sps advice

Hoping for some more eyes on this to help me nail down what's wrong with my green goddess birdsnest. She was doing great for months after a rocky start in Nov where it lost over 90% of it's polyps after accidental exposure to RO water during the initial introduction to the tank. (noob move on...

Hello my name is Andres Guzzi AKA acropora_mx on instagram , I love acropora and the main reason why I started my IG page was to learn the names of the Acroporas and to know the different morphologies that exist in the Acroporas, and today I have met many new people and learned many new things...

Hi All! I have a 40 Gal tank that was FOWLR since November until Friday when I added this leather toadstool. It looks like this and I want to know if I need to be worried or not!? It was laying like this on the rock I initially had it on so I moved it lower thinking it was getting too much...

I had an established 4 year old 425l mixed reef tank that sprung a leak, and by necessity had to create a smaller setup in a 250l tank with no substrate, which was running for about 4 weeks. Now I have a 625l and have transferred all coral and fish, this time using sand with live bacteria as...

I often find myself looking online for inspiration for my reef tank that I’m gonna be setting up. I see a lot of tanks that are super mature and grown in and the corals are just absolutely packed into the tank. I’m talking like 15 corals on a rock. How is this possible? Are coral stings not as...

There have been far (far) too many threads and websites discussing best beginner SPS - you know, the typical green slimer, monti, stylo, birdnest discussion. How much can we kick a dead horse? That bad boy is done and cooked. We all know where to start, but where do we go from here?! I have...

Looking for help/ ideas A few weeks ago a purple stylo had retracted polyps, now it’s spread to almost all sps. Parameters are ok pH is 8.0 kH is 8.9 Ca+ is 430 Mg is 1301 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 5 Phosphate.12 Was running UV 24/7. Now it is off Was running Refugium 24/7 now just 10 hours...

Hello I've recently just setup a 150gallon tank that I'm looking to make primarily an SPS Reef. I do already have a few fish for it that have been in my 40g macro tank for the last 2 months. Those fish are a pair of SixLine Wrasse and two Aiptasia eating Filefish. The one fish that I really...

What’s going on fellow reefers! Planning a new 10 gallon tank for the office. Flow, thinking 2 koralia 240’s and my aquaclear 110 Hydor Koralia Nano Aquarium Circulation Pump, Includes Built-In Cable Protector, 240 GPH, Measures 2.4-Inches & is Ideal for Fresh or Salt Water Use...

I have a fair bit of Brownish colored algae in my tank on my sand and green algae on my rocks. It’s a new tank cycled for about 2 months, but livestock only added 3 weeks ago. 15 gallon nano with SPS. a few snails and hermits cleaner shrimp clown and 6 line I am wondering if I should add a...

My parameters are all normal -0 Ammonia -0 Trite -0 Trate -1.025 -77.5 degrees -AI Prime HD set to SPS AP+ spectrum -AI Nero3 pump set to random mode between 3% min and 20% max with medium variance, and it blows straight at the back rocks and diffuses it everywhere along with return pump flow...

Hi! Recently out of the blue my SPS corals are turning white, and some of them have a reddish-brown color. Not sure what is causing issues, some stats are: Temperature: 79.3 F NO3: 13-12 pH: 8.2 PO4: 0.07

About 2 weeks ago I moved all of my corals from my 20 long to my new 50 gallon system. Parameters were the sam and I adjusted the lights to the same par value the corals were used to in the old system. I had noticed over the past week that my orange monticap has been losing tissue a little bit...

Hey fellow stick heads! I snagged an awesome piece of Fuzzy Navel and would love to know what conditions you've found help yours keep that bright yellow coloration! I fully expect mine to brown out as it settles into my higher nutrient system and but would love to hear what lighting intensity...

Hey fellow reef junkies! I've decided to chase the dragon when it comes to eliminating shadowing on my sps for growth... and selfish viewing purposes. I currently run (3) Hydra 32HD's with diffusers over my 48x24x16 (depth) and have great growth and coloration coming in. However, the shadowing...

Hello Everyone how are you ? I am new to this forum and I have a saltwater aquarium from long time. but I tried my best to keep the parameters set. I am attaching the parameters and tank image I still not able to understand I purchased new sps all they are showing are brown in colour from 10...

I have a single milipora to test this system I've had running stable for the past 7 month. It's 25 gallon peninsula with an ATO, 2 orphek blue plus, and a hydra 32 for good lighting. Parameters are as follows Phos: 0.08 Nitrate 26 Mag 1250 Dkh 8.2 Cal 412 System has been running very stable...

hi friends I received a raspberry limeade acropora for my tank around 12/20/2022. We acclimated it according to procedure and the others we received with the order have flourished and begun to spread (they are different coral types). I was under the impression this coral wanted high light and...

Alright R2R, Apologies for the wall of text in advance...... I've been lurking and watching similar threads for a long time, and have been in this hobby for 20+ years. I did take break for around the last 8ish years, but have never racked my brain or had so many issues keeping more finicky...

Looking to see some of your favorites. I’m trying to fill in the remaining spots in my tank and as I do I want to be more particular with that I get. Right now I don’t have a ton of color so I’m looking to mix it up. Really want to see some of your favorite reds, oranges, pinks, blues, and purples.

Hello reefers! I have started a 20g reef tank and it quickly has become sps dominant. I have a 20 gallon aio waterbox rimless with the stand. It truly is a beautiful tank they make. I will post my build and progression. I am looking to upgrade my flow but I’m still looking for the perfect...

So, i got a spare tank, and im thinking about turning it into a little sps dominant tank. Just to finally dip my toes into some sps The main thing im looking for here is, i have a spare hydra 32hd as well, would it be enough on its own for this size tank, how high off the water surface should...

Good Afternoon Everyone - Happy Friday! I was hoping to get some suggestions on what I may be doing wrong with my new SPS corals. I have had my tank going for 2 years now and have lots of softies and some LPS, fish, anemones. They have all one great and after beginning to dose 2 part I decided...

Hey All, I'm new to SPS and picked up this frag along with a Red Monti Cap and some nice Pocci frags on the weekend from my LFS. I didn't get the name of the acro (If it has one) and I've just got some questions that I hope to have answered. First up is what's this guy called? The pictures don't...

I have this rainbow monti I bout probably a bit over a month ago. This is my fist ever SPS coral and overall don’t have a ton of knowledge about it. it was real vibrant and colorful until I left for vacation. I was gone for a week and while I was away my conch buried it in the sand. As you can...