Sinistard
New member
Well I picked up my first acro last Sunday and I had a couple questions.
First off I have zero experience keeping Acros and very little with SPS in general. The only SPS I have keep have been various montis with good luck but I think you could keep some of them in a gold fish bowl .
Here is a picture of the frag I picked up. I'm not 100% on the exact type of acro it is so I don't know what to search for as far as requirements (flow, light)
The questions I had are how high in my tank should I keep the frag to start and how much flow should I start it out with.
My tank is a 70g with 2 250w Aqua Medic ocean lights around 9 inches over the water line.
I stuck the frag in about half way up the rock work and in a medium indirect area of flow to start and did not get any polyp extension over the first 2 days so I moved it up a bit higher and in a higher direct flow area and I am still not getting any polyp extension. There have been a few times when the tips of the polyps stuck out a bit but never fully out.
Is it normal for an Acro to not extend its polyps for several days after adding it to a tank? It seems to be ok other than the polyps not extending, it has not lost any color and still looks fleshy.
Thanks for any help.
First off I have zero experience keeping Acros and very little with SPS in general. The only SPS I have keep have been various montis with good luck but I think you could keep some of them in a gold fish bowl .
Here is a picture of the frag I picked up. I'm not 100% on the exact type of acro it is so I don't know what to search for as far as requirements (flow, light)
The questions I had are how high in my tank should I keep the frag to start and how much flow should I start it out with.
My tank is a 70g with 2 250w Aqua Medic ocean lights around 9 inches over the water line.
I stuck the frag in about half way up the rock work and in a medium indirect area of flow to start and did not get any polyp extension over the first 2 days so I moved it up a bit higher and in a higher direct flow area and I am still not getting any polyp extension. There have been a few times when the tips of the polyps stuck out a bit but never fully out.
Is it normal for an Acro to not extend its polyps for several days after adding it to a tank? It seems to be ok other than the polyps not extending, it has not lost any color and still looks fleshy.
Thanks for any help.