Need to check this post out SPS lovers!

[parkavenuereef]

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=971190

 

[parkavenuereef]

here is more!!

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=992432

 

[SkiFletch]

Wow, cant.. find... words...

 

[MarkKlier]

Very good link..thanks...MK

 

[Blugobi]

Amazing what growth hormones can do

 

[bosborn1]

In the end the HGH has little to do with it. I have been following this thread for some time. It has more to do with the oyster protiens and the amino acids. There feeding a blend of Mussels and Clams in large dosages to saturate the water.

Also time and not fraging has a lot to do with it.

Scott

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

time and not fragging are the key.

 

[drbronx]

I've been admiring this thread on the sps forum for a while. Amazing stuff. I've noticed that many europeans seem to prefer the open top and shy away from canopies. I wonder if its for other than aesthetic value. I do like the look. Some of those tanks are so crowded with sps that I wonder how much room the fish have to swim, especialy the tank with the Clown, Naso and Achilles Tan. The europeans have been in this game for a bit longer than us, and some of their tanks may simply be more mature. I don't believe there are any tricks to producing large corals. Just time, patience and good husbandry. I presently have a blue tenuis that started as a one inch frag about two years ago. No special feeding or additives. Now it is the size of a large cantalope. And thats with continual fragging. I've had to start the painful process of selling off some nice colonies, to allow others to grow and mature. Eventually I'll be left with a few large colonies. I guess its all part of the evolution of the hobby. Before long, more of out tanks will have that more natural reef appearance.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Long before I learned to take good pictures I grew out some large SPS colonies from frags that came from Tropicorium in Detroit.

There was no local market for frags and I did not have access to websites like RC, so corals were left alone to grow.

 

[bigkev76]

Great links. I am also amazed at how they are able to keep these apparently long term and well established sps tanks under those conditions. I think someone should tell them that a DSB is the worst thing for an sps dominated reef!

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8739841#post8739841 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bigkev76
I think someone should tell them that a DSB is the worst thing for an sps dominated reef!

I'm not following the thread closely. I would guess they already know about the potential pitfalls of DSB's.

 

[bigkev76]

It just proves that what works for some isn't necessarily the way to go for everyone. I prefer a moderate sandbed, and I really laughed at the pics of the large Sarco's in with the sps colonies and neither seemed to be too badly affected.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8740207#post8740207 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bigkev76
It just proves that what works for some isn't necessarily the way to go for everyone. I prefer a moderate sandbed, and I really laughed at the pics of the large Sarco's in with the sps colonies and neither seemed to be too badly affected.

No doubt they are running GAC, skimmers and perform regular water changes- but I'm not following the thread very closely. Maybe somebody that is reading it can confirm this.

 

[bosborn1]

Yes they are running GAC....As far as the "myth" about DSBs and softies in a sps tank...I have a 180 display that can disprove those myths.

Scott

 

[thriceanangel]

What does GAC mean?