How Long before SPS?
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Be careful, sometimes sps don't like led... Here are the param to shoot for http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rhf/.
I had halides for 3 years before I made the switch to LEDs. It killed about 30% of my sps. Some sps are more sensitive than others. That includes the lighting as well. Sps need to be acclimated to LEDs slowly. It doesn't matter how long the tank has been established.
I don't think there will be a difference if you don't currently have sps. Just make the switch. One thing to keep in mind when buying sps is what kind of lighting did the person have and where it was placed in the tank. It will give you am idea on where to place your new frags and how much to acclimate them to your lighting
I don't think there will be a difference if you don't currently have sps. Just make the switch. One thing to keep in mind when buying sps is what kind of lighting did the person have and where it was placed in the tank. It will give you am idea on where to place your new frags and how much to acclimate them to your lighting
I know my tank very well. So I don't recommend this for everyone but if I bought an sps from someone who said they had the coral up high with metal halides then I would place it in the sand bed. I would leave it there for a couple weeks even if the color fades a little. I would then start moving it up slowly. If it was high in a metal halide system then it requires high light and would place it in a high value part of my tank. I have places where I know a coral will do well no matter what it is.
Place the frag as low as possible and slowly raise it up to where you want it to be. It is even more important to light acclimate the corals if the frag came from a MH tank into your LED tank. Raise the frag up a little every couple days or so. Try seriatopora or pocillopora for your first sps. Both are pretty tolerant.
Tanks don't need to "mature", that's a bunch of bull crud. The hobbyist is the one that needs to mature. Lol
I had a frag tank setup for 3 weeks and I added about 25 SPS frags from my display. Didn't lost a single piece. The key to SPS isn't a "mature" tank, it's stable water parameters.
3 things u need to start an SPS tank:
1.alk & calcium test kit
2. Auto top off
3. Two part by hand/doser, or calcium reactor.
Those should be the basics to a SPS tank. If ur SPS are looking ugly, then u need to look into
1. Phosphate test kit
2. Gfo/gfo reactor
3. Possibly upgrading ur lights to something stronger
Hot Dogs are GOOD!
I had a frag tank setup for 3 weeks and I added about 25 SPS frags from my display. Didn't lost a single piece. The key to SPS isn't a "mature" tank, it's stable water parameters.
3 things u need to start an SPS tank:
1.alk & calcium test kit
2. Auto top off
3. Two part by hand/doser, or calcium reactor.
Those should be the basics to a SPS tank. If ur SPS are looking ugly, then u need to look into
1. Phosphate test kit
2. Gfo/gfo reactor
3. Possibly upgrading ur lights to something stronger
Hot Dogs are GOOD!
Funny Nick. Start taking a picture someone can actually Identify your coral and we can all believe you. So far even your polyps don't look right.
While I agree with what you say on parameters I do not agree with maturity in tanks being "BS."
I have witnessed guys doing the exact copy (equipment, water parameters, even the new water was the large tanks old for wc's, and nada)of their large tanks on their frag tanks and the sticks looked like crap in the frag tank.
While I agree with what you say on parameters I do not agree with maturity in tanks being "BS."
I have witnessed guys doing the exact copy (equipment, water parameters, even the new water was the large tanks old for wc's, and nada)of their large tanks on their frag tanks and the sticks looked like crap in the frag tank.
