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11/20/2014, 09:05 PM
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my wild acro sps tank
who said that wild acros are hard to maintain
i have been able to keep wild acros for more than 3 years now some of themj are getting back there colours otheres are now but they are very hardy and survive tank failure in my area there is no farms so i collect them my self here is some of my tank https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtg-PnupIgo Last edited by redadeath; 11/20/2014 at 10:01 PM. |
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11/20/2014, 09:18 PM
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very nice sps
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11/20/2014, 10:02 PM
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11/21/2014, 04:14 AM
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Cool where are you.
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11/21/2014, 04:54 AM
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With that lighting I don't think you'll have trouble growing anything !!!
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11/21/2014, 08:53 AM
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Where in the world are you? -Its interesting, but dont mention if you are liable to get into any trouble. Can you also share more details about your system?
IME; wild corals are fairly easy to keep alive (as long as you get a healthy coral), but can be hard to colour up for most people. Although for a certain guy by the name of Biggles, wild corals colour up like rainbows. |
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11/21/2014, 12:34 PM
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but me and my friend sucseede with some corals and make them colour up most of wild corals that come fom the sea where brown in the sea and for those dont expect any changes in colours but colourful sps come from the sea will 80% colours up again but take some time but when they start colour they become fantastic i also frag them after they arrive by two weeks into small frags and stick them all around the tank so to observe wich place is the best i also run randies two part receipe 1 run on vinegar dosing cheato " but it is hardly grow due to low nutirens bubble magus skimmer lightning 400 wat radium and two sets of rapid led blue and white only reef angel controller teco chiller the most notice i have found that wild corals donot colour up unless ur kh is 7 dkh or less i stopped dosing for about 5 month suddenly most of my corals started to colour up fast thank you for comments |
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11/22/2014, 03:19 AM
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11/22/2014, 09:37 AM
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Fantastic looking system. what dimension is your tank? Any more pics of the lighting set up?
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11/25/2014, 08:22 PM
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LIGHTNING IS * 24 RAPIDL LED SOLDERLESS KIT 24 BLU AND 24 WHITE 400 watt radiums with lumenbrith 2 reflector |
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11/26/2014, 08:31 PM
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11/26/2014, 08:41 PM
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Nice tank =). Thanks for sharing your piece of the reef with us very impressive that you can just grab those from the ocean and keep them thriving in your tank.
Interesting that your experience with color below 7 dkh. I'm above 7 but not by much, I never fathomed going lower than 7 just as its not the status quo in the hobby and all my research has pointed to 7 dkh basically being the floor and 12dkh the ceiling. Seems the hobby has kinda adopted the need for lower alk with carbon dosing but your level below 7 is one of few that I've seen post impressive results that low.. Is color the only negative you notice in your system at higher levels? Again great job on the tank and thanks for sharing.
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11/27/2014, 01:00 PM
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Your LPS look great, good colors on the brains. How long have you had most of the acros? I also have all wild corals, by choice though. And with time and correct placement I agree most become as beautiful as anything aquacultured. Looking forward to updates later to see how well they color up. I can't see the pics well on my phone and the video didn't have much sps shots, from what I saw.
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