2 years of SPS and Acropora coral growth
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- Опубликовано: 22 июл 2024
- A little pseudo time lapse documenting SPS and Acropora growth in my reefer 250 over 2 years.
Includes notes on placement, PAR levels, and color for:
ORA birds of paradise, Reef Raft (RR) Pacman, Encrusting Montipora; pink mystic, mystique, and superman, pink millipora, sunset millipora, Christmas Montipora, Acropora tenuis, Acropora secal, Aussi Rainbow Acropora, shochaholic, RR Pink Cadillac, Acropora tortusa, Blueberry Wine Acropora, Cali Tort, Green Slimer, RR Orange Passion, ORA red planet, ORA Blue Voodoo, Cold water Acropora and Purple Bonsai Acropora valida 
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Thank you for taking the time to put this video together. Your tank is an inspiration. There's really nothing good that comes fast in this hobby.
Jel0XD thanks! It does take a bit of time to take the pictures and process them, and also to put the video together. But it’s very gratifying to see the progression over time, and very happy to share the results with the community
Serious time commitment and so interesting! I love these growth videos!
Tyler Jaax thanks Tyler
Great job documenting the growth of your colonies. One of the best videos on RUclips showing this level of detail and photography.
thanks!
It was so wonderful to see the growth. Thank you it was both lovely and informative.
Mark Carley thanks Mark
Love seeing that growth you're getting! Thanks for sharing! Liked, subscribed and looking forward to learn more about your setup and how you get them to grow so nicely! =)
Philip Wu thanks Philip! Much appreciated
Amazing video!
Somebody should give you an award for such a detail taking pictures and explaining the progress, etc!
Thank you!
Keep the good work!
Thanks!
Your growth is ridiculous!!! Thank you so much for your video. Let's me know what I should be aiming for. Your corals are beauts... very nice!
Thanks Jeremy - stay tuned - i'll be updating this video with three years of growth. please sub to the channel and check out my other videos on parameters, lighting and flow! cheers
Crazy good documentary for your SPS. All these details about pars, your thought, and all others.
thanks Lee!
great work thank you! It is very important to have this analytical understanding about all coral species and thir behaviour and interactions
thanks!
very good video! Answers a lot of questions on coral growth and expectation management, thanks!
goodefx5 managing expectations is good for sps success :)
Beautiful man love your content, that red planet will engulf all, in the wild that is one huge plating sps, very well done video👏🏼👌🏼
thanks!
Best coral video I’ve seen in years. Great job
Abran Salazar thanks!
Awesome video! Growth shots are my favorite.
thanks Dave!
Very nice tank and video. Was so much fun to watch, i also have a few sps you named.
SGREEFER310 awesome, thanks
nice to see the potential of a frag. Been buying a bunch of frags my self..
Nice video. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Alex
Great growth video! Thanks Keep up the good work!
thanks Mathew. please sub and hit the notification button to get alerts when then 3 yr growth video comes out, in a couple of month!
I am already a subscriber and I get your notifications. Looks forward to the 3 year video update!
awesome, thanks Mattew!
Great video and info.
Kurt Scoville thanks Kurt
Really good video👍 I now wish I would have documented my corals that way.
thanks! it takes a bit of time, but worth it IMHO
These are so pretty omg...
Unicornia thanks!
Awesome video thanks for the sharing
No wonder you have so many thumbs up on this video what great documentation of the world's best Hobby.
thanks!
Thank you for sharing
glad you liked it
Amazing !
thanks!
Great video sir..
FEBUS AQUATICS thanks!
Really amazing video
Aziz Alshark thanks Aziz
AmroAzul I liked the stability on the level of two years really beautiful👌
Awesome video Amro....May i ask when you started adding some of those acros exactly after how long you started adding them once your tank cycled? I am now in my 4th month and want to start adding acros...i do have pink Cadillac, the miyagi electric tort (from u) which are showing good signs of growth....thanks..
