Any maricultured or wild acro keepers?
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I agree. A lot of reefers out of the US are able to keep wild acro's with no problems and their tank looks wonderful.
Yea, i tried keeping the whole colony of wild acro jsut incase it grows back like the aquacultured corals but they just rtn until whole colony is dead.
with the way that we can take aquacultured corals and frag and sell over the internet and at swaps and such why go wild. why hack up the natural reefs that we all aspire to have in our homes so that we can get it home and have it rtn. with what we have at our fingers now a days i would never buy wild. But that is just my 2cents
allsps40
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I have one that is wild still living and growing in my tank. Problem is is that it was a cool yellow sps I think a milli, and now it is brown with faint green polyps. It is one coral that always stns or stops growing when things are not 100% perfect so it never looks good. It will start to recover then stn again if the alk gets to 8 or lower. As for maricultured sps they do very well for me for a while the several months later die normally snt from the bottom up. It has been a while but I feel I could keep maricultured now no problem as I have changes my light and a few other things since then. I agree that if you want to keep wild and maricultured sps then you will need very high random flow and will need to feed then a good coral food regularly. Being raised in the ocean or in tanks linked to the ocean the corals are used to feeding on the plankton in the ocean. When introduced to a captive reef that is almost void of plankton they will starve. That is part of the good thing on cultured sps, they are raised in a captive reef so are very used to the lower food levels and the lighting. Lighting is another thing with wild and maricultured sps. Almost all have been growing under tropical sunlight on some island in the pacific. Better results have been reported using 6500k halides with some actinic supplement or under 10ks. Expect to have a color change after you get a new coral due to the major change in light. Your tank will need to have rock solid parameter as they dont seem to like any changes. I would also use a good reef salt like Tropic Marine Pro Reef or H2ocean, something of very high quality and consistency.
If i was to have all ORAs, Tyree, ATL, etc..., like everyone else, then what is the difference between my tank than everyone else's(other than equipements)? I want to go something different. Just my 2cent.
I actually have a wild colony that i grew from a frag. It is doing great and growing really fast. As for the color, its been trying to shift from brown to purple really slow.
chessnutt
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I have about 7 wild acros. One was given to me for free cause of RTN. It was hard because they seem to turn brown after a few weeks. The one that does best is the one with acro crabs living on it. Dont know if it is the little crabs that's doing any help. I gave up the chaeto and went with zeovit. Run carbon 24/7. Im a test freak and I test every 3-4 days. Dose this dose that. Maricultured sps IMO is cheaper.
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fcmatt
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i will only purchase a wild coral if it is a stunning piece. for example i have an acro that is
a really nice yellow that is tabling. otherwise i will buy aquacultured as they have a wide
selection now days and most are very pretty. another exception might be some stuff coming
from Australia but based on my observations from the LFS they tend to brown out if things
are not perfect.
a really nice yellow that is tabling. otherwise i will buy aquacultured as they have a wide
selection now days and most are very pretty. another exception might be some stuff coming
from Australia but based on my observations from the LFS they tend to brown out if things
are not perfect.
Mike de Leon
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Acros in Australia are prolly harvested and handled carefully.
This is the issue. Harvesting and proper handling. I have had great success with wild colonies. I have two right now from Aussie. One is a Garf B and the other S shortcake. I have dipped both in revive for 15 mins. Both turned brown but have since recovered. You need to find a good supplier.
This is the issue. Harvesting and proper handling. I have had great success with wild colonies. I have two right now from Aussie. One is a Garf B and the other S shortcake. I have dipped both in revive for 15 mins. Both turned brown but have since recovered. You need to find a good supplier.
wickedfish
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I had an awesome maricultured bright pink postrata check my spelling.... so I still think about it all the time it was the brightest pinkish violet you ever saw. I wasnt dosing through a doser at the time and my levels werent as tight as now, I am still looking for this coral to try again. Everything allsps40 its like to a T what happened with me.
But I do have wild pieces that are thriving bt have had only a 2-5% loss ratio not too bad. Unfortunately I saw my piece at a coral farmers market and it was like triple what I had paid 4 month earlier had to pass. Intrestingly enough the coral in the shop it was at next to the prostrata was RTN'ng just like the piece I was complaining to the guy about, so in the end if your wild piece is at a shop tell them to hold it for 2 weeks even if you pay for it in advance chances are they also wont be able to keep it happy.
But I do have wild pieces that are thriving bt have had only a 2-5% loss ratio not too bad. Unfortunately I saw my piece at a coral farmers market and it was like triple what I had paid 4 month earlier had to pass. Intrestingly enough the coral in the shop it was at next to the prostrata was RTN'ng just like the piece I was complaining to the guy about, so in the end if your wild piece is at a shop tell them to hold it for 2 weeks even if you pay for it in advance chances are they also wont be able to keep it happy.
birdman1979
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I've had good like with wild species, it's all in how they are handled/transported. If you took a coral straight from the ocean and put it in a healthy system, It would thrive.
