Keeping SPS. What do you needs

[ReefGuy1234]

I’ve heard that keeping sps is hard and see a lot of reefers that do; they always have a lot of very expensive equipment and stuff. What do you actually need to keep sps? I have a few sps mainly Montoya pots but I am talking about a fully sps dominated tank.

I don’t have a sump so no protein skimmer, no fefugium, no reactors, non of that. Also no auto dosers or any of that either. All I have is an ATO and a very overkill canister filter. I use kalkwasser to Alk and Cal. So that only, could I keep one of those types of systems?

 

[BrianAnthony]

RODI water
Quality Test Kits for Nitrate, Phosphate, Alk, Calcium
High water movement
Quality Lighting with sufficient PAR values
STABLE WATER PARAMETERS (water change schedules and equipment to make everything stable)

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

Light, flow, stability in a mature system. Doesn’t need all the tech.

 

[sacutshall]

 

[gbroadbridge]

I’ve heard that keeping sps is hard and see a lot of reefers that do; they always have a lot of very expensive equipment and stuff. What do you actually need to keep sps? I have a few sps mainly Montoya pots but I am talking about a fully sps dominated tank.

I don’t have a sump so no protein skimmer, no fefugium, no reactors, non of that. Also no auto dosers or any of that either. All I have is an ATO and a very overkill canister filter. I use kalkwasser to Alk and Cal. So that only, could I keep one of those types of systems?

You can do anything an automated gadget can do, as long as you have plenty of spare time.

Would I recommend it? Nooooo.