Reeference
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what do i need to know?
New to sps keeping
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Reeference
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yes definitely. lol
LifeAquatic
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Start trolling the SPS forums for information. Read as much as you can. There is a lot to keeping SPS so take your time.
Hookup
New member
as a starting point look into some of the reefkeeping mag articles. They have great info... just dive in and read some articles to get the lingo figured out... then you'll find loads of other places to spiral off into...
FLOW
LIGHTING
CHEMISTRY
are going to be of extra importance.
FLOW
LIGHTING
CHEMISTRY
are going to be of extra importance.
smtank
New member
Now that is not nice or helpful.
To op, try to be organized in your research. For instance start reading all threads related to lighting of sps, next maybe essential parameter values, then flow........ you get the idea. Personally I would only invest in some of the easier sps like some monti digitata, birdsnest and pocillopora. Once you get those down try some harder acroporas.
LifeAquatic
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How is my advive rude or not helpful? Im suggesting he start to read about SPS and take his time. There is alot to learn about SPS corals and how to keep them.
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How is my advive rude or not helpful? Im suggesting he start to read about SPS and take his time. There is alot to learn about SPS corals and how to keep them.
iap
BOSS
Yea lifeaquatic, telling that guy to read on the sps forum for information wasnt the least bit nice... *sarcasm*
Why do people feel the need to reply to every thread but dont take the time to read the responses before they attempt to chastise someone for giving good advice. Maybe smtank meant to quote summertime else..
Why do people feel the need to reply to every thread but dont take the time to read the responses before they attempt to chastise someone for giving good advice. Maybe smtank meant to quote summertime else..
cloak
New member
If you've had any success keeping lps and softies, it's pretty much the same thing IMO. The lighting might be different though. More intense. There not as fragile as I once thought. Good luck.
Reeference
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thanks guy for those infor
as of now Im running 2-250w mh along with 4 -HO t5
Flow 2 k4 and 2 maxi jet modded and a wave box.
skimmer is the old school asm g2
as of now Im running 2-250w mh along with 4 -HO t5
Flow 2 k4 and 2 maxi jet modded and a wave box.
skimmer is the old school asm g2
cindre2000
New member
If your tank is ~100-150ish gallons; then you just need to keep your param's stable and you should be set to succeed.
Reeference, to your original question "what do I need to know" - I like you am new to SPS keeping (but not to keeping saltwater tanks). In my brief SPS experience here are a few things I've found:
As others have posted, read as much as you can or at least read the "stickys" at the top of this forum. Many of the problems identified by other reefers I encountered myself. I was able to use some of their ideas to analyze my situation. I found most of my problems were getting water parameters at correct level and stable. If it wasn't that, it was usually my poor acclimation procedure.
Understand the water chemistry in our tanks - I never gave this much thought until starting to keep SPS. I always thought my tank was fine until I actually monitored them. Man, was I ever surprised by the swings in Alk, Calk and how high my Nitrates and Phosphates were.
Equipment and Patience - I couldn't resist buying those pretty colorful corals right away, which was an expensively bad idea. I found there was alot of pre work needed (water chemistry, flow, lighting). Once I started getting the right equipment, seeing stable conditions, I started seeing success. I also try to stay with the "easier" corals.
Good luck, my two cents...
Martie
As others have posted, read as much as you can or at least read the "stickys" at the top of this forum. Many of the problems identified by other reefers I encountered myself. I was able to use some of their ideas to analyze my situation. I found most of my problems were getting water parameters at correct level and stable. If it wasn't that, it was usually my poor acclimation procedure.
Understand the water chemistry in our tanks - I never gave this much thought until starting to keep SPS. I always thought my tank was fine until I actually monitored them. Man, was I ever surprised by the swings in Alk, Calk and how high my Nitrates and Phosphates were.
Equipment and Patience - I couldn't resist buying those pretty colorful corals right away, which was an expensively bad idea. I found there was alot of pre work needed (water chemistry, flow, lighting). Once I started getting the right equipment, seeing stable conditions, I started seeing success. I also try to stay with the "easier" corals.
Good luck, my two cents...
Martie
rogerwilco357
Active member
learn how to dip your corals and invest in a QT. tank so you can monitor the corals before putting them in your main tank . learn how all you can about aefw. and red bugs and how to identify them . or you could loose all your corals and money fast. take your time and learn to balance your water changes. parameters and remember with sps you need alot of flow and light. good luck
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Reeference
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I have got one deep water acro today according to the lfs owner. It has thin branches but brownd out (light brown) with no polyp extension. Looks like a wild collected piece, so any suggestion on how to improve the health of this acro? When it was out of the bag, it smelled pretty sweet or fresh i should say.
