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Thanks everyone Will let you know when I frag the zoas for sale or trade. Added a few more new SPS frags and a dosing pump yesterday. I better stop acquiring SPS corals for now and see how they grow.

Here they are... 3 ft X 2 X 2 + sump = 100 gallons (400 litres) ATI Sunpower 6 X 39W + DE retrofit 2 X 39W; total of 8 bulbs => 5 Blue plus, 2 Aquablue Special and 1 Purple Plus Skimz SK251 protein skimmer 1 6055 Tunze wavemaker with single controller, 1 6065 tunze wavemaker (non-controllable) 1 Eheim 1062 return pump I use minimal rocks as I want more space for SPS corals to grow and better water flow. I utilized dead rocks instead of live as I did not want any pests, algae or lots of phosphates leaching from dead and dying organisms in LRs. I run Rowaphos with a Skimz FR and carbon in a mesh bag constantly. I dose Prodibio's Biodigest and Biotipm once every 2 weeks. Also Salifert's amino acids once a week. Dosing alkalinity and calcium solutions (powder mixed with RO/DI water)to keep up with SPS alk and ca demands. Will switch to TLF's C-Balance solutions once I get my new dosing pump. Change 10-20 litres of water once a week. I also have a small refugium in the sump with chaeto and lit by a Nano-glo LED ficture.

Thanks The tank is kind of empty in the upper half as the SPS frags need at least 6 months to grow into small colonies and I am still adding more frags over the next 1-2 months.

Full tank shot (almost)

Just to share a few photo shots of my reef tank

Let me pop over to your place Friday night if you are around.

Was this previously owned by Danano @ Daniel?

My suggestion is to leave the rocks as they are - the less additions or removal of rocks, the better. The good thing is that you use dead rocks hence you won't have any pests and much lesser chance of nuisance algae of being introduced into your system.

haha it's okay, for now I am just curious to know what its requirements are for lighting and water flow parameters.

It depends on which species of purple. I have an a.valida purple frag that has grown quite a bit over a month's time although the colour has taken on a lighter shade (too much light? too little food?) - in fact, faster than my digitatas or staghorn which are supposed to be easier SPS corals for growth and colouration.

Anyone fragging or selling this? For those who keep this particular strain of acropora, what is your experience with it?

Setosa, red planet, RBM, hot pink tonga stylo.

wow, you remembered a month+ long request! Btw, the RBM I got from you has its polyps out in full glory - very healthy piece!

Time to post in your tank thread. I can see you have questions for the sifus here to answer

Nice.... Will text you before I come in the evening.

haha only for stunning SPS corals

It's why you choose this photoperiod.

Well designed tank with great depth and a short height => this really helps with providing lots of aquascaping options and being able to place your SPS corals anywhere in the tank. Really good growth with your SPS corals - how did you come up with your current photoperiod?

Thanks! Cedric, I believe you have a colony of the Real Deal echinata in your display tank?

I have read that the strawberry shortcake acro is from australian waters, not sure what the setosa origins are.

What's in the shipment?

Has anyone seen these two corals being sold in local LFSes or perhaps Cedric or another frag farmer sells them? Monti setosa Strawberry shortcake acro