Any tips on keeping strawberry shortcake acros?

[Damian reef boi]

Can you guys give me tips on how to care for strawberry shortcake acropora?

 

[Cristy17]

I think like all acros, high light high flow. That is how I have mine. Also they do not like high phosphates. I do a heavy feed of mixed frozen food and powder once a week. The other days, the fish poop feed the corals. I do the heavy feed the day before my weekly water change and that seems to keep everybody happy. Good luck! That is a gorgeous acro.

 

[Damian reef boi]

Thanks is .04 phosphate too high you think?

 

[Crabs McJones]

Agree with above. Higher light, high flow. .04 phosphate should be fine. I keep mine around .02 to .04 and my rescue frag is growing great

 

[Cristy17]

No that should be fine. Up to .06 I think is acceptable. NO3 20-30 and Alk 8.0-8.5 for growth. These are what I keep mine at. Remember though, every tank is different so a little tweeking may be necessary.

 

[Damian reef boi]

No that should be fine. Up to .06 I think is acceptable. NO3 20-30 and Alk 8.0-8.5 for growth. These are what I keep mine at. Remember though, every tank is different so a little tweeking may be necessary.

Got it thanks for you guys help

 

[HB AL]

No different than keeping other Acros.

 

[pharazon]

No different than keeping other Acros.

I dunno, mine has definitely been the most finicky acro I’ve ever kept. In 1.5 years I’ve had this piece STN on me twice. She always comes back pretty strong but definitely the first to let me know I need to pay more attention to chemistry.

That being said, SSC seems to be able to handle as much light as you can throw at it. When I’ve pushed my Radion too high and had other acro’s start to pale, SSC just gets richer in color. Just a little more sensitive to water quality in my experience.

Here’s 7/23/2018 to 2/4/2020. Worth the trouble if you ask me.

 

[Pennywise the Clown]

The SSC has been a thorn in my side. I had a lovely chunky frag that lost all its color, went a light pink and then RTN'd.
I got another frag and that has done the same but has stayed light pink for months. I have tried different locations will no luck. It is hanging on in there but that's about it.

 

[Osaurus]

I dunno, mine has definitely been the most finicky acro I’ve ever kept. In 1.5 years I’ve had this piece STN on me twice. She always comes back pretty strong but definitely the first to let me know I need to pay more attention to chemistry.

That being said, SSC seems to be able to handle as much light as you can throw at it. When I’ve pushed my Radion too high and had other acro’s start to pale, SSC just gets richer in color. Just a little more sensitive to water quality in my experience.

Here’s 7/23/2018 to 2/4/2020. Worth the trouble if you ask me.

Sorry that I'm not contributing. I just wanted to acknowledge how beautiful your SSC colony looks!...and the rest of the tank for that matter.

 

[Damian reef boi]

I dunno, mine has definitely been the most finicky acro I’ve ever kept. In 1.5 years I’ve had this piece STN on me twice. She always comes back pretty strong but definitely the first to let me know I need to pay more attention to chemistry.

That being said, SSC seems to be able to handle as much light as you can throw at it. When I’ve pushed my Radion too high and had other acro’s start to pale, SSC just gets richer in color. Just a little more sensitive to water quality in my experience.

Here’s 7/23/2018 to 2/4/2020. Worth the trouble if you ask me.

dang that's exactly why I want one

 

[SeaDweller]

yeah, don't let it die! It's a classic but one of my faves

 

[MurphyJ]

SSC loves to spread so give it plenty of room! A small frag can encrust up to 6” diameter in a year.

 

[pharazon]

SSC loves to spread so give it plenty of room! A small frag can encrust up to 6” diameter in a year.

True facts! Mine keeps a frustratingly skinny base too. It actually tipped over once because it had grown so much vertically and not encrusted at all. The glue just gave out.

 

[MurphyJ]

Mine did just the opposite! Encrusted like a fool and then suddenly took off vertically.

 

[Dave Cureton]

Tons of light. Tons of flow. Short periods of high nutrients. I believe there’s a macna YouTube on it from a collector saying it shouldn’t be an aquarium inhabitant. Mine is my reef canary.

 

[Whisperer]

Guys, a little help, which one is SSC between the two frags in the front? Thanks.

The right one was sold to me as SSC. It is apple green with pink coralites. The left one was also sold as SSC by a different seller. The growth pattern on the right is curious. They both get the same flow.

 

[Cristy17]

Guys, a little help, which one is SSC between the two frags in the front? Thanks.

The right one was sold to me as SSC. It is apple green with pink coralites. The left one was also sold as SSC by a different seller. The growth pattern on the right is curious. They both get the same flow.

I am certainly no expert in the SSC but there are two different ones. The regular SSC and one called an Ultimate SSC. The one on the right looks like that

 

[lemonade]

Guys, a little help, which one is SSC between the two frags in the front? Thanks.

The right one was sold to me as SSC. It is apple green with pink coralites. The left one was also sold as SSC by a different seller. The growth pattern on the right is curious. They both get the same flow.

Both are likely SSC (A. Microclados) variants

 

[Dana Riddle]

A fast grower - mine went from a 1" frag to a small colony in 3-4 months. PAR = ~250, with enough flow to make the tentacles wave. PO4 as P =0.01. NO3 as N = < 1. The tank's pH mysteriously dropped to 7.9 until I got a CO2 scrubber on line. The photo doesn't do it justice.