sps care

I’m new to sps and have had a few sticks for about 6 Months. I’ve had my issues with too much light and fluctuating alk In the past. I’m trying to learn better what is normal growth tips and bad distressed tips on sps please provide pictures of both and discriptions for all to see. Some of...

Picked this encrusting & branching piece - salesperson unsure of what it was. Not sure where might be best for flow / lighting! Sorry for potato quality image. Thanks in advance R2R!

I use ATI bulb on my 55 gallon and right now I'm using 2 blue+, 1 aquablue special, and 1 purple+. which ATI says is 10K-14K. I'm wondering if I should keep that and put a reef brite actinic blue lumi lite strip on id have that run 3 hours in the morning and 3 hours at night. or if I should do...

I hear a lot when people upgrade their tanks that in the move people seem to loose SPS. My question is why? I'm trying to figure out what I can do to reduce the amount of loss I may have. I have a dozen or so colonies that I have grown from frags that I really don't want to loose. My plan is...

Hi! I am relatively new to reefing, and my tank has been set up for over six months. So far I have had good success with a variety of corals, and my tank has been stable in terms of parameters for months now. I am looking to get into acropora now. And by beginner, I mean ones that people...

ok I feel like I'm not sure how to maintain my levels at a stable point. I did a water change on May 26 and checked my alk and it read at 9.5 dKH(Hanna) I checked it today and it showed 7.6 dKH(Hanna). I want to keep my levels between 7-8. how would I one keep them stable and how would I dose or...

ok I got a piece of strawberry shortcake from Jason Fox at a frag swap awhile back. I also got other sps frags. all of the are doing fine but the strawberry shortcake, its actually white now. I don't understand what happened because the of acros I have by it are doing great. I thought it might...

Hi all. I would love to hear from reefers out there that are keeping mixed reefs of SPS and LPS, Zoas in the same tank. What are the challenges : ie flow,lighting,nutrients or does it all come down to acclimation of corals and placement. I am about the start my own mixed reef which i was...

I've started to bring in a frag of SPS called Dallas into the tank; so far it's looking good. Dallas is so pretty and very fluorescent under Kessil light, which as you know, only has White & Blue spectrum. I like something that glows either under white or blue, or even better both...

the first question on average how long does it take an acro to encrust? also how often should you replace your t5s?

So im starting an sps dominant tank. The tank is 95 gallons 40 inches long by 20 wide by 30 tall. I wanted to run two 400 Watt Luxcore selectable ballasts with either radium 20k or hamilton 14k bulbs or two used radions G2 pro. What do you guys think is best for SPS in a 30 inch deep tank...

Recently ive had an imbalance with having a high alkalinity level with a low nutrient level and it caused my sps to lose color. I have raised my bioload and started coral feeding to raise my nutrient levels and all of my sps but one have colored up and are showing great PE. The one coral that...

I am looking for some good starter sps ideas. I have 2 birdsnest one green and one purple. I put them in about a month ago and they seam to do doing well. I'm looking for some new opptions/ideas. I would like to try one of each of the following. A plaiting coral, a shelfing coral and a branching...

my Jebao rw-4 has stopped working. I came home from class tonight and saw that my pump was not working. I have spent probably over an hour working on it trying to fix it and nothing is helping. does anyone have any suggestions on a new pump for a 55 gallon. I already have a hydor koralia...