My first sps coral

[Kaman8]

It's a gorgeous first piece! Can't Wait to see it a year from now. What is the name of the light your running? Your peramiters seem great!

Here is the website of my lamp http://www.eco-lamps.com/KRV5SP.htm

I have the krv5-18s version

150 watt full spectrum

 

[chrismhaase]

I'm not sure why no one's chiming in on your question. Typical first sps for people are things like birdsnest coral or maybe a purple stylophora. I've also had a fair amount of luck with several colors of digitata. Those all seem to grow fairly quickly and are a little harder to kill than the more full blow sps acro's and such.

Agreed.

Also, isn't the leather a no no due to the chemicals that get released and affect the SPS?

 

[brob22]

thats a great light

i use one on my ten gal and can keep any sps anywhere with good color

 

[Kaman8]

thats a great light

i use one on my ten gal and can keep any sps anywhere with good color

Do you have the same light?

 

[Kaman8]

Agreed.

Also, isn't the leather a no no due to the chemicals that get released and affect the SPS?

What leather?

 

[chrismhaase]

What leather?

Never mind, I had two tabs open on here and obviously got confused as to what I was posting to. My bad, sorry for the confusion.

 

[dunk373]

i don't think thats a miami orchid unless the picture is way off

 

[Kaman8]

i don't think thats a miami orchid unless the picture is way off

I googled it at it looks exactly the same as the 1 that I have

 

[eg8r210]

If you have a Miami Orchid then yes it is a fairly easy piece to keep and it grows pretty darn fast. Not sure about any wild pieces but if you have an ORA piece then I think you will be fine. Keep it near the top and in good flow. Your parameters seems fine as long as they are stable. As long as your parameters are not fluctuating all over the place the coral should do well.

 

[Piper27]

Looks like a maricultured staghorn to me.

 

[Kaman8]

If you have a Miami Orchid then yes it is a fairly easy piece to keep and it grows pretty darn fast. Not sure about any wild pieces but if you have an ORA piece then I think you will be fine. Keep it near the top and in good flow. Your parameters seems fine as long as they are stable. As long as your parameters are not fluctuating all over the place the coral should do well.

It came not from the wild

 

[frankyrivera]

Looks like a maricultured piece. Which means it probably started out deep purple and will fade lose some color brown out a bit and then get better again over time. But maricultured pieces tend to do that. Which is why they are priced to sell usually $60 to $100 for mini colonies like that before the color is gone. Being that it's a stag horn you might get lucky as those are hardy. Good luck

 

[Piper27]

If it's on a concrete or similar disk it's a mariculture Which would be a wild coral. And it looks just like one. Mariculture acros sometimes look the same as some of the aquaculture acros with names but in my opinion should be labeled and sold as one.

Just a tip... if your getting into sps, learn and read as much as you can about pests and diseases. Also read about the signs corals give you when they are stressed. Don't wait til the acro looks bad for you learn about these things.

 

[Kaman8]

If it's on a concrete or similar disk it's a mariculture Which would be a wild coral. And it looks just like one. Mariculture acros sometimes look the same as some of the aquaculture acros with names but in my opinion should be labeled and sold as one.

Just a tip... if your getting into sps, learn and read as much as you can about pests and diseases. Also read about the signs corals give you when they are stressed. Don't wait til the acro looks bad for you learn about these things.

I have dipped it in coral rx for 10 min before I put it in the tank.

 

[trueblackpercula]

howthe sps doing?

 

[Kaman8]

howthe sps doing?

Still doing great, it is still looking the same as when I bought it. Not bleaching , not turning brown, not dying , color is still good.

 

[Mazzei]

Kaman, do you have more photos of your reef with the krv5 light ?
Thanks!

 

[frankyrivera]

Update pic

 

[Kaman8]

Kaman, do you have more photos of your reef with the krv5 light ?
Thanks!

I will make some pics later the day.

 

[Kaman8]

Update pic

The acro is dead. I change too much new activated carbon and the next day it was rtn. I couldn't save it, it was dead in 2 days. Stupid mistake of me.