Ash I added the first acros a couple of weeks after starting the tank... I cycled the dry rock in a brute garbage container and I moved a couple of bits of life rock from my nano when I started the reefer. I had not detectable ammonia or nitrite 2 days after running water and I can tell that critters on the life rock where still alive so I added the fish right away and the acros a week later
This was definitely a great video. One day man one day..🖒🖒
Tru Reef ;) will come sooner or later
Nice growth!👌
thanks!
Hi beautiful coral 👍
thanks Sylvester!
Nice!!!
thanks!
What's your process for mounting the frags?
Nice update and some really good growth. You don't happen to be in SoCal do you? Would love to buy a piece of that tort.
Tony's reef keeping thanks Tony! Sorry in Canada
Red plan is tabling sps turn to have it on the edge. You will see it branching out
thanks for the tip, but what do you mean about having it on the edge?
AmroAzul TV on the edge or vertical side of the rock
Could anyone tell me what putty is the one he used on one of his corals to help it encrust?
I use putt from two little fishes
How much are you selling pieces of your mystery acro for that turned out so nice?
Aquatic Oasis I only offer them locally - are you in Canada
Your tank so fantastic.. I wish my tank be like your..
thanks!
You have been getting great growth and awesome color. What are you dosing?
Kelly's Reef thanks Kelly! All info on dosing can be found here ruclips.net/video/VzZzjvu2Gds/видео.html briefly, I dose kalkwasser via ato, then supplement with Redsea’s Alk / Ca / Mg buffers. I also occasionally dose potassium nitrate and phosphorus to maintain nitrate and phosphate levels
Awesome video. I'm new in the coral hobby and just soaking information right now and eventually would have a tank like yours. What corals are easy to care for beginners?
Omar Cadenas thanks Omar. Mushrooms are really easy and so are hammers and torches if you get decent lights. Birdsnest corals are also fairly robust if you have desert light
@@TheBioReef thxs
my cali blue tort looks exactly like yours except one thing, it has an underlying green to it in certain blues and violet light. do you experience the same thing?
yeah, similar to mine
Hi you have very beautiful sps reefing tanks . can know what type of glue you are using to glue your SPS ? thank you.
King Knight I mostly use either ecotech glue , tlf putty or Krazy glue gel
@@TheBioReef Thx Q
Amazing growth! I have my acros for a year now and all those suckers do is encrust! Did you notice a growth increase by dimming blues and increasing red and green for a fraction of the day?
Matyas Castro thanks! I only noticed a spurt in growth when I added my third light. I haven’t shifted at all from the sps ab+ light program
Oh ok I must have gotten confused with the spectrum change that you mentioned in a lighting video when you watch the tank. I want to try lower kelvin lighting with LEDs to test acro growth. With metal halides the lower K bulbs made a worlds difference in growth
Matyas Castro somebody did an experiment with running all blues, sps ab+ vs full spectrum lights and found no diff in coloration / growth... I think it was posted on ecotech’s channel
Thanks so much. I’ll look at their channel
Will underwater plants grow along them??
how much was that blueberry wine acro frag when you bought it
$60 I think
Very good vídeo! Help me choose my next corals!
Great video! Btw, when did u introduce ur first sps in your tank? Soon after the cycling or waited for 5-6 months..? If you can share, it will help in setting up sps tank of mine! Thanks..
