Placing acros!

[davilahope]

How high is too high as far as placing an acro in the tank? I'm not really afraid of them getting too much light I'm just afraid of them growing out of the water if that's even possible hopefully not!?

 

[mannyhernz]

Need to take note of where it was when you acquired it.(light intensity,type of light, level of placement) then slowly acclimate it to your lighting. I start off in the sandbed, then start moving up.

 

[davilahope]

Need to take note of where it was when you acquired it.(light intensity,type of light, level of placement) then slowly acclimate it to your lighting. I start off in the sandbed, then start moving up.

I'm getting them from jason fox I'm running g4 and the intensity is set to 16% I have thriving mushrooms on the sand so I don't think the sand is getting too much par

 

[rock_lobster]

Depends on your PAR levels if they are low then you could place them 1 cm below the surface. 16% is quite low for your setting cant imagine you are getting much par out of that and probably a lot of shadowing.

 

[mtraylor]

I would ask jason on optimum placement of wach coral you get. It may be posted on sit

 

[Hemmdog]

These grow out of water all the time. It happens in nature daily for many species of Acropora. They are resilient. Just give a frag to a friend once that happens

 

[Justfebreezeit]

Its somewhat possible. They will grow right to the water line and rtn/stn at the surface. Depending on the acro type (Stag vs a tabling style for example) is how I would decide. Placing Stags near the top is a quick ticket to having to frag it alot

 

[davilahope]

Its somewhat possible. They will grow right to the water line and rtn/stn at the surface. Depending on the acro type (Stag vs a tabling style for example) is how I would decide. Placing Stags near the top is a quick ticket to having to frag it alot

What does rtn mean and what does stn mean?

 

[Justfebreezeit]

Slow tissue necrosis and Rapid tissue necrosis.

 

[davilahope]

I'm new to sps so I still dont understand, sorry!

 

[Justfebreezeit]

No worries just google it! A lot of the time sps will stop growing vertical when they reach the surface anways.

 

[Hemmdog]

It’s your worst nightmare

 

[davilahope]

It’s your worst nightmare

What's my worst nightmare

 

[Guttersnipe]

What's my worst nightmare

Stn and rtn

 

[Hemmdog]

Stn and rtn

Yep lol

 

[Graffiti Spot]

You need to study the different types of acropora and their growth forms and light requirements to get an idea of how you want to place your corals. I would put staghorns starting at the lower half of the tank so they can fully form along with tables so they don't shadow anything. Then the branching stuff can go towards the center and top.

 

[Acroporaaddict]

What does rtn mean and what does stn mean?

Rtn= fast death
Stn= slow death

 

[Sea MunnKey]

Rtn= fast death
Stn= slow death

Is when the acro loses it's tissue and starts to turn bleach white ...

 

[Hemmdog]

Is when the acro loses it's tissue and starts to turn bleach white ...

My valida currently having stn. And purple rim monti had rtn a month ago on the right.
Alk 11.2 cal 440 mag 1420 salinity 1.025 nitrate .1 phos .005

There’s no rhyme or reason for it that I know of. If anyone has any suggestions let me know!

 

[Hemmdog]

You need to study the different types of acropora and their growth forms and light requirements to get an idea of how you want to place your corals. I would put staghorns starting at the lower half of the tank so they can fully form along with tables so they don't shadow anything. Then the branching stuff can go towards the center and top.

You wouldn’t happen to know like a site with a table of all that info put together ? That would be super helpful to any level of reefer