Tenuis help !

[Phamousreef]

I have my tank setup for 4 months now, starting to see coralline. I really like tenuis sps, can some one post colony picture with name, so I decide what to get Thank you !

 

[jmichaelh7]

Go to battle corals .com and get ready to embrace yourself

 

[sculpin01]

Acropora tenuis can be picky and difficult to keep in even well established reef tanks. In a 4 month old tank, I would be concerned that they would die rapidly and expensively. I would start with something easy to keep like a a “miyagi tort” Acropora or some Montipora first. Once they are thriving, try an “easy” (e.g. hardy/cheap) tenuis.

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

I would start w seriatopora stylophora montipora as starter sps. Keep the tank stable and I’d get some
More age to it. Then try a tenuis. BC has some great frags. Waiting for my battle box today. Hehehehehe. I have a a blue tenuis growing and some other frags. Good luck and happy Reefing.

 

[ScottB]

Coralline is a good start, but it isn't a surefire sign of microbiome maturity. The nitrogen cycle is just the very initial biological process that needs to be built.

Did you start the tank with live rock or dead rock?
Do you have any SPS already going for a month or more?

You are in Orlando, so why not hang out at some of the awesome coral shops around town there? They can start you off with some scrappy acros for cheap. If they hold for a month/two, then start trading up.

 

[Phamousreef]

Coralline is a good start, but it isn't a surefire sign of microbiome maturity. The nitrogen cycle is just the very initial biological process that needs to be built.

Did you start the tank with live rock or dead rock?
Do you have any SPS already going for a month or more?

You are in Orlando, so why not hang out at some of the awesome coral shops around town there? They can start you off with some scrappy acros for cheap. If they hold for a month/two, then start trading up.

I started with dead rock, no sps yet. I want my tank strictly tenuis sps only , since I have a nano tank, don't have enough real estate for for test corals. I've kept sps successfully before, I just want see some colony that is nice so i can buy them, right now my list is WD, Cherry bomb, and HW, wanted to see other options out there

 

[shakacuz]

give adam a ring over at battlecorals!

 

[bnord]

Echo the "if you near Orlando...." Go in and talk to the folks in a world class coral shop.

And please, if someone suggests a Green Pocilliporaas a first coral, run screaming. It is growing all over my tank - worse than Xenia

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

Echo the "if you near Orlando...." Go in and talk to the folks in a world class coral shop.

And please, if someone suggests a Green Pocilliporaas a first coral, run screaming. It is growing all over my tank - worse than Xenia

Ok then get pink. Lol

 

[bnord]

Ok then get pink. Lol

at least it would be some diversity (ugh)

 

[Susan Edwards]

Echo the "if you near Orlando...." Go in and talk to the folks in a world class coral shop.

And please, if someone suggests a Green Pocilliporaas a first coral, run screaming. It is growing all over my tank - worse than Xenia

ditto! Grows and propagates like a weed!

 

[UnderseaOddities]

@Phamousreef I would say if ur dkh is between 8.2 and 8.6, and u keep up with consistent water changes u can pull it off... ime ur better off to start with something easier if its ur first time dealing with sps or if u do go for tenius go for something aquacultured not wild and smaller frags usually can handle more inconsistencies then a larger colony, the main thing is water change most ppl that run all sps dominated systems are doing 10 to 35% wc a day depending on numbers, good random flow is also good aswell as feeding aminos and target feeding oysterfeast and coral FRENZY once a week, after polyps extend from amino dosing

 

[ZombieEngineer]

I would try montipora first. Take your pick of capping, branching, or encrusting. If that grows and encrusts well, then plunge deeper.

Any of the acropora varieties (tenuis, millepora, ectinata, etc). Are quite difficult if you are not well seasoned with a mature tank. They are also quite expensive, so you can easily blow hundreds of dollars on just a few frags and lose them in a matter of weeks if you don't have your parameter consistency and microbiome in check.

 

[UnderseaOddities]

I would buy frags from @FraghouseCorals @Lazys Coral House start off with a few cheaper quality frags from these guys@UltraRainbowCorals.com for colonies when instock

 

[UnderseaOddities]

Poccilopora seriatopora digiata and stylophora are also good choices then graduate to montis then try a green slime a tort or red planet then tenius and millie's last

Garf bonsai(acropora valida is a easier branching sps) aswell

Avoid smooth skin or deep water as they are harder to keep

 

[bnord]

ditto! Grows and propagates like a weed!

A weed that is very difficult to pull.

 

[ZachTheReefer]

Acropora tenuis can be picky and difficult to keep in even well established reef tanks. In a 4 month old tank, I would be concerned that they would die rapidly and expensively. I would start with something easy to keep like a a “miyagi tort” Acropora or some Montipora first. Once they are thriving, try an “easy” (e.g. hardy/cheap) tenuis.

i got my tenuis for 15$