Hi Salman. good luck with your tank. I seeded my tank with live rock from my nano. i didn't really have to wait for the nitrogen cycle to establish (because of the bio filter provided by the live rocks). I added a few SPS a few weeks after tank startup
Alright! Thanks. I will do the same. I have a nano about a year old now. Will use live rocks and some sand to seed! Thanks!
i should add that if you have any nuisance pests in your nano, then obviously you may want to start with dry rocks. Also test your new system with a couple of cheap SPS frags first
Sure! Will do that! But we in India don't have much choice about selecting corals. Plus nothing n sps is cheap. Least would be a 40$ frag. Corals are banned here in India ! Not even maricultured are allowed to be kept. Some rules they have set! They themselves need some awareness on this stuff.. Well, will surely update. I have coralline algae growing on my equipment though.. Should that be a good sign?
salman shaikh yes Coraline is a great sign
Those are beautiful! Is it okay to put a lot of corals inside a tank?
thanks! so long as you keep pruning them, then they should be fine
beautiful video could you give me your water parameters and you add amino acids? you have an exceptional shoot.
thanks Daniel - they vary a bit. have a look here ruclips.net/video/6HzII3p5zwY/видео.html for the latest month's parameters and here for my testing and husbandry ruclips.net/video/VzZzjvu2Gds/видео.html ; i don't add aminos - well i did early on but i think it contributed to some of my tanks' outbreaks, so i stopped using it.
What kind of coral is that on the bottom left at 2:10 mark?
That RR Mr Pacman
I love the miyagi tort . What’s the odds of you fragging and selling me one ? I love it and cannot find one like it anywhere! Thank you ! Just reaching ! Thank you for the video.
if you are near the Toronto area, then PM or a frag... alas, can't ship internationally
@@TheBioReef I live in U.S. in Kentucky. I would be willing to pay for the shipping. Idk if shipping to the us it consider internationally from Canada or not . I sure appreciate you getting back to me!
@@markiemark9268 Sorry Mark, can't ship to the US :(
@@TheBioReef thank you for your time .. happy reefing . Great looking tank !!!
Good job bro
Thanks!
AmroAzul TV i like your aquarium and your corals are Beautiful
Poderoso77 much appreciated!
What is the accroparas on the top we see 1'30?
thats my electric myagi tort
I'm sure you must have mentioned it some where but I missed it, What lights are you using? Thanks
i am using radions XR15's,
@@TheBioReef Thanks
Great video! What lights do you use?
Eye Everything radions xr15s
As a point of curiosity do you mean .2 .3 po4 or .02 .03 po4? I'm trying to learn so not questioning your knowledge at all
0.2 to 0.3 :) My tank has been running at about 0.15 for the past 3 years. Thanks for watching.
Were then under artificial lights conditions???
I’m assuming u mean .03-.04, not .3 -.4 on ur phosphates! Great growth
you heard correctly, 0.2 to 0.3 ppm (not 0.03 or 0.04)... i know that is considered 'really high' and perhaps catastrophically high by some. But, i let my phosphates rise above 0.1 ppm when i was battling DINOs, they stayed at between 0.2 and 0.3 for about 4 month, and went as high as 0.4 ppm for one week. Nitrates where around 10 ppm; my SPS looked great!!! I've since started growing chaeto in my fuge, and my nitrates are about 2.5 ppm and my phosphates are 0.1 ppm now.
@@TheBioReef dinoflagellates?
You mean phosphates 0.02-0.03 (not 0.2-0.3) right? 0.3 would be suuuuper high I think? Great work the tank looks terrific, I like your vids!
actually, you hear correctly 0.2 to 0.3, although now my levels are between 0.15 to 0.2 ppm (measured by hanna ULR checker). I know this sounds really high based on the 'wisdom' of keeping nitrates and phosphates near zero. But in my tank, and many others, these levels don't seem to cause issues or noticeable algae in the display
That is great! I was just going on articles like this one that seem to indicate that calcification, or growth, would be strongly inhibited with high phosphate levels. reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-09/rhf/index.php however, your growth looks great so obviously there is more to it than just a phosphate number! Cheers.
