SPS How many of you keep them?

[thereefshop]

How many of you keep sps and frag them? If you dont keep them whats the reason why?

[Tetley]

How many of you keep sps and frag them? If you dont keep them whats the reason why?

Hi,

I do not keep them.

Not enough knowledge, a little unsure regarding needs.

Think I will stick with my LPS & Softies.

ATB

Ian

[course-its-reefsafe]

I keep mainly SPS although I'm not convinced they're worth the hassle at the moment :confused:


Cheers

Chris :)

[thereefshop]

what do u mean hassle ? what probs have been having, or is it the lack of time u have to look after them?

[TerraC]

I dont keep them. reason - Not got the halides yet, I plan to in a future tank that i'm slowly gathering the equipment ready for :D (got tank & stand so far)

[Gillybaby]

I only have a handful of SPS and struggle to keep them healthy. I think its because I have a lot of softies in my tank and the water is fairly nutrient rich. As I understand it SPS need very very clean water to thrive and right now I don't have the time and money to devote to them (ie buying kalk stirrers & calcium reactors etc).

[thereefshop]

The reason i ask this is because so many keep softies and sometimes put off keeping them! i would love to get more reefers keeping them and i think you can learn so much more when you move on to hard corals.:D

[Kev]

I don't keep them, and simply I find them boring. I just love seen a heavily stocked tank of softies waving around in the current. SPS seem quite lifeless in comparison.

However, thats what diversity is all about. We like different things.

Kev

[Macca]

Softies are boring - SPS are fascinating. :p

James

[Tangman]

SPS are just like bits of twigs off a tree and i find them boring, plus you need a shed load of tackle to keep them right also my m8 is forever cleaning calcium build up off his pumps etc. I keep only softies as i like to see movement in my tank, not a load of sticks stuck up. LOL Each to there own that is why we are all diferent. Eric

[course-its-reefsafe]

what do u mean hassle ? what probs have been having, or is it the lack of time u have to look after them?

It's mantaining stability I suppose. The oulet on my Ca reactor clogged slightly a few weeks back, the outlet slowed, and the Ca rose to over 500ppm. At the same time, one of my streams moved, blew too hard on a pavona, which sloghed off some tissue, which developed brown jelly, which flew round the tank, and caused stripping on a load of other corals.

It's because I've been getting lazy, and neglecting the water testing and maintenance or I would've spotted the problems earlier.

Now I have a problem with some of the corals browning out, is it because the No3 went to over 5ppm or have I got too many other nutrients in the water?
I also need more flow which is more expense, with a softie tank none of the above would've happened.

The main problem is that they take a long time to grow and colour up properly, then one small mishap, or a slip with the tongs :o , and there's months of work down the pan.

Oh, and the expense. I'm running 900W over my 5' tank. Not to mention the Co2, ARM media, constant rowaphos, carbon etc.

Please ignore my moaning, I'm feeling a bit "kicked in the spuds" at the moment with the problems I've been having, I'll get over it :)
I love them to bits really :D

Cheers

Chris :)

[thereefshop]

when its going right it worth it:D keep up the good work mate.i have just had 36 pieces from java(aquacultured) The best i have ever had:D selling like hot cakes i like selling them but i hate to see the good ones go to:(

[Harrison]

when its going right it worth it:D keep up the good work mate.i have just had 36 pieces from java(aquacultured) The best i have ever had:D selling like hot cakes i like selling them but i hate to see the good ones go to:(

Don't suppose you took any stock pics would love see them.

Seems to be a lot of high quality cultured acro’s coming in recently.

Cheers

Matthew

[Kev]

Softies are boring - SPS are fascinating.
James

Hehehehe. I relate to Erics description, they are just twigs.:D
Kev

[Tangman]

Hehehehe. I relate to Erics description, they are just twigs.:D
Kev

I thought you would like that Kev, sorry they dont do anything for me at all. Eric

[flying Jock]

Hi

I probably keep around 60% of sps in my reef.

I do agree that there is not much movement from them (unless you break them) but i find the colouration from them fantastic!:)

I also like a lot of you love the movement of softies and that is why i keep them as well.

I do agree that sps are very challenging to keep but that is what i like and also the fact that i keep mine with softies and lps which is an even bigger challenge.

sps can be a nightmare at times and it seems very little can send them bleaching but as said stability is the key which is what we all should be aiming for wether we keep sps or fish only.

Each to their own i suppose;)

Cheers

FJ

[Kev]

Each to their own i suppose

And this is why this board is good. Different views / ideas without flaming.

Its good to be different.
Kev

[mrc]

I would love to try them but the missus wont have hal lights says there ugly my daughter offered to buy some for me for xmas but her mum wont budge

[thereefshop]

if your tanks is under 24" you can use t5 lighting just use good tubes:D lots of people i know grow good sps corals growning under t5's but all have calcium reactors on there tanks, keeping calcium levels and kh levels stable is the key to it. Add lots of water movement and your on to a winner just remember STABLE :D

[callum_parsons]

i plan to keep them soon i will problry frag them but to be honest i dont understand when they need fragging (i will start a new topic for help)

[Dal]

I dream of keeping sps:D but I am going to wait until I upgrade. I want to keep sps and softies together but this will take time but hey you can dream though ah!!:rolleyes: