M. Setosa care ??'s

luther1200 · 02/24/2010, 02:35 PM

I got a small frag of M. Setosa the other day. Its doing fine so far, but I just want to see what other people are doing, as far as flow and lighting. Is it a higher light coral or a little less? Right now I have it pretty high in the tank, but it is slighty shaded by my return locline. But its still a high light area of the tank I would say. And does it prefer high flow or moderate? Its a great color, and really want it to do well. Any pics of anybody's would be cool to see. Thanks.

jcal · 02/24/2010, 02:48 PM

I have mine under T-5's, middle of my tank and shade by branches of Ora stuber Acro. I have maybe medium flow to it. I think the Setosa is a low light coral...mine is creamy red/orange.

luther1200 · 02/24/2010, 02:55 PM

I think its a lower light SPS also. That is why I put it under the return lines so it was sort of shaded. But I am thinking it may still be to bright. I have 2-150w Radiums, and 2-39w Ati Blue+.

reefsic · 02/24/2010, 03:10 PM

I have mine in a 100g RR, center medium height. The highest point of my aquascape is about mid level of the tank, and its placed at the highest point. Running 8x54w T5's 10hrs/day. Penductors on my return + 2x1300gph powerheads create tons of flow.

Still a very slow grower but I've experienced great color, growth and PE. Colored has lightened up a bit into a pastel red since I started Zeovit some 3-4 months back, but I'm happy with it.

Only issue I'm battling now with the Setosa is hydroids have affected it...Aarrghhh!!!

luther1200 · 02/24/2010, 03:31 PM

That stinks about the Hydroids. That seems like a good amount of light, and its doing well you say. So I think I'm good were its at as far as light. I have a MP20 and a K3 in my 65g. But it is almost dead center of the tank and towards the back, kind of blocked by the overflow. But its still in a pretty good flow area.

seminolecpa · 02/24/2010, 03:41 PM

Low middle of my tank. It is pretty hearty and grows very quickly for me. White line on it is where I fragged a chunk off.

luther1200 · 02/24/2010, 03:45 PM

Nice piece. Thanks for the pic. How long have you had that 1?

seminolecpa · 02/24/2010, 03:47 PM

Probably 2 to 3 years I think. I got it from Tyree at a coral farmers market when it was still the "hot coral". Probably fragged it 20-30 times since then at least.

luther1200 · 02/24/2010, 03:55 PM

Nice, I think its a great looking coral. I can't wait for mine to grow out a bit. The color is very unique I think. You don't see many others with a color quite like that. I also like the way it grows out.

cato · 02/24/2010, 04:09 PM

Bottom of tank. Upper end of moderate flow.

sfexplicit · 02/24/2010, 05:27 PM

I think I bleached mine placing it too high. It actually turn from that awesome deep orange into pink it's recovering now at the bottom of my tank. Overdriving 6T5's on normal sized 90gallon tank. 2XMP40.

luther1200 · 02/24/2010, 08:58 PM

Nice pic Cato. So everyone seems to have it toward the bottom half, maybe I will find a new spot a bit lower in the tank. And maybe a little less flow. It seems that the polyps that are sheilded are extended more.

kvosstra · 02/24/2010, 09:18 PM

bottom of my old tank - lit by ATI powermodule - about 20" underwater and under a center brace. I also had it about 20" under 20K 400W halides with similar results. Pretty easy coral, as Bryan stated above.

another pic

Best,
-Kyle

soulsigma · 02/24/2010, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kvosstra

bottom of my old tank - lit by ATI powermodule - about 20" underwater and under a center brace. I also had it about 20" under 20K 400W halides with similar results. Pretty easy coral, as Bryan stated above.

another pic

Best,
-Kyle

Love that quote and nice tank

divewsharks · 02/26/2010, 03:05 AM

mine is a nice pinkish orange, sits just above the sandbed in a Tech90 under an ATI fixture. grows at a pretty nice pace for me, at least it was until i dropped a rock on it this past weekend and created a bunch of little frags.

FiReBReTHa · 11/30/2010, 10:18 AM

Thanks for making this thread!

Tony B (UK) · 11/30/2010, 05:18 PM

I want a bit of that setosa! Any one coming to the England on holiday? Do me a frag, please ! ! !

Ostentum · 12/01/2010, 03:58 PM

Interesting, I have mine about 15 inches underneath 2x250 12k Reeflux MH and with medium flow, granted that there is a little extra shading due to the centerbrace in the tank but it has the signature orange color good polyp extension and has gone from a 1 inch frag to a totally encrusted and multiple branches in about 2 months.

