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Posted: October 05 2010 at 12:59pm |
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every time i buy sps corals they have never survived.. I have 3 rose anemone's that are healthier than ever, frog spawn and hammer coral and candy cane corals that all do awesome.. just not sps anything.. maybe im putting them in too early? is there a trick?
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I dont run cause i get tired. and i dont lift weights cause they are heavy.
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Posted: October 05 2010 at 1:10pm |
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Hi tchapman, what are your tank specifications/water parameters? I'm sure we can help.
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Posted: October 05 2010 at 1:11pm |
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Can you give more info? What are your water params? What lighting do you have? How new is the tank?
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Posted: October 05 2010 at 2:45pm |
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SPS are more delicate than soft or LPS, how do you acclimate them?
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Posted: October 05 2010 at 4:22pm |
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Good water (steady param's), good flow and great lights with the right coral placement is all that is needed
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Posted: October 05 2010 at 4:27pm |
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what type of SPS have you tried? I would recommend starting off with something hardy like an orange digi or purple rim monti cap or a bird's nest. Not only are they easier and allow you to try to dial in your tank better, but they are generally cheap so if you do lose them it's not a big deal.
Definitely post some water params and maybe a shot of your tank and equipment you use.
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Posted: October 05 2010 at 8:28pm |
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SPS need strong flow, high lighting and rock steady parameters. I dose my tank daily to keep params in check.
Are you running carbon? Softies and SPS don't get along well. Softies release a toxin that SPS hate.
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Posted: October 05 2010 at 8:42pm |
 Ryan Thompson wrote:
SPS need strong flow, high lighting and rock steady parameters. I dose my tank daily to keep params in check.
Are you running carbon? Softies and SPS don't get along well. Softies release a toxin that SPS hate. |
+1 to that. Great post Ryan
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Posted: October 05 2010 at 8:45pm |
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Ryan you said it better than me! Gratz!!
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Posted: October 05 2010 at 8:50pm |
bugzme wrote:
Ryan you said it better than me! Gratz!! |
Nah, I didn't. Just added my vocabulary to what you already stated. 
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Posted: October 05 2010 at 8:52pm |
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Not a problem! Just joking around!!
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Posted: October 06 2010 at 7:42am |
Ryan Thompson wrote:
Are you running carbon? Softies and SPS don't get along well. Softies release a toxin that SPS hate. |
AC (activated carbon) is absolutely essential to the proper long term life of a variety of hard and soft coral in the same tank. A reef tank with a variety of invertebrates (coral are inverts  ) can do without a Skimmer but cannot thrive without the AC. But there are many variables. If you really want to resolve this problem, please answer the questions posed above so we can give the right answer for your tank.
Edited by Mark Peterson - October 06 2010 at 7:45am
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Posted: October 06 2010 at 9:36am |
Ryan Thompson wrote:
SPS need strong flow, high lighting and rock