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[bbak]

Bonus, to keep stn away I they to keep my coral as healthy as possible, and if I get some starting, fragging and super glue usually work.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

DAILY QUESTION: How do you incorporate coral frag racks or mounts into your tank setup?

 

[Dburr1014]

DAILY QUESTION: How do you incorporate coral frag racks or mounts into your tank setup?

I do have a rack in the main. I hate it, looks unnatural. I've been meaning to move it but been lazy.
I just mount coral to the rock with superglue and epoxy.

 

[fishface NJ]

DAILY QUESTION: How do you incorporate coral frag racks or mounts into your tank setup?

I don't...I want my tank to look like a reef. I hate having powerheads in there but that is required for acros

 

[KrisReef]

DAILY QUESTION: How do you incorporate coral frag racks or mounts into your tank setup?

I have a chunk of eggcrate that I use for new frags that sits on the bottom. It needs to be cleared up and removed with frags all mounted but I have been too lazy to get around to it. I am sadly an old lazy reefer and the frags are suffering for it.

From long experience, having a frag rack is symptomatic of a growing reef with too many corals and not enough space for the excess.

 

[The deepwaterhorizon reef]

Official entry: flow has helped me the most in growing corals

 

[The deepwaterhorizon reef]

DAILY QUESTION: How long have you been growing corals?

Bonus entry one: just started

 

[The deepwaterhorizon reef]

DAILY QUESTION: What has been your most rewarding accomplishment as a coral grower?

bonus entry two: keeping sps alive!

 

[The deepwaterhorizon reef]

DAILY QUESTION: What is your favorite coral species to grow and why?

Bonus three: definitely acropora. They look amazing

 

[The deepwaterhorizon reef]

DAILY QUESTION: What has been the best lighting setup you've used for growing corals? Why do you like this one?

Bonus four: Reefi uno 2.0 pro led’s pre-programmed setting for sps. Looks amazing and grows the coral very well

 

[The deepwaterhorizon reef]

DAILY QUESTION: How do you handle coral fragging in your tank? Are you a frequent fragger? Occasional fragger? Or only when you have to prune?

Bonus five: I am a frequent fragger because I like to increase the availability of corals at reasonable price points in the hobby.

 

[The deepwaterhorizon reef]

DAILY QUESTION: What is your approach to dosing calcium and alkalinity? Do you dose any other elements?

bonus six: My approach is to use two part but my tank is starting to outgrow this. I also dose magnesium in with two part.

 

[The deepwaterhorizon reef]

DAILY QUESTION: How do you acclimate new corals to your tank?

Bonus seven: I just float the bags over the surface of the water. So far it’s gone pretty well…

 

[The deepwaterhorizon reef]

DAILY QUESTION: What methods do you use to prevent coral pests and diseases?

Bonus eight: I dip my corals and I inspect them quite often.

 

[The deepwaterhorizon reef]

DAILY QUESTION: What has been the biggest setback you've experienced in growing corals? How did you bounce back?

Bonus nine: the biggest setback I experienced in growing corals was losing an acro to rtn. That was not cheap

 

[The deepwaterhorizon reef]

DAILY QUESTION: What's your thoughts on nutrients in a reef tank? Are they good or bad? How do you manage them?

Bonus ten: Nutrients are good. ULN tanks suffer because there isn’t enough food for the ecosystem and the corals. Though it’s a balance as too many nutrients are of course not a good thing.

 

[The deepwaterhorizon reef]

DAILY QUESTION: How important is flow in coral growth? What have you found to be the best way to get the right flow for keeping corals healthy and thriving?

Bonus eleven: flow is incredibly important in keeping corals. Without it they would simply die. The best to get the right flow for keeping corals is to have gyre flow in an on-off pattern to simulate oceanic currents and waves.

 

[The deepwaterhorizon reef]

DAILY QUESTION: Do you feed your coral? If so, what are your favorite coral food and feeding techniques? If not, why not?

Bonus twelve: I don’t feed my corals because I feel that my tank isn’t mature enough to handle the excess nutrients. I hope to start feeding my corals soon though.

 

[The deepwaterhorizon reef]

DAILY QUESTION: How do you handle coral placement in your tank for optimal growth?

Bonus thirteen: I know the par in my tank and the flow so it no army spends on the kind of coral. For example an acro would go at the top and be slightly covered by a ledge so the flow isn’t overwhelming while a zoa would be at the bottom on an island.

 

[The deepwaterhorizon reef]

DAILY QUESTION: How do you get the best color you can from your corals? Any tips to help the rest of us?

Bonus fourteen: I dose in amino bit other than that I mainly just stick to the principles of reefing, primarily stability in this case.