Apisto
2-Partin' it!
My last few reef tanks have been primarily Acropora and Montipora with a few random LPS corals. I have had varying degrees of success with them, but was left somewhat unsatisfied, primarily because I wasn't really keeping the corals that I was most interested in.
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My last tank was pretty successful and a good learning experience.
The reason for that is that the corals that I was most drawn to were either very hard to come by or very expensive. With this current shallow 40 gallon tank from Advanced Acrylics I decided to take my time and acquire coral that I have always wanted.
RR Purple Dragon Eyes
Many of these are deep water (or more appropriately smooth-skinned) Acropora, hence the title of the thread.
Battlecorals Splendid Gremlin
The tank is now just about a year and a half old. And, finally, some of the frags that I have acquired I have finally started to grow into small colonies. All corals in my tank come from vendors or other hobbyist and all started has frags. Because this tank is so small I quickly ran out as a rock space for the Acropora that I wanted to keep, so about a year ago I turned my focus more towards interesting LPS corals.
JF Jack-o-lantern
This has been a little bit of a new experience for me, as I have really not kept many LPS in the past. But, it has also been a learning experience and kept me quite interested during the long lull of slow growth associated with Acropora frags.
This Fireworks echinata has much faster growth than most acros, which is a real treat for impatient reefers
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My last tank was pretty successful and a good learning experience.
The reason for that is that the corals that I was most drawn to were either very hard to come by or very expensive. With this current shallow 40 gallon tank from Advanced Acrylics I decided to take my time and acquire coral that I have always wanted.
RR Purple Dragon Eyes
Many of these are deep water (or more appropriately smooth-skinned) Acropora, hence the title of the thread.
Battlecorals Splendid Gremlin
The tank is now just about a year and a half old. And, finally, some of the frags that I have acquired I have finally started to grow into small colonies. All corals in my tank come from vendors or other hobbyist and all started has frags. Because this tank is so small I quickly ran out as a rock space for the Acropora that I wanted to keep, so about a year ago I turned my focus more towards interesting LPS corals.
JF Jack-o-lantern
This has been a little bit of a new experience for me, as I have really not kept many LPS in the past. But, it has also been a learning experience and kept me quite interested during the long lull of slow growth associated with Acropora frags.
This Fireworks echinata has much faster growth than most acros, which is a real treat for impatient reefers
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