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mrhasan 11-19-2012 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Titus99 (Post 765521)
I def start at your lights.

Yap. I might be getting something this christmas. No halide (I am afraid it might cause heat issue on such a shallow tank) but I am on for a quad t5ho fixture :D But I might reconsider it since I am giving up on SPS :neutral:

daniella3d 11-20-2012 12:02 AM

I have a 75 gallons full of SPS. My tric...no sump and lots of softies.

I have a 15 gallons full of SPS. I do have a sump but lots of softies still.

What's with the softies and SPS? I never had any problem mixing both.

High alkalinity with low nutrient and fluctuation in parameters are probable the problem here, not the softies.

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Originally Posted by Titus99 (Post 765441)
I have a 26 gallon tank with 35 sps

My trick. Is a sump is a must and no zero nada. Softies


daniella3d 11-20-2012 12:07 AM

really?? wow..I have tons of them in my tank with my SPS.

Is there any scientific study about SPS not being compatible with xenia, keny tree, zoanthids, mushrooms etc?? I have all these with my tons of SPS and none seem to bother. I don't even use carbon.

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Originally Posted by Titus99 (Post 765468)
And mushrooms. There terrible lol


mrhasan 11-20-2012 12:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daniella3d (Post 765526)
I have a 75 gallons full of SPS. My tric...no sump and lots of softies.

I have a 15 gallons full of SPS. I do have a sump but lots of softies still.

What's with the softies and SPS? I never had any problem mixing both.

High alkalinity with low nutrient and fluctuation in parameters are probable the problem here, not the softies.

Isin't 9-10 dkH like sweet spot? None of the params fluctuate other than dKh falling from 10 to 9 in 2 weeks. Not sure about other traces like iodide and stuffs.

And I thought low nutrient is preferred by SPS :|

Its so confusing!!!! :twised:

mrhasan 11-20-2012 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daniella3d (Post 765528)
really?? wow..I have tons of them in my tank with my SPS.

Is there any scientific study about SPS not being compatible with xenia, keny tree, zoanthids, mushrooms etc?? I have all these with my tons of SPS and none seem to bother. I don't even use carbon.

I am expecting Denny is start "carbon dosing" over here LOL

daniella3d 11-20-2012 12:16 AM

10 is too high if your level of nutrient is low. That will cause all sort of problem like RTN, STN etc..

Sweet spot is natural sea water, 7.5 to 8 is ideal.

Low nutrient is good for SPS but they do need food then. Especially if you have a weak light, no wonder they are dying in your tank.

with low nutrien you need a good light, good food on regular basis and around 8 kh, no higher.

People think that SPS only live from light alone but in nature there is tons of zooplankton. This is also why SPS grow much better and faster in a mature tank of at least a year old, because by that time zooplankton and all sort of larveas have started to colonize the aquarium.

I feed my SPS every other day with zooplankton food like Fauna marin, reefroid, coral frenzy and I feed Zeovit amino acid and coral vitalizer each day. This makes all the difference in growth and color.

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Originally Posted by mrhasan (Post 765529)
Isin't 9-10 dkH like sweet spot? None of the params fluctuate other than dKh falling from 10 to 9 in 2 weeks. Not sure about other traces like iodide and stuffs.

And I thought low nutrient is preferred by SPS :|

Its so confusing!!!! :twised:


mrhasan 11-20-2012 12:26 AM

I read from a reliable source that on avg, dkH in NSW remains around 3.5meg/L (aprox. 10dKh) :neutral:

Alongside, I do feed coral snow about twice a week.

Maybe the light and the nutrient is the issue. Whatever that is, SPS are just not worth it to me :razz:

Quote:

Originally Posted by daniella3d (Post 765532)
10 is too high if your level of nutrient is low. That will cause all sort of problem like RTN, STN etc..

Sweet spot is natural sea water, 7.5 to 8 is ideal.

Low nutrient is good for SPS but they do need food then. Especially if you have a weak light, no wonder they are dying in your tank.

with low nutrien you need a good light, good food on regular basis and around 8 kh, no higher.

People think that SPS only live from light alone but in nature there is tons of zooplankton. This is also why SPS grow much better and faster in a mature tank of at least a year old, because by that time zooplankton and all sort of larveas have started to colonize the aquarium.

I feed my SPS every other day with zooplankton food like Fauna marin, reefroid, coral frenzy and I feed Zeovit amino acid and coral vitalizer each day. This makes all the difference in growth and color.


dreef 11-20-2012 12:49 AM

It will be very hard with a small mixed tank.My tank is at least 90% acropora with softies and leathers but it's a 100 gallons,no carbon.Don't feed them anything but tons of light.Yeah..their boring and brown..i really hate this ugly one.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a79...1/DSCF1132.jpg

mrhasan 11-20-2012 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by dreef (Post 765544)
It will be very hard with a small mixed tank.My tank is at least 90% acropora with softies and leathers but it's a 100 gallons,no carbon.Don't feed them anything but tons of light.Yeah..their boring and brown..i really hate this ugly one.

That's a nice colony :D

Well its boring to me since I can't keep it :P

Proteus 11-20-2012 12:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daniella3d (Post 765528)
really?? wow..I have tons of them in my tank with my SPS.

Is there any scientific study about SPS not being compatible with xenia, keny tree, zoanthids, mushrooms etc?? I have all these with my tons of SPS and none seem to bother. I don't even use carbon.

Not terrible for reef. Just terrible in my eyes lol


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