Rainbow Stylo Questions ??

ZoaAddiction81 · Jan 27, 2023

Hello I’m getting a small frag of rainbow stylo tomorrow morning. And I’m wondering where a good placement would be to start off like mid level ? I’m running 4 Ai primes over a 55 gallon. Any tips would be awesome thanks….

mrpontiac80 · Jan 27, 2023

My purple stylo has been thriving at the top of my rock in about 200-250 par. I recently got a rainbow stylo and placed it in about the same conditions and so far so good

ZoaAddiction81 · Jan 27, 2023

That’s awesome do you have any pics ? My nitrates are around 5 to 6 and 9.4dkh tank has been running almost 20 years now time for some new stuff. Do you feed the stylo’s anything specific?

mrpontiac80 · Jan 27, 2023

ZoaAddiction81 said:
That’s awesome do you have any pics ? My nitrates are around 5 to 6 and 9.4dkh tank has been running almost 20 years now time for some new stuff. Do you feed the stylo’s anything specific?

So my tank is just over 2 yrs old. Nitrates are 20 and phosphates are .15- .2 most of the time. Alk 8.5. Cal 430 and mag 1440
I use ab+ and acropower alternating every day. Otherwise I just feed a frozen cube and Rods original daily.
the purple stylo is about 1.5 yrs old and was just a small frag when I got it. I’ve had the rainbow maybe a month… it’s mounted below the acros to the left of the red anacropora

ZoaAddiction81 · Jan 27, 2023

That is a beautiful tank love the scape. I think I’m gonna buy more stylo’s now after seeing this.Would reef roids and live phytoplankton work ? What kinda flow do you have on the stylo’s?

Wallace11 · Jan 27, 2023

My purple stylo is happy around 250-300 par. I have a rainbow stylo that is at around 300 par and doing well (don't have a photo on hand). Alk and NO3 levels look good, keep PO4 around 0.03-0.08.
I would start it out mid level and gradually raise it up to prevent light shock. I don't feed anything specific - maybe some reef roids once in a while.

ZoaAddiction81 · Jan 27, 2023

Beautiful tank and thank you for the advice I don’t wanna mess this up lol. I see you have nems as well. I have a few black widow nems and demons I was worried about that situation in my tank. To the middle I have my golden maxima. And the right is shrooms and zoas and flower nems. Trying to move some stuff around and make a good home for the stylo.

ZoaAddiction81 · Jan 27, 2023

ZoaAddiction81 · Jan 27, 2023

I was hoping to put it by the clam not many spaces left.

HudsonReefer2.0 · Jan 27, 2023

Mid tank. Milka and I think it was labeled rainbow stylo below it.

ZoaAddiction81 · Jan 27, 2023

Whoaaa that’s amazing nice rastas In the back as well. Do they grow pretty quick ? Im worried about the flow I should be looking for once I get it in there.

jhadaway · Jan 27, 2023

My rainbow stylo is about 6” under water under a hydra 32. Most important is that it gets light on all sides. Mine grew dark and dropped polyps until i put in an or3 at an angle. My milka stylo likes halfway down the tank almost directly under the hydra 32. The milka is the fastest growing coral i have and it really encrusts. The rainbow is much-much slower.

jhadaway · Jan 27, 2023

Man i love those goofy looking blotched anthias! Like a cartoon character!

HudsonReefer2.0 · Jan 27, 2023

ZoaAddiction81 said:
Whoaaa that’s amazing nice rastas In the back as well. Do they grow pretty quick ? Im worried about the flow I should be looking for once I get it in there.

Ty. My Nero 5 is right behind it pushing 75% pulse mode and yes it pretty fast growing. Was a nub frag like 30 months ago. Well weekend fast fro me. Lol. I’m sure others would have outside the tank already.

mrpontiac80 · Jan 27, 2023

ZoaAddiction81 said:
That is a beautiful tank love the scape. I think I’m gonna buy more stylo’s now after seeing this.Would reef roids and live phytoplankton work ? What kinda flow do you have on the stylo’s?

Thank you. I have a gyre on each end of the tank and both are set at 60% random. There’s quite a bit of flow in the tank.

ZoaAddiction81 · Jan 27, 2023

Thanks for the info I feel more confident now about this. Could I place it by zoas seems to be the best spot I have under the light and the clam and nems hog the other lights.