SPS?

[tri_pod_rod]

alright everyone i have had sps for a while in my tank now and want to know does anyone try things that they have heard from other reefers that improve the health and overall look of there stature if so im open for ideas. The only thing that i heard from someone was that if you take off your protien skimmer cup at night and let it run that way tell the morning i guess all the good stuff stays in the tank and dosnt get skimmed out, is this true? has anyone heard of this or similar.

 

[as1720]

im going to tag along on this one i would like to hear some "tips" or "tricks" to keeping sps nice and bright/healthy besides what we already know like good lighting and water perams. lol

 

[tri_pod_rod]

very true cmon sps reefers whats your secrets.....lol

 

[dailydriven911]

Fish poop!:lol:

 

[as1720]

i hope you wear gloves....

 

[gotfish]

i hope you wear gloves....

and take the fun out of it?

 

[tri_pod_rod]

so no one wants to give up the secret to healthy sps huh.....will eventually someone well.

 

[tdgates10]

It really just depends on the sps your talking about. Give them what they want and they will thrive! Light, proper levels of calcium, mag, and alk, and keep nitrates next to nothing.

Others might have their own "tricks" but I just give them what they want and have great results. Good luck!

 

[returnofsid]

There's really no secret. Good water quality with low nutrients, good flow, appropriate levels of Calcium, Alk and Magnesium and good lighting. Keeping them in a proper environment, and away from corals, fish and other critters that can do them harm.

 

[tri_pod_rod]

thank you so much for your advice and let the secrets begin

 

[tri_pod_rod]

what type of critters and corals can do harm to sps even if there not touching?

 

[returnofsid]

Corals don't need to touch to harm one another. They can chemically harm one another and this is called allelopathy. Many corals can kill corals at quite a distance, even in the ocean. Leather corals and many other soft corals are notorious for this. GSP can be one of the worst.

Also, in my first response, I didn't just mean "without touching." Corals that touch one another, certain crabs, even some snails and a lot of fish will harm SPS corals. There's lots of critters that our corals don't want around

 

[tri_pod_rod]

will let see somebody once told me that acans and sps dont mix is this true?

 

[OCDreefer]

hope not i have both

 

[WA coral]

been doing both for years with no problem, just dial in a ca reactor run a carbon reactor keep stable temp feed heavy varations of food test water hammer with light and repeat

 

[apollothesun]

random chaotic flow for sps
stable parameters especially temperature
backup power when there is none