yeah, i've read Randy's articles... and also read the peer-reviewed literature that he cites (the manipulative experiments that elevated nitrates and phosphates and documented reduction in growth)... i have a few ideas of why perhaps we should expect a 1:1 extrapolation from increasing nutrients in the great barrier reef to our reef tank. 1) all other factors are not equal; so possibly, high nitrates and phosphates can be tolerated at higher that NSW alkalinity / calcium, etc. 2) Most of my SPS have been in aquaculutre for a while; perhaps they adapted. its commonly assumed that wild colonies are more finicky to keep than the 'named' acros that have been in tanks for 20 years or so; perhaps there was an acclimation / artificial selection that has allowed some corals to tolerate high nutrient conditions. Either way, according to 'theory', my tank should be full of algae and show low-no growth... but it doesn't. why? is my tank unique in some way, or is it perhaps that the theory is not all worked out yet....
thanks for your comments by the way, i appreciate thoughtful discussions! cheers!
Great video what you keep your alk and cal
Arman Dallakyan about 8.5 and 450
@@TheBioReef great range main i am running @ 490 cal 10.5 alk so hard to stabilize the cal and alk i don't even dos , i run my calcium reactor for 5hrs aday
Pink mystic? I have the exact same one and was told it was a Reverse Superman
yeah coral naming in the hobby is not an exact science! i always thought that reverse superman is red with blue polyps, not pink with blue polyps, but i've never seen one in person, so i can't comment. I am fairly certain that mine was sold as 'pink mystic' and it is indeed pink when you see it in person.
Would you be willing to sell a frag of each in a pack, and if so how much would you charge?
I only do frags for folks in and around Toronto
Okay, just wanted to see, trying to expand my knowledge of coral and expand my tank, thanks for the reply
Joey Gross Np!
Its interesting the difference 4 years has made. There are no more 'run of the mill' corals or fish. Every pencil eraser frag for 60 dollars is now special. 10 years ago I thought that the supply chain was unlimited.
You can still get a few things for $20 to $30. You typically get better deals from home reefers vs LFS, but I think some of price increases are justified. It’s expensive to run a reef and the costs of electricity and reagents are always increasing. So it make sense for the frag prices to also increase. The vast majority of reefers sell frags as a cost recovery mechanism for their expensive reefs. Just my thoughts!
Name of light?
Radions
what lights are you running?
radions xr15s gen 3
What your light setting?
Where did you get that Miyagi tort?
TrulyTanked this Tort was mislabeled as Cali Tort from a LFS that typically imports wild colonies. So not exactly sure what it is ; I cal it miyagi because it’s the closest thing based on pics
AmroAzul TV very nice coral do you have any frags?
TrulyTanked I do but only if you are in Canada
That suck Tampa Bay Florida here
You reefers are going to be the end of me. Lol. Making me want to swap up my empty freshwater tanks to salt so i can get some frags. Gonna turn me into a "frag freak".
do it do it do it :)
how often you do WC?
once a week, 5 L, using instant ocean (regular, not reef crystals)
thank you
What putty are you using?
Most of the time, i use the TLF putty. But i just tried the DD putty and i've been liking it a bit better. It tends to stay pliable for a longer period, giving you more time to use the product. The DD putty does give off a lot of residue when in the water relative to TLF however
@@TheBioReef ohhh okay...which color do you use...the grey or the coraline algae one?
grey
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How to get my corals to grow.
try to emulate a successful tank. water chemistry, light and flow are all important... there are many systems out there, so pick a proven one and give it a go
@@TheBioReef ocean revive. Rw4. Powerhead. I dont want to blast my lps. Sps. A few at the top
stunning acropora!!! love your corals and tanks!! check my new tank out, any sps tips?
will do Brian. a lot of my husbandry info can be found here ruclips.net/video/VzZzjvu2Gds/видео.html tips on lights here ruclips.net/video/IQ-z3oZIBoI/видео.html and flow here ruclips.net/video/Mciil9MN8Fw/видео.html
it's "mee-yah-gee" not "jee" lol !! Go watch Karate Kid :)
aquaticNStuff you say me-yah-gee and I mi-yah-Jee ... no biggie
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