Joe's SPS collection

[Joe462]

Wanted to share some of my SPS and start a thread. Still learning the Reef2Reef forum, i have been a member for a while but not very active. and still learning how to take good pics so bear with me....

 

[Joe462]

Cherry bomb, display colony and backup mini colony

 

[Joe462]

Tyree Pink Lemonade

 

[Joe462]

Vivid's Confetti, one of my favorites and super photogenic

 

[Sleeping Giant]

Looks great

 

[Steven Garland]

Looks great so far,keep up the good work !!!

 

[PeterC99]

Wanted to share some of my SPS and start a thread. Still learning the Reef2Reef forum, i have been a member for a while but not very active. and still learning how to take good pics so bear with me....

Joe your SPS looks amazing. Any special tips or recommendations?

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Do you always plant a backup?
D

 

[RedReefer]

Nice colors!

 

[Staghorn]

Nice

 

[Joe462]

Joe your SPS looks amazing. Any special tips or recommendations?

Thanks, I don’t think I do anything really out of the ordinary. Good lighting and flow. Try to maintain some nitrate and phosphate with out letting them get too high. And I use some of the KZ products amino acid, flatworm stop, coral booster, and coral vitalizer, I think they help.

 

[Joe462]

Do you always plant a backup?
D

Not always but I like to, you never know with acros, it’s saved my butt a few times having a back up. Especially with my favorites or really expensive ones. Some are just frags I cut with the intention of trading or selling that I didn’t let go. I also do it because I like cutting frags and selling, trading, frag swaps and all that but I don’t like cutting up my display colonies too much, but if I have a backup or grow out I can hack it up with no regrets

 

[Andreas' Reef]

nice bro

 

[ScottB]

Nice photos of a nice collection and agree with you about Vivid's confetti.

I also try and keep backups in a separate system.

 

[PeterC99]

Thanks, I don’t think I do anything really out of the ordinary. Good lighting and flow. Try to maintain some nitrate and phosphate with out letting them get too high. And I use some of the KZ products amino acid, flatworm stop, coral booster, and coral vitalizer, I think they help.

Thanks for your SPS tips. Went out and purchased them at BRS and will be trying them shortly.

 

[Joe462]

CC Kombucha, this one i really dig, its almost always fuzzy and the colors while not blow your mind are interesting. Slow grower though, for me.

 

[Joe462]

Thanks for your SPS tips. Went out and purchased them at BRS and will be trying them shortly.

Hope it helps. Let me know what you think. While i think my color has gotten better since i started using it, its nice to get a second opinion.

 

[Joe462]

Thanks for your SPS tips. Went out and purchased them at BRS and will be trying them shortly.

Also, i wouldn't call it a tip, and i wouldn't necessarily recommend it, its just how i do things... my systems probably run a little "dirty" i don't really do much of any filtration, filter socks only when i have stirred stuff up, and most of the time i don't have a protein skimmer running.

 

[PeterC99]

Also, i wouldn't call it a tip, and i wouldn't necessarily recommend it, its just how i do things... my systems probably run a little "dirty" i don't really do much of any filtration, filter socks only when i have stirred stuff up, and most of the time i don't have a protein skimmer running.

You are very modest! I think your SPS's speak for themselves! You must be doing something right to have such phenomenal success.

Really appreciate your sharing your reefing experience and knowledge!

 

[GHOSTLY]

Amazing! Wish i could cpare for them