ForSaleByAndy · 12/01/2010, 06:08 PM

Well, mine has about quadrupled in size and sits directly under my 14k 250w MH. It's on the upper third of my tank with lights 8" off the water. So, I guess it's versatile enough to adapt to whatever

jhutton · 12/02/2010, 07:43 AM

i also have it high up in my tank under 250 MH pheonix bulbs, with medium flow, very good PE and color on mine

SDguy · 12/02/2010, 08:22 AM

Mine gets orange in low light... more that reddish pink in higher light. Guess it's just personal preference as to which you like better. I keep a piece in both areas

NorthernCF · 12/03/2010, 06:29 PM

Looks great all over!

jbanks · 12/03/2010, 11:57 PM

Mine is about five inches off the bottom of my tank under T5s

tylorarm · 12/08/2010, 08:00 PM

Here's mine. Bottom of the tank under an assortment of lighting:

Imjustgud · 09/25/2013, 05:55 AM

Such a great thread. I have been looking to learn more about caring for this coral. I almost lost my frag, but repositioned it after finding this thread. I hope to see some growth in the future. Thank you all for your posts.

02/24/2010, 02:35 PM	#1
luther1200 Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: NJ, shore Posts: 4,376	M. Setosa care ??'s I got a small frag of M. Setosa the other day. Its doing fine so far, but I just want to see what other people are doing, as far as flow and lighting. Is it a higher light coral or a little less? Right now I have it pretty high in the tank, but it is slighty shaded by my return locline. But its still a high light area of the tank I would say. And does it prefer high flow or moderate? Its a great color, and really want it to do well. Any pics of anybody's would be cool to see. Thanks. __________________ Matt, 65G reef tank Current Tank Info: 65g reef, mix of sps, lps, few softies. Hoping to upgrade within the year.

02/24/2010, 02:55 PM	#3
luther1200 Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: NJ, shore Posts: 4,376	I think its a lower light SPS also. That is why I put it under the return lines so it was sort of shaded. But I am thinking it may still be to bright. I have 2-150w Radiums, and 2-39w Ati Blue+. __________________ Matt, 65G reef tank Current Tank Info: 65g reef, mix of sps, lps, few softies. Hoping to upgrade within the year.

02/24/2010, 03:31 PM	#5
luther1200 Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: NJ, shore Posts: 4,376	That stinks about the Hydroids. That seems like a good amount of light, and its doing well you say. So I think I'm good were its at as far as light. I have a MP20 and a K3 in my 65g. But it is almost dead center of the tank and towards the back, kind of blocked by the overflow. But its still in a pretty good flow area. __________________ Matt, 65G reef tank Current Tank Info: 65g reef, mix of sps, lps, few softies. Hoping to upgrade within the year.

02/24/2010, 03:45 PM	#7
luther1200 Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: NJ, shore Posts: 4,376	Nice piece. Thanks for the pic. How long have you had that 1? __________________ Matt, 65G reef tank Current Tank Info: 65g reef, mix of sps, lps, few softies. Hoping to upgrade within the year.

02/24/2010, 03:55 PM	#9
luther1200 Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: NJ, shore Posts: 4,376	Nice, I think its a great looking coral. I can't wait for mine to grow out a bit. The color is very unique I think. You don't see many others with a color quite like that. I also like the way it grows out. __________________ Matt, 65G reef tank Current Tank Info: 65g reef, mix of sps, lps, few softies. Hoping to upgrade within the year.

02/24/2010, 02:48 PM	#2
jcal Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Temecula, CA 92592 Posts: 117	I have mine under T-5's, middle of my tank and shade by branches of Ora stuber Acro. I have maybe medium flow to it. I think the Setosa is a low light coral...mine is creamy red/orange.

02/24/2010, 03:10 PM	#4
reefsic Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Charger Nation/ Friar Faithful Posts: 580	I have mine in a 100g RR, center medium height. The highest point of my aquascape is about mid level of the tank, and its placed at the highest point. Running 8x54w T5's 10hrs/day. Penductors on my return + 2x1300gph powerheads create tons of flow. Still a very slow grower but I've experienced great color, growth and PE. Colored has lightened up a bit into a pastel red since I started Zeovit some 3-4 months back, but I'm happy with it. Only issue I'm battling now with the Setosa is hydroids have affected it...Aarrghhh!!!

02/24/2010, 03:41 PM	#6
seminolecpa Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Burlingame, CA Posts: 1,110	Low middle of my tank. It is pretty hearty and grows very quickly for me. White line on it is where I fragged a chunk off.

02/24/2010, 03:47 PM	#8
seminolecpa Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Burlingame, CA Posts: 1,110	Probably 2 to 3 years I think. I got it from Tyree at a coral farmers market when it was still the "hot coral". Probably fragged it 20-30 times since then at least.

