Your Latest Aquisition

[Liquid360]

Using the term "latest acquisition" for a search perimeter turns up nothing. How is there not just a general thread to show off new coral, no questions, just sharing photos of stuff you just bought...

Taking advantage of a Memorial Day sale, I picked up this pretty 4x4 Wilsoni. Love these coral!

 

[Havoks]

My first sps, got it a week ago.

 

[Liquid360]

My first sps, got it a week ago.

Looks great! That's a terrific start! I've been trying for awhile and my primary success has been in killing SPS and let me tell you, I am SERIOUSLY good at it. My efforts have been biblical. [emoji4]

 

[Havoks]

I upgraded lights to an ai prime and positioned it right under it, now i have to primes and it seems to be doing good

 

[Liquid360]

I tried everything from expensive LEDS/Halides to filters and skimmers... in the end it was adding a DI canister to my RO filter that seems to have worked. It's always the last thing you try.

 

[Havoks]

So it was more about water quality in your case

 

[Havoks]

Sometimes its hard to figure out the culprit but in most cases its a simple thing

 

[Liquid360]

This piece of Acro has survived for awhile and is doing well as are a few others. At the very least, I've learned a lot over the years. Yup, was the water.

 

[Havoks]

Cool, i will be getting a few more pieces in the near future, getting acustumed to my new tank, went from a normal 20gal to a fusion 20

 

[Jason mack]

I doing the same , and it's so frustrating !!

 

[Liquid360]

I doing the same , and it's so frustrating !!

You mean killing SPS?

 

[Jason mack]

You mean killing SPS?

Yes ,

 

[Liquid360]

Yes ,

Sucks so hard don't it? Spend a lot of money to kill beautiful things. Its maddening. I think most people give up, but it takes a real "special" sorta person to grow only more determined. With each failure I'd swear that was it, the end. Sure enough a couple weeks later I'd try again.... insanity and repeating actions hoping for a different result... it does feel quite good when eventually something survives. I used to refer to my tank as my toxic waste storage facility, the place where I used my seemingly toxic water to murder coral [emoji4]

 

[Jason mack]

Sucks so hard don't it? Spend a lot of money to kill beautiful things. Its maddening. I think most people give up, but it takes a real "special" sorta person to grow only more determined. With each failure I'd swear that was it, the end. Sure enough a couple weeks later I'd try again.... insanity and repeating actions hoping for a different result... it does feel quite good when eventually something survives. I used to refer to my tank as my toxic waste storage facility, the place where I used my seemingly toxic water to murder coral [emoji4]

I've had and still have a lot of problems with this tank , but like you said I'm determined to get it right because once I've got it down , the results will be worth it ,

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

Newly added 2 days ago. Photo directly after adding. This chunky piece of SC Orange Passion.

 

[Havoks]

What ive learned is that after a failure you must record water parameters and anything else going on in your tank. Lighting, flow, placement...so you can try to pinpoint the issue that killed that frag, then fix it and try again. Have to be patient and observe a lot.

 

[BrettMallette]

One of my newest purchases. Chilli Pepper Monti or Seasons Greetings Monti whatever ya want to call it

 

[Havoks]

Nice, we know you are a pro.

 

[Havoks]

Now that you are here, update on my derasa

 

[BrettMallette]

Now that you are here, update on my derasa

Looking awesome man! Im by no means a pro. Ive learned lots of things the hard way. Also for those chatting about acro success when you had acro failures how old was tank and what all did you guys have in tank coral wise other than the acros you added? Remove any corals or had any die before you had success? Most softies and lps tend not to play nice with sps especially acros.