elegance coral
They call me EC
Like the title says. What do you believe brings out the best Polyp extension in your SPS?
What's your secret for great PE?
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elegance coral
They call me EC
LOL. So basically, trial and error until flow and lighting is just right?
Dustin1300
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Right light/flow coupled with long term good husbandry
elegance coral
They call me EC
I occasionally dose vitamins and amino acids. I've notice a very quick response in some LPS corals as they extend their feeding tentacles. Over the next few days, their general PE will be larger than normal. Has anyone noticed anything like this in their SPS corals?
elegance coral
They call me EC
Removing any and all dwarf angels from the tank.When I added mine, I lost all PE, but I like the fish more then I like PE.
That just means you need a larger tank, and more corals to spread the lovin out a little. :rollface:
Dustin1300
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saltyliving
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i removed my filter sock and carbon. and noticed a huge change
Dustin1300
Reefaholic
This should only have an effect if you did not change filter sock/carbon as often as you should have been.
Brian Chong
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I feed my fish heavy but i also read it had to do with water parameters as well
divewsharks
Active member
dialed in water parameters, flow, flow and more flow. i've noticed if my alk dips, my polyps retract.
Brian Chong
New member
Strong turbulent random flow. The more the better.
I noticed slight retraction and tested to find out my magnesium dipped from 1380 to 1300 all others being stable.
When i feed coral food i notice i get more aiptasia. save urself the cost and just feed your fish 3 times a day. Just my 2 cents
divewsharks
Active member
I forgot to say the turbulent & random part. My corals, escpecially the milli's went nuts when i switched from koralia's to vortech's.
ReefSafari
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I couldn't agree more, and really it depends on what type of SPS your talking about, One thing I noticed is many of my birdsnest seem to retract thier polyps if the flow gets to much, when I dail it down a bit they come out, so finding that perfect flow that keeps all your sps happy is key i think. Some seem to like more flow and some like less, and I think thats where position of corals plays a key role too, Its a real art to placing corals in just the right spot, aquascaping can effect flow, so where you place your corals in relation to where the flow is comming and going can be important.
Many people just say the most flow you can give, but I have seen some tanks where there is sooo much flow the corals can't even extend thier polyps hardly at all, I do think there is such a thing as too much flow as well. Your corals will tell you what flow they like.
Thats just my opinion...and take that with a grain of salt as I am fairly new to the hobby....:fun2:
westreef
Lost as usual
I have plenty of PE from my SPS only after all the lights are off. Day time, very little PE because of my flame angel, I think. However, I like the color and its never ending movement in the tank. I usually feed the coral at night because of the PE condition. Interesting enough, even daytime PE is not great, the growth is decent.
Brian Chong
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Most flow your tank permits ime. Just pulled the trigger on another mp10.
that makes it 2 mp10s at full blast and 2 koralia evo 750s on a 24x24x20 cube to get a 93x turnover rate and that's not including the return which is only 650gph since i have a refugium. Polyp extension- excellent. Colors are excellent, but too soon to make a final conclusion on the effect of increased flow. More flow=nutrient transport, stn prevention, our oceans
RealReef7
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Removing any and all dwarf angels from the tank.
Amen to that my coral beauty nips here and there, i really regret buying that fish. So depressing to see the polyps retract...:fun2:
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