02/24/2010, 04:09 PM	#10
cato New England Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CT Posts: 5,450	Bottom of tank. Upper end of moderate flow. __________________ -Cato I swear it's an illness... Current Tank Info: On Hiatus

02/24/2010, 05:27 PM	#11
sfexplicit Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 354	I think I bleached mine placing it too high. It actually turn from that awesome deep orange into pink it's recovering now at the bottom of my tank. Overdriving 6T5's on normal sized 90gallon tank. 2XMP40.

02/24/2010, 08:58 PM	#12
luther1200 Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: NJ, shore Posts: 4,376	Nice pic Cato. So everyone seems to have it toward the bottom half, maybe I will find a new spot a bit lower in the tank. And maybe a little less flow. It seems that the polyps that are sheilded are extended more. __________________ Matt, 65G reef tank Current Tank Info: 65g reef, mix of sps, lps, few softies. Hoping to upgrade within the year.

02/24/2010, 09:18 PM	#13
kvosstra Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 995	bottom of my old tank - lit by ATI powermodule - about 20" underwater and under a center brace. I also had it about 20" under 20K 400W halides with similar results. Pretty easy coral, as Bryan stated above. another pic Best, -Kyle __________________ "To him, all good things, trout as well as eternal salvation, come by grace and grace comes by art and art does not come easy." -Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It, 1976 Current Tank Info: recently set up my 40G sps tank again!

02/26/2010, 03:05 AM	#15
divewsharks Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 1,905	mine is a nice pinkish orange, sits just above the sandbed in a Tech90 under an ATI fixture. grows at a pretty nice pace for me, at least it was until i dropped a rock on it this past weekend and created a bunch of little frags.

11/30/2010, 10:18 AM	#16
FiReBReTHa Master Blaster! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Aurora, IL Posts: 3,641	Thanks for making this thread! __________________ 120g Rimless •Rimless Aquarium Club Member• •ATB Club Member• •Ecotech Vortech Member• Current Tank Info: 120g rimless

11/30/2010, 05:18 PM	#17
Tony B (UK) Important cool title Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Rayleigh, Essex, England Posts: 515	I want a bit of that setosa! Any one coming to the England on holiday? Do me a frag, please ! ! ! __________________ TOTM July 2012

12/01/2010, 03:58 PM	#18
Ostentum Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Porter, Texas Posts: 199	Interesting, I have mine about 15 inches underneath 2x250 12k Reeflux MH and with medium flow, granted that there is a little extra shading due to the centerbrace in the tank but it has the signature orange color good polyp extension and has gone from a 1 inch frag to a totally encrusted and multiple branches in about 2 months.

12/01/2010, 06:08 PM	#19
ForSaleByAndy Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Livonia, MI Posts: 128	Well, mine has about quadrupled in size and sits directly under my 14k 250w MH. It's on the upper third of my tank with lights 8" off the water. So, I guess it's versatile enough to adapt to whatever

12/02/2010, 07:43 AM	#20
jhutton Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Middle Tennessee Posts: 196	i also have it high up in my tank under 250 MH pheonix bulbs, with medium flow, very good PE and color on mine

12/02/2010, 08:22 AM	#21
SDguy Fish heads unite! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Diego Posts: 23,384	Mine gets orange in low light... more that reddish pink in higher light. Guess it's just personal preference as to which you like better. I keep a piece in both areas __________________ Peter SDMAS member Marine tanks since 1989. ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><((((º> Current Tank Info: 240g butterfly and angel FOWLR. 15g QT.

12/03/2010, 06:29 PM	#22
NorthernCF Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 652	Looks great all over!

12/03/2010, 11:57 PM	#23
jbanks Lover of God's Creations Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 2,250	Mine is about five inches off the bottom of my tank under T5s __________________ Jonathan Go ahead... Put the price on the bag. I don't have that problem any longer :) Current Tank Info: 180g Custom rimless Starphire, 48 X10 ATI PM T5 fixture, Vortech MP40w X3 with battery Backup, Bubble King Super Marin 250, Geo 612 Calc reactor, Profilux stand-alone Doser, Neptune Apex controller, Ozotech Poseidon 200 ozone generator

12/08/2010, 08:00 PM	#24
tylorarm Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 759	Here's mine. Bottom of the tank under an assortment of lighting:

09/25/2013, 05:55 AM	#25
Imjustgud Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Carmel, IN Posts: 59	Such a great thread. I have been looking to learn more about caring for this coral. I almost lost my frag, but repositioned it after finding this thread. I hope to see some growth in the future. Thank you all for your posts. __________________ 75 gal Mixed Reef using Algae Scrubber Current Tank Info: 75 gallon mixed reef