SPS Spotlight: “Pearlberry” – Beautiful, Mysterious, And Finicky

Mike&Terry · Aug 3, 2016

The Pearlberry is one of those corals that most people look at and think “It’s soooo beautiful – I’m going to try my hand at keeping SPS!” For sure, this is an inspiring coral – it is one of the most spectacular corals in our system, and we sure do love to stare at it. But as most SPS keepers know, the decision to move to the dark side and start keeping the “colored sticks” is not one to be taken lightly. SPS corals can be very demanding and...

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alten78 · Aug 3, 2016

This is one that I have always wanted, just too cheap to pay the premium price for it...one day!

SeaDweller · Aug 3, 2016

It's one of my faves, and in lucky to have a frag of it back after my first one died!

gacolt · Aug 3, 2016

One of my favorite across.I have a small frag growing.

scardall · Aug 3, 2016

Mine is faded and very pastel. I've had it for about 3 months. high flow and light. Any advice here?

iReefer · Aug 3, 2016

Yup one of the sought after sps, a must have.....

SeaDweller · Aug 3, 2016

scardall said:
Mine is faded and very pastel. I've had it for about 3 months. high flow and light. Any advice here?

What are your nutrient levels? What kind of filtration are you running (i.e. GFO?), ULNS?

scardall · Aug 3, 2016

TitanCi said:
What are your nutrient levels? What kind of filtration are you running (i.e. GFO?), ULNS?[/QUOTE

Filtration: Sump with Marine pure 8 X 4 , Skimmer Aquamaxx Q2, Filter sock.
(75g) mixed reef
alk 9dkh PH 7.8-8.0 ph CA 420 Mag. 1380 PO4 .11 ppm today (was .06 ppm// 1.5 month ago.
Change was a new protein skimmer (Aquamaxx Q2) 7/3 All other acro's look great 15 others. miami orchid,pinkfloyd, JF blue tide,asteria acro.,ora frogskin plus 3 monti's many others too.

I may just reinstall my carbon and gfo reactors. I use ME polyp extender/NO3PO4X and 2 part alk/Ca.

Many powerheads , effectively 6. One is a tunze nanostream 6040 on one side of my coral garden and another type of PWH on the opposite side.

TUSI · Aug 3, 2016

Definetly a must have for any sps keeper

ReefBum · Aug 4, 2016

An awesome coral. I had a large colony in my old tank and now I have a small frag that I hope will grow up soon

BigJim · Aug 4, 2016

scardall said:
Mine is faded and very pastel. I've had it for about 3 months. high flow and light. Any advice here?

Sometimes it just needs to acclimate. The pictures below were taken at 3 months and 7 months. It could still grow faster but the colors have improved dramatically.

SeaDweller · Aug 5, 2016

scardall said:
Many powerheads , effectively 6. One is a tunze nanostream 6040 on one side of my coral garden and another type of PWH on the opposite side.

It'll probably just need some time. Looks like a tiny little frag, so maybe just has to adjust to your environment.

rideit6578 · Aug 5, 2016

an old shot of mine when it was small

JFrar · Aug 6, 2016

Love this acro..havnt been able to find a piece though.. @scardall you need to grow urs out...i live in satellite beach. I got plenty of acros to trade for haha

scardall · Aug 6, 2016

JFrar said:
Love this acro..havnt been able to find a piece though.. @scardall you need to grow urs out...i live in satellite beach. I got plenty of acros to trade for haha

It took me 2 years to find this one at a fair price. I got it through auctions on FB from Top Shelf in Orlando . On BARS " Pappy : Had this Acro. Look me as terminator their.