Can't out run the sticks, you can only hide

[Bryce M.]

Oh boy, I promised myself I would only do softies and maybe lps but here I am year later, setting up par and lights for sticks..... they are just so so nice, the colonies are fantastic, I'm falling in love with them now....

 

[Brian barranco]

Oh boy, I promised myself I would only do softies and maybe lps but here I am year later, setting up par and lights for sticks..... they are just so so nice, the colonies are fantastic, I'm falling in love with them now....

Just do it ! It’s mostly all keeping it stable . Like really stable. Mostly dkh.get Hannah. Salifert for calcium. Don’t let nutrients go to zero either. I tried my first sps 4 months ago and still with me ! I’m started with kalk for dosing. Look it into it. I just mix it with my ato rodi water Container.

 

[C. Eymann]

Oh boy, I promised myself I would only do softies and maybe lps but here I am year later, setting up par and lights for sticks..... they are just so so nice, the colonies are fantastic, I'm falling in love with them now....

Oh man, you are going to wish you never did, or at least your bank account wont, getting into sticks is basically saying "I do" to the reefing hobby, hitched for life!

Welcome to the SPS addiction! good luck on your new endeavor!

 

[Bryce M.]

Just do it ! It’s mostly all keeping it stable . Like really stable. Mostly dkh.get Hannah. Salifert for calcium. Don’t let nutrients go to zero either. I tried my first sps 4 months ago and still with me ! I’m started with kalk for dosing. Look it into it. I just mix it with my ato rodi water Container.

I've been at a pretty stable parameters for a while now, I feel that they will be happy. Macros do a good job at keeping nutrients down but not zero, I have stocked the heck up on dosing stuff too because that was my undoing. So I feel pretty confident
Only problem is the lighting, my lights cannot keep SPS so I went and bought a kessil for part of the tank I want SPS in

 

[Bryce M.]

Oh man, you are going to wish you never did, or at least your bank account wont, getting into sticks is basically saying "I do" to the reefing hobby, hitched for life!

Welcome to the SPS addiction! good luck on your new endeavor!

I'm already feeling it buying a single kessil and for my 150 sitting in the garage I'll need 3 or 4 more of them...........

 

[C. Eymann]

I'm already feeling it buying a single kessil and for my 150 sitting in the garage I'll need 3 or 4 more of them...........

Might want to nab some supplemental t5s for your kessils if you are going to get really serious, esp if acropora is going to be your main squeeze.

Just my .02

 

[Bryce M.]

Might want to nab some supplemental t5s for your kessils if you are going to get really serious, esp if acropora is going to be your main squeeze.

Just my .02

Alright, I already have two light fixtures running okay par, I'm sure they could keep low light SPS, so it will be two of those and a narrow lens 360

 

[C. Eymann]

Alright, I already have two light fixtures running okay par, I'm sure they could keep low light SPS, so it will be two of those and a narrow lens 360

You can keep sps under kessils just fine! however, some corals, esp acropora will show issues with shading, many kessil users that get heavy into acropora will add t5s to their setup and report excellent improvements after dping so.

Just food for thought

 

[Bryce M.]

You can keep sps under kessils just fine! however, some corals, esp acropora will show issues with shading, many kessil users that get heavy into acropora will add t5s to their setup and report excellent improvements after dping so.

Just food for thought

great, I'll check it out

 

[canadianeh]

For stability, DOS and Trident?

 

[Bryce M.]

For stability, DOS and Trident?

woah now, I'm already spending 350 on each light, for now I have my parameters pretty set and I will do regular testing, more so than I do, just to make sure nothing falls

 

[SeaDweller]

I guess you hate money?

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

Yup. I quit sps for a while after a few failures. Buuuuuut, got back in last week or so. All or nothin! Lol

 

[NanoDJS]

Hey now , we gota another 1 , no turning back now.

 

[Bryce M.]

I guess you hate money?

Yes, thought this was a bit better than burning it all

Yup. I quit sps for a while after a few failures. Buuuuuut, got back in last week or so. All or nothin! Lol

Sticks are really nice...... expensive but nice

Hey now , we gota another 1 , no turning back now.

Yup, I swore to never get any acros

 

[DesertReefT4r]

Oh boy, I promised myself I would only do softies and maybe lps but here I am year later, setting up par and lights for sticks..... they are just so so nice, the colonies are fantastic, I'm falling in love with them now....

Welcome to the stick addiction that is acropora. AA (acros anonymous) meetings every 2nd Tuesday of the month. Let me know if you need a spincer to help talk you through coral and equipment uograde purchases. Lol.

 

[RCS82]

Welcome to the stick addiction that is acropora. AA (acros anonymous) meetings every 2nd Tuesday of the month. Let me know if you need a spincer to help talk you through coral and equipment uograde purchases. Lol.

Where is this meeting at? I'm totally interested.

 

[SliceGolfer]

The nice thing about SPS is there are tried and true varieties you can get for $15 to $45 a frag. And if you have a decent local club, frags from hobbyists will be larger and you can sometimes barter and trade vs spending cash. No need to jump in on rainbow Tenuis from the start. Cut your teeth on good looking, time standing varieties like Bubblegum Montipora, PC Rainbow, Strawberry Shortcake, Palmers Blue Millepora and the likes.

 

[Bryce M.]

The nice thing about SPS is there are tried and true varieties you can get for $15 to $45 a frag. And if you have a decent local club, frags from hobbyists will be larger and you can sometimes barter and trade vs spending cash. No need to jump in on rainbow Tenuis from the start. Cut your teeth on good looking, time standing varieties like Bubblegum Montipora, PC Rainbow, Strawberry Shortcake, Palmers Blue Millepora and the likes.

Guy on here is giving me Hawkins for 25 a pop. Hawkins is a dream coral to me, I love the white and blues on them

 

[Bob Weigant]

I’m a big fan of sticks as well. Can be ruff on the pocket book