Best Practices keeping Scolymia Australis Coral

[Mageau11]

Hi everyone,

I just acquired a new Scolymia Australis Coral and I wanted to ask what are some best practices for those of you who have successfully kept these corals (I know they have a reputation as being hard to keep alive).

With most of my reading, spot feeding are essential to their survival in captivity. For those of you who have spot fed your scoly's, how often did you feed, and what was your menu of choice for them?

Also, if you found certain water parameters worked better, please share (I know some systems with more than trace NO3 and PO4 had corals do a little better.

Thank you in advance for all of your feedback! I enjoy learning from everyone on this forum.

 

[ahiggins]

I have a single one on my sand bed, a baby, and my parameters are:
Sg: 1.024-1.025
Alk: 9.2
Cal and mag I haven't checked in a while
Nitrate: 2-8ppm

I feed once a week, a big ol fat mysis shrimp

 

[AntarcticIkeelu]

Here's a pic of mine, used to feed 2 times a week but don't anymore. Got enough stuff living in my tank that it finds it's own food at night. When I bought him he was 1.25 inches now he is 2.5 inches