka on the cap is a jf rainbow and this is the frag same time as other pic. Front rack all the way right

 

[ZoaAddiction81]

That’s amazing beautiful piece

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

I put that pack together after watching a rb video w a jf order. Got a hold of him nxt day and was at the house nxt day. Lol