Sps In A Mixed Reef

[danano]

[danano]

[danano]

Moved the monti to make way for the new "bonsai acro colony"... here's the monti cap in its new spot on the reef.

[Achilles Tang]

Very nice, Dan! Very nice indeed!

Looks like T5s can do a decent job in nano tanks in colouring up SPS!

[williammuk]

Great looking nano, Dan.

Say, I see a few powerheads.

Do you use any other devices to make/simulate waves?

Thanks.

[ckevin]

Hey Dan.. looks like you can't take anymore colonies.*chuckle*

That new acquisition is so sweet.

Great looking tank you have there!

[Joe_P]

Hey Dan.. looks like you can't take anymore colonies.*chuckle*

That new acquisition is so sweet.

Great looking tank you have there!

All these mini sized SPS reef is driving me nuts, especially after seeing them "live"....

Now I'm so tempted to start one of my own.......

Kevin, suggest you start a thread on your mini reef too......

show some pics and get every one drooling too.....

[ReeF_LoVeR]

hi

what is the max size for a nano??

[Tanzy]

To qualify as nano, the general consensus is about 30 gallons or less.

A picture danano's two tanks.

[danano]

hmmm... slight cyano problem in the earlier days of my 30g (in Tanzy's post above)

thanks for your support and complements fellas!

anyway, here's a current pic I took yesterday

[flubberina13]

hmmm... slight cyano problem in the earlier days of my 30g (in Tanzy's post above)

thanks for your support and complements fellas!

anyway, here's a current pic I took yesterday

Wah...so inspired...Should I? Shouldn't I?

[danano]

Here's what I would refer to as a "bonsai" colony

[danano]

another view

[ckevin]

All these mini sized SPS reef is driving me nuts, especially after seeing them "live"....

Now I'm so tempted to start one of my own.......

Kevin, suggest you start a thread on your mini reef too......

show some pics and get every one drooling too.....

Joe,

thank you for your compliment! I will most definitely post my pics some day. Blame it on Dan if i take too long. Everytime i see pictures of his tank, i lost the motivation to post. Instead, i will spend more gruelling hours trying to 'simulate' his reef. (despite getting some rash due to minor allergy)

I am sticking my hand a lot more after i saw his reef. Maybe after i should get more cool frags from you...mmm.(He..he.. he)

Danano,

Dan, my hand is rotting away. But truly worth it!

Cool tank again bro!

[yazid]

Kevin,

Do show me your acquisition... the purple one...

When I saw you guys (Kevin & Danano) touching every single SPS in the last tub at PR and recalling the name of every species, talking about the color and the growth. Not to mention hogging the last tub. I thought you guys are professors from the Institute of Marine Science. Until you guys start calling Phang...

Nice meeting you guys. The Nano guru.

[ckevin]

When I saw you guys (Kevin & Danano) touching every single SPS in the last tub at PR and recalling the name of every species, talking about the color and the growth. Not to mention hogging the last tub. I thought you guys are professors from the Institute of Marine Science. Until you guys start calling Phang...

Hi yazid,

Really, i am no expert in SPS identification. To me, most acros are called 'acros'. It must have been Danano you heard. Nice meeting you too. Kind Regards.

Dan,

You are taking too long with the updates. I want more!( folds arms, stomps feet )

[danano]

Thanks Kevin. Hey, your aquascape and sps are coming along very nicely! Let's see some pics...

Thanks Yazid! Btw, I'd love to see the tricolour colony that you got from PR. It's a beautiful specimen. Would be great if you could share with us a pic of your reef as well.

[yazid]

Thanks Kevin. Hey, your aquascape and sps are coming along very nicely! Let's see some pics...

Thanks Yazid! Btw, I'd love to see the tricolour colony that you got from PR. It's a beautiful specimen. Would be great if you could share with us a pic of your reef as well.

Dan, I got lousy camera or beacuse I'm lousy at taking photos... I can never get a good shot of my tank.

I'll spend sometime reading how to use my Canon Powershot A40 in manual mode.

[mv3i]

Kevin,

Do show me your acquisition... the purple one...

When I saw you guys (Kevin & Danano) touching every single SPS in the last tub at PR and recalling the name of every species, talking about the color and the growth. Not to mention hogging the last tub. I thought you guys are professors from the Institute of Marine Science. Until you guys start calling Phang...

Nice meeting you guys. The Nano guru.

saw your name on one of the "reserved" SPS holding tank upfront too

[Cookiemunster]

Hi Dan,

congratulations, its a beautiful tank.

However, with all the comments of light demands of sps, I just do not understand how you can maintain a purple or other coloured sps colony via T5 only.

It would make AT really silly to have invested in 1600 watts of power lighting !!!!

My own lights are only MH 150Wx2 with T5 54W x 2 and 30plus watt artinic, and I still do not really dare to venture into SPS cos of all the gurus' warnings. But I would really like to keep a colourful purple or luminous green colony in my tank.

But I am confused as I see the results of your tank.

[Achilles Tang]

T5 are can provide enough light intensity for SPS for shallow nano tanks.

Silly AT

[Cookiemunster]

Ok bro AT, then end Oct after Aquarama, pls help me re landscape my tank to build higher shelves, I want to keep some sps up there. hehehe Intend to keep frags and see how they go. Edwin gave me a purple tip white base with flouro green polyps to try out. But he said it was already half dead. I really dunno, can't tell if its dead or not as it was already white when I got it. But its got slight purplish tips and flourescent polyps near the tips. Its quite cool! Looks like I have to eat my "they are just ugly sticks in the water" comment. hehehe

If not for the recent colours, I never knew these sticks could be so beautiful. Now I'm even trying to figure out how to upgrade my lights to 250W x 2.

[James Lai]

Nice little aquarium

[danano]

Nice little aquarium

little???

Cmunster... most of my sps are no more than 12 inches from my T5s. My T5s are 3" from the surface. I'm sure you'd do fine... keep us posted on how your first sps fares.

[danano]

These two frags are about 6 weeks old... about 8 inches from ATI T5 Aquablue Special and Blue Plus. It is also at a spot with very good flow and circulation. Colouration now is even better than when I first got the colony!