SPS newbe

Joejoe · Jul 24, 2011

Ok so I got my first SPS over the last 2 weeks.
I picked up a green acro, blue tort, purple digi, and maimi orchid.
My acro's (polyps/tentacles ?) are fully extended. The purple digi is nice and fuzzy. But the tort and orchid's are just barely poking out if at all.
Is this normal for these corals?
The orchid and Tort were introduced at the same time as the digi. Which was only 2 days ago.

Nickjr000 · Jul 24, 2011

PE depends on the light, flow, and the coral itself. I had 2 red planet that looked totally different cause one was placed in high light and one in low light. the high light one had better pe and was almost all red. Lower light one was more green around bottom and not to crazy with the pe. Maybe move them around to a more/less flow and more/less light area. Plus they're mew to your tank so they still have to settle in

Joejoe · Jul 24, 2011

I'm going to give them a couple more days. There color looks good so maybe it's a flow issue.

Nickjr000 · Jul 25, 2011

o and of course test your water params

Dave · Jul 25, 2011

Last, but not least, inspect for red bugs.

Joejoe · Jul 25, 2011

Thanks. Polyps are starting to extend.
Gave them more flow. I also lowered the orchid to the bottom of the tank.

Baxreefs · Jul 25, 2011

The orchid will bleach if too high under the LEDs.

You can't place the tort high enough unless it is dry!

What do you use for flow in the display tank?

Joejoe · Jul 25, 2011

Yea. I placed the orchid on the bottom under a slight over hang. It's much happier.

I'm using a koraila 3 on one side. Which is on the back left upper corner pointed down directly into the front corner. I have a koraila 2. On the back in the middle of the tank. Which is pointed down towards the front right corner.I also have a nano next to the koraila 3 pointing towards the right side of the tank.
all soft and LPS are on the right side. Duncan, frogspawn, kenya, xeina ect. On the left side green acro,
( your tort, digi, orchid), acan, bubble coral, sun coral, cabbage leather, mushrooms ect.
My tank is very narrow these powerheads reach almost halfway across the tank. I had a 4 it was to much. The left side has way more flow than the right. My softys and LPS love it.