spspirates 150 gallon build

kschweer · Jun 19, 2015

Looking good as usual! Nice "classic" chalice collection. The old school chalices are still my favorite when it comes to chalices.

spspirate · Jun 19, 2015

purple staghorn

spspirate · Jun 19, 2015

Thanks

kschweer said:
Looking good as usual! Nice "classic" chalice collection. The old school chalices are still my favorite when it comes to chalices.

Thanks bro! Yes these "old skool" chalices have stood the test of time to stay beautiful!! Still adding to my collection.

spspirate · Jun 19, 2015

Miami Hurricane

gettaReef · Jun 19, 2015

Very nice! My Miami Hurricane has turned a much paler purple compared to what it looked like when I got it, as well as some of my SPS (become pale). Do you know what this is due to (too much, too little light? Parameter issue?)?

spspirate · Jun 19, 2015

Thank you! I'm hoping I can pull out that baby blue look to it. We'll see. A pretty new addition to the reef. You could have a light issue or a nutrient issue or both. It could be too much light or too little or possibly too little nutrients.

ethridge78 · Jun 19, 2015

Aluminum never heard anything about that before , also love the chalices some of my favorites

spspirate · Jun 19, 2015

Thanks! Yea a couple discussions have popped up about the issue lately.

gettaReef · Jun 20, 2015

I just increased my light intensity so hopefully that will give me some clues. If anything I have high nutrients. Do you think this could be the culprit? It's weird....I have quite high nitrates but undetectable phosphates despite not running GFO or any phos removal media, and I know it is measuring correct as my Hanna checker, Red sea kit, and salifert kit all give me extremely low phos levels. Maybe it is a low nutrient issue (of phos), despite nitrate being 35ppm. Thanks for the advice

spspirate · Jun 20, 2015

Hmmmm....I know when my phosphates were undetectable my colors were very light. I stopped checking and chasing nutrient numbers. PM me and maybe we can find that variable that's causing your issue.

ethridge78 · Jun 20, 2015

spspirate said:
Thanks! Yea a couple discussions have popped up about the issue lately.

Thanks I will have to look into it.Maybe I will do a Triton test before and after and see.

spspirate · Jun 20, 2015

That would be great! If you do that let me know what you get.

ethridge78 · Jun 20, 2015

Ok I will.

spspirate · Jun 20, 2015

A.caroliniana

spspirate · Jun 20, 2015

OK so here is a pic of two Strawberry Shortcake acro's. The one on the left is a wild colony. The one on the right is the Original Unique Corals Strawberry Shortcake. They both have a lot of coloring up to do. Out of most of my SPS these guys seem to be the slowest to bounce back. Something also to add is that they both will be growing into each other here soon. Im curious how they will grow together and if one will be any different than the next. Keep watching!