Serious question - how DO you grow LPS?

[potatocouch]

I agree ,I think you tank may be to clean it needs more nutrients in the water, I've had this colony for about 6 months and it's splitting everywhere. I spot feed occasionally.

I am dosing NoPox though to compensate with the feeding .. I guess I have to if I want to heavy feed .. no ?

 

[potatocouch]

I by far feed a lot more then anyone should with two fish haha

no idea... never bother to test it... my neon duncan has 5 heads growing off the side in 2 weeks of adding it to the tank and my frogspawn went from the size of a clementine to about the size of a soft ball maybe a lil bigger in 2 months :\

way I look at it... if my stuff is growing I'm a keep doing what I'm doing haha

Nah for sure, bud ... I thought you may have the No3 level handy; am just curious, that's all.

 

[Theo15]

I am dosing NoPox though to compensate with the feeding .. I guess I have to if I want to heavy feed .. no ?

Feed heavy and do partial water changes to keep it from getting too high

 

[Jisko]

Nah for sure, bud ... I thought you may have the No3 level handy; am just curious, that's all.

For an example I feed pellets daily 1-2 times plus at night I'll feed 1-2 frozen shrimp cubes... I have 2 clowns (I refuse to put anything else because they have paired up and the female is extremely aggressive.. to a point it will jump out of the tank during feeding as it attacks your hand when you put it above the water) and in the sump is a damsel and a brittle star...

 

[potatocouch]

Feed heavy and do partial water changes to keep it from getting too high

This is the reason why I went Carbon ... I used to have a very high No3 level ... approx at 80 ppm or more.

At that time I was so diligent with my husbandry, I did 50% WC every 2 - 3 days; one would assume that No3 will be down but naah ... they stay high.

Checked the RODI water, 0 ppm of No3 .... mixed with salt, checked again ... 0 ppm of No3 ...
Mixed it up ... do several times .... 80 ppm .. *** !
something was leeching No3 ... don't know what ..
went Carbon and put more Siporax in the sump .. BOOM .. it drop to 40 ppm ... gradually then 20 ppm .. along with WC.

For an example I feed pellets daily 1-2 times plus at night I'll feed 1-2 frozen shrimp cubes... I have 2 clowns (I refuse to put anything else because they have paired up and the female is extremely aggressive.. to a point it will jump out of the tank during feeding as it attacks your hand when you put it above the water) and in the sump is a damsel and a brittle star...

Okay 2 clowns and 1 - 2 frozen shrimp cubes .. that's a LOT ! what's your tank capacity?

 

[Jisko]

Feed heavy and do partial water changes to keep it from getting too high

yeah I do weekly water changes and monthly carbon changes.... I do see a lot of algae growth but my snails love it plus they keep it cleaned up pretty well and gets my shrimp out of his cave once in awhile haha

 

[Theo15]

This is the reason why I went Carbon ... I used to have a very high No3 level ... approx at 80 ppm or more.

At that time I was so diligent with my husbandry, I did 50% WC every 2 - 3 days; one would assume that No3 will be down but naah ... they stay high.

Checked the RODI water, 0 ppm of No3 .... mixed with salt, checked again ... 0 ppm of No3 ...
Mixed it up ... do several times .... 80 ppm .. *** !
something was leeching No3 ... don't know what ..
went Carbon and put more Siporax in the sump .. BOOM .. it drop to 40 ppm ... gradually then 20 ppm .. along with WC.

The live rock is probly the culprit or the sand bed if you have any

 

[potatocouch]

The live rock is probly the culprit or the sand bed if you have any

Yeah that's in the past now .. so what I've gathered now after few back and forth ... so you're concluding it may have been the lack of feeding (nutrients) in the tank as opposed to the lighting.

I know that my LPSs get swollen big when direct sunlight hits em ..

 

[Theo15]

yeah I do weekly water changes and monthly carbon changes.... I do see a lot of algae growth but my snails love it plus they keep it cleaned up pretty well and gets my shrimp out of his cave once in awhile haha

The one thing I've learned in this hobby is , stability is key, I do monthly water changes but I skim heavy, my tank has no problems with alge or anything

 

[potatocouch]

The one thing I've learned in this hobby is , stability is key, I do monthly water changes but I skim heavy, my tank has no problems with alge or anything

You don't carbon?

 

[Jisko]

The one thing I've learned in this hobby is , stability is key, I do monthly water changes but I skim heavy, my tank has no problems with alge or anything

yeah agreed... the way I see it is once you build a pattern just keep following it haha

 

[Theo15]

Yeah that's in the past now .. so what I've gathered now after few back and forth ... so you're concluding it may have been the lack of feeding (nutrients) in the tank as opposed to the lighting.

I know that my LPSs get swollen big when direct sunlight hits em ..

Not feeding fish in peticular but not having things like plankton , copepods, other live foods ect. In the water , corals don't eat fish waste ,most of them are filter feeders

 

[Theo15]

yeah agreed... the way I see it is once you build a pattern just keep following it haha

I don't have a sump either , I run a canister filter and a reef octopus 1000

 

[Jisko]

So I figured I'd show my frogspawn about a week after I put him in the tank vs now most recent photo of it I have haha sorry if its a lil off

 

[Theo15]

So I figured I'd show my frogspawn about a week after I put him in the tank vs now most recent photo of it I have haha sorry if its a lil off [emoji14]

I have a small frag now and it's already starting to split!

 

[Jisko]

I have a small frag now and it's already starting to split!

the entire underneath of that thing is little heads... I have no idea what I'm gonna do with it... Thinking about letting it get crazy big and wild. I'm setting up a pretty decent sized frag tank over the summer so maybe ill just have to chop it up...

 

[Theo15]

My torches split all the time , I just let them do their thing

 

[Theo15]

the entire underneath of that thing is little heads... I have no idea what I'm gonna do with it... Thinking about letting it get crazy big and wild. I'm setting up a pretty decent sized frag tank over the summer so maybe ill just have to chop it up...

I love lps, torches are my favorite , you can probly get store credit at your lfs when you start to frag them

 

[Jisko]

My torches split all the time , I just let them do their thing

reminds me that photo of the current size... the hammer there is 3 heads.. only reason I got it is because I got it for $20 looks so nice its a reverse... figured once it grows out be really cool next to the frog... I'm trying to get a splatter or rainbow hammer but I don't want a walled one

 

[Theo15]

reminds me that photo of the current size... the hammer there is 3 heads.. only reason I got it is because I got it for $20 looks so nice its a reverse... figured once it grows out be really cool next to the frog... I'm trying to get a splatter or rainbow hammer but I don't want a walled one

All the rainbow hammers I've ever seen were all wall type ,I like the branching ones better too ,this will be mine soon and I can't wait for it to arrive