YAY New Corals...input on placement/husbantry

[Chameleon]

Got some corals taht are fairly new to me yesterday. Am pretty excited about trying out some species I haven't had before. Would love to hear about placement and conditions for both A. spathulata and A. loripes. I got a large frag of the Spathulata and a medium small Loripes. Hoping both color up nice. The loripes should get nice purple tips and idk about the Spathulata. Pics to come.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

What type of lighting do you have and what lighting were they under? May need to start them low.

Any pics?

 

[Chameleon]

Here are some pics. They are under LEDs and that is also what they were under in the tank I got them from. There is also a pink lemonade I picked up in the front right. Big one on the right is the A. spathulata (huge milli looking thing). The left smooth skin is A. loripes.

 

[Chameleon]

pics = now it happened..............

 

[Acropora Crazy]

I would put the faster growers down low and the slow growers up high. The loripes would be a slower grower than the milli. The pink lemonade is a fast grower.

 

[impur]

Sweet mille!! My pink lemonade looked similar to that for awhile when i switched to LED. Its about mid way up in my tank and doing really well now FWIW.

 

[Chameleon]

I wonder how such a thick branched milli will grow. Anyone have pics of A. spathulata colonies?

 

[Chameleon]

I would put the faster growers down low and the slow growers up high. The loripes would be a slower grower than the milli. The pink lemonade is a fast grower.

Sweet mille!! My pink lemonade looked similar to that for awhile when i switched to LED. Its about mid way up in my tank and doing really well now FWIW.

Thanks for the inputs yall I appreciate it. impur, what does your lemonade look like now under leds?

 

[MIKE NY]

I have a small colony of it...here is a nice write up on them from Reefbuilders...
Acropora spathulata is the

 

[darryl_v]

From my experence the spathulata grows super slow.

 

[SPSjunky]

nice looking frags

 

[Chameleon]

thanks for the input. I would have guessed it to be a slow grower with the thick branches and everything, but its also a lot like a milli which grow fast for the most part for me.