Chris' SPS frags for the swap

[motortrendz]

hey silly question.. you still have stuff? or was it just fr the swap? your corals are amaizing. what parameters do you keep your water at and lighting? i always ask before buying bc i wanna make sure my levels are similar so its not a shock on the coral and have a better chance of getting similar growth results.. how long have you had these coras that they are so big? and how big were they when u got em? sorry for all the questions, i really think your setup is premo..

thanks
mike

 

[cdamiano]

Frags are looking good so far, I see PE on the green slimer and vermiculata but not on the hot pink bird, yellow porite and hot pink stylo. what were the light and flow requirements for those?

thanks

They all like a lot of light and flow.... The pink birdsnest and yellow porites arent corals that have much PE.

 

[DrAsTiC]

All of mine are doing great Thanks Again Chris

 

[cdamiano]

hey silly question.. you still have stuff? or was it just fr the swap? your corals are amaizing. what parameters do you keep your water at and lighting? i always ask before buying bc i wanna make sure my levels are similar so its not a shock on the coral and have a better chance of getting similar growth results.. how long have you had these coras that they are so big? and how big were they when u got em? sorry for all the questions, i really think your setup is premo..

thanks
mike

I still have stuff available. Just about all of them were grown from small frags. Had the bigger colonies for about 2 -3 years. Water parameters are:
Alk - 9
CA - 420 - 460
Mg - 1300 - 1400
PH - 8.1 - 8.4
Salinity 1.026
Temp 77 - 80
Nitrate - 0 - 5
Phosphate - 0

Lighting - 250 Watt MH with Lumenarc reflectors, Just switched to Radium bulbs from Aquaconnect 14k.

 

[motortrendz]

nice, i have better growth myself at lower alk numbers between 8-9.5 when i used to struggle to keep it abt 10.5-11 i would have too many fluctuations.. causing problems

 

[cdamiano]

Chris,
That blue tort is amazing
Thanks buddy!

Your welcome. I like the Palau frag I got from you too. Very nice size frag.
Thanks!

 

[cdamiano]

All of mine are doing great Thanks Again Chris

Your welcome. Glad to here they are doing well.

 

[Josh]

What lighting and flow are best for the vermiculata?

 

[Metrokat]

Okay, they're at the very top under my LED's but I think I may need to move them lower for a bit. Thanks for the frags, they are well healed and I look forward to seeing them grow.

 

[cdamiano]

What lighting and flow are best for the vermiculata?

I keep it up high in the tank. I have lots of flow all over the tank.

 

[cdamiano]

To those of you who are asking about placement in the tank......regardless of where I tell you to place it I always recommend that you start it at the bottom and slowly move it up over a few weeks time to get it acclimated to your lighting. Chances are you may be running different kelvin rating bulbs than me or different type of lighting which may cause the coral to go into some shock and blasting it with light right off the bat may not be the best thing.