Another one of those sps days

thatmanMIKEson · Sep 7, 2022

ScottB said:
Just thought I would throw up an i-phone pic before I leave on some back to back vacations. Just in case it all melts before I get back to it in a couple weeks.

Actually that is a good idea, unfortunately I've read allot of those threads and they always have a nice picture of their reef doing good, then the one from when they got back from vacation, actually reef of the month tank shares a similar story but he booked a speed boat and a plane to get back home. Have a great b2b vacation!

ScottB · Sep 7, 2022

thatmanMIKEson said:
Actually that is a good idea, unfortunately I've read allot of those threads and they always have a nice picture of their reef doing good, then the one from when they got back from vacation, actually reef of the month tank shares a similar story but he booked a speed boat and a plane to get back home. Have a great b2b vacation!

The only time something breaks is when I am not home. On the bright side, my son will drop by most days to check on things.

Charlie’s Frags · Feb 5, 2023

Perry · Feb 5, 2023

I see encrusting on those speciosas, that's always nice! Looks like they are getting hardier, good to see yours growing, that's awesome

billyocean · Feb 5, 2023

Is the sponge power for specific sponges in your tank or the sponges we have in general/naturally?

Slicktop · Feb 5, 2023

Very Nice Charlie ! Awesome PE

Brad Mckeon · Feb 5, 2023

Charlie’s Frags said:
Love fws
Hate cb
I lost a Tenuis just about every time I tried it

I’m a big fan of kz sponge power as well. I ran out awhile back and just started dosing again and PE has definitely improved.

PE is not as good during lights out for me believe it or not

What is CB??

billyocean · Feb 5, 2023

Brad Mckeon said:
What is CB??

Kz coral booster. Kz recommends using its coral booster product in conjunction with flatworm stop but he says he doesn't like the CB.

Charlie’s Frags · Mar 22, 2023

Max93 · Mar 22, 2023

Awesome stuff !! I would like to pick your brain if you got some time -

are you dosing trace elements? If not, are you using a calcium reactor? if so, what ya dosing?

what is your alk and SG range?
Thank you!

Charlie’s Frags · Mar 22, 2023

Max93 said:
Awesome stuff !! I would like to pick your brain if you got some time -

are you dosing trace elements? If not, are you using a calcium reactor? if so, what ya dosing?

what is your alk and SG range?
Thank you!

Alk 7-10
No calcium reactor
No special dosing
Just esv 2 part

I do dose kz flatworm stop

Max93 · Mar 22, 2023

Charlie’s Frags said:
Alk 7-10
No calcium reactor
No special dosing
Just esv 2 part

Water changes?

Charlie’s Frags · Mar 23, 2023

Max93 said:
Water changes?

Yes. I probably do 30% once a month. The tank is only 50g

tropic marin pro salt

Max93 · Mar 23, 2023

Charlie’s Frags said:
Yes. I probably do 30% once a month. The tank is only 50g

tropic marin pro salt

Gotcha!! Cool thanks for sharing

biecacka · Mar 23, 2023

I’m tired of saying this Charlie……but your PE is insane and mesmerizing.

I don’t know how you do it. My corals grow fast but have little to no PE on them.
looks great man!

corey

Charlie’s Frags · Mar 23, 2023

biecacka said:
I’m tired of saying this Charlie……but your PE is insane and mesmerizing. I don’t know how you do it. My corals grow fast but have little to no PE on them.
looks great man!

corey

Do you have any Angel fish? Tile fish? Or any other known nippers?

biecacka · Mar 23, 2023

I have a Lamarcks angel fish. Tangs. Then smaller fish. So I dont know what the issue is. But my growth is almost insane…..so it’s kind of a wash.

corey

Charlie’s Frags · Mar 23, 2023

biecacka said:
I have a Lamarcks angel fish. Tangs. Then smaller fish. So I dont know what the issue is. But my growth is almost insane…..so it’s kind of a wash.

corey

I bet something is nipping. I had terrible PE when I used nutrient stripping media. Don’t know if you use any of that stuff.
Do you get crazy Tenuis growth? All of my non Tenuis and non speciosa grow super fast. I had to remove all of my torts bc they were invading the slower Tenuis.

biecacka · Mar 23, 2023

I don’t use any media. Skimmer, chaeto. Nutrients around 8. Trying to raise them up, po4 around 0.06. I dont have a bung of tenius, but I have a few that have doubled in size in a few months. Just added some more. Then some other acros have grown crazy in months. So, similar to what you said, some things grow so fast I have to move them so they don’t overgrow other stuff.
PE and that awesome color escape me. But I think the color is mostly due to lower nutrients in the tank.

corey

Charlie’s Frags · Mar 23, 2023

biecacka said:
I don’t use any media. Skimmer, chaeto. Nutrients around 8. Trying to raise them up, po4 around 0.06. I dont have a bung of tenius, but I have a few that have doubled in size in a few months. Just added some more. Then some other acros have grown crazy in months. So, similar to what you said, some things grow so fast I have to move them so they don’t overgrow other stuff.
PE and that awesome color escape me. But I think the color is mostly due to lower nutrients in the tank.

corey

I’ve had much lower no3/po4 before (still no media or chemicals) and my PE and color was the same. I only feed frozen PE mysis. I think some of the pellets can irritate polyps.