SPS for eShopps Deskmate (stock light)

[Haggisman14]

Good morning everyone! I"ve got a stock eShopps Deskmate that I've got fully cycled, and and will be starting to slowly stock with corals within the next few weeks. At the moment I"ll be using the stock light (hopefully upgrading in the fall, but not 100% sure yet).

My plan is 90-95% of softies (lps, zoas), but I do LOVE SPS. Can you recommend any good SPS that might be good that are low light (stock LED light from the eShopps Deskmate) . This a ballpark PAR readings form BRS.

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Thanks!

 

[Troylee]

Any digis or green slimer etc.. lights aren’t gonna be your problem.. keeping that little guy stable is gonna be the biggest hurdle.

 

[Haggisman14]

Any digis or green slimer etc.. lights aren’t gonna be your problem.. keeping that little guy stable is gonna be the biggest hurdle.

Thanks!

 

[MoshJosh]

Montis, and pavona maybe?

 

[Haggisman14]

Might go for a Forest Fire Digi...always loved those!

 

[Muffin87]

Good morning everyone! I"ve got a stock eShopps Deskmate that I've got fully cycled, and and will be starting to slowly stock with corals within the next few weeks. At the moment I"ll be using the stock light (hopefully upgrading in the fall, but not 100% sure yet).

My plan is 90-95% of softies (lps, zoas), but I do LOVE SPS. Can you recommend any good SPS that might be good that are low light (stock LED light from the eShopps Deskmate) . This a ballpark PAR readings form BRS.

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Thanks!

Did you have trouble keeping easy SPS eventually?

 

[Haggisman14]

Did you have trouble keeping easy SPS eventually?

I was actually able to get my hands on a Radion XR15 (Gen 4) for a price that I couldn't say no to.

Currently I"ve got 5 SPS in the tank doing really well, and have a BattleBox from Adam @ Battlecorals coming to me on Tuesday of next week.

Feel free to check out my build thread (in my signature), I've been keeping pretty good records on the growth of the tank (currently 7.5 months old!

Thanks!

 

[AquaLogic]

Is there any way to control the light that comes with it for a day/night/moon cycle? If not I was thinking the Noo-Psyche mini is probably the cheapest controllable light to put on it. I want to do a build with one in my son's room but want to be able to do a moon cycle for while he's in bed.

 

[Haggisman14]

Is there any way to control the light that comes with it for a day/night/moon cycle? If not I was thinking the Noo-Psyche mini is probably the cheapest controllable light to put on it. I want to do a build with one in my son's room but want to be able to do a moon cycle for while he's in bed.

The light that comes with it (unless it's been updated), is simply on/off. I Radion XR15 has been kicking butt on this tank. Currently have 9 SPS in the tank, and they're all thriving! I also just started dosing All For Reef (1mL daily, for 2 weeks now), and I"ve already noticed a good response in the tank. SPS is laying down more skeleton, zoa's look happier...open more and laying down more mat, and colors of my cyphastreas are even better too!

Here's a picture from this morning!