My corner of super durable BattleCorals

Tft12 · Jul 27, 2018

Just though I’d share a corner of my developing reef that’s all BatleCorals. Each of these have been through some parameters that should have caused trouble as I’ve experimented with my reef keeping strategies. Nutrients undectable to nitrate around 80 ppm and phosphate around 1.3 ppm, and alk from 13-7 dKH. The only condition that caused some tissue recession was the low alk, otherwise they just keep on going. The Shades of Fall is my favorite.

I’ve had butterflies and angels in this tank for a long time - the bald spots on the forest fire digi. There would be a large yellow tort but that same butterfly wiped it out completely a couple months ago.

Thanks for the extremely easy to keep and disease-free corals Adam!

Battlecorals · Jul 28, 2018

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Tft12 said:
Just though I’d share a corner of my developing reef that’s all BatleCorals. Each of these have been through some parameters that should have caused trouble as I’ve experimented with my reef keeping strategies. Nutrients undectable to nitrate around 80 ppm and phosphate around 1.3 ppm, and alk from 13-7 dKH. The only condition that caused some tissue recession was the low alk, otherwise they just keep on going. The Shades of Fall is my favorite.

I’ve had butterflies and angels in this tank for a long time - the bald spots on the forest fire digi. There would be a large yellow tort but that same butterfly wiped it out completely a couple months ago.

Thanks for the extremely easy to keep and disease-free corals Adam!

Cool! looks like things are doing well in there

Thanks a lot fo the post!

Tft12 · Dec 14, 2018

Here's an update picture. I hadn't realized how much things had grown and changed. I moved a Saddleback Butterfly to my other system so the bald spots have healed. The Shades of Fall and Grape Juice really took off, Couchburn started growing, Miss Scarlet recovered from constantly being picked at, and the Confused Monti changed colors.

Tft12 · Dec 14, 2018

The other side of my display is also all Battlecorals.

Adam said the Vivid's Rainbow would change as it grew and it has changed dramatically. As this one grows out it develops so many more colors.

Haggisman14 · Dec 14, 2018

Any pics that aren't top down? You've got some beautiful pieces in there!

Tft12 · Dec 14, 2018

Haggisman14 said:
Any pics that aren't top down? You've got some beautiful pieces in there!

Thanks a lot! I’ll clean my glass and post some.

Tft12 · Dec 14, 2018

Front shots of the same areas

Haggisman14 · Dec 14, 2018

Tft12 said:

Is that coral right to the right of your tang the SWK Invalida?

Beautiful colors on that one.

I lost almost all of my Battlecorals due to my tank being too young when I added the pack. Only have the Garf Bonsai, and FF Digi remaining. I love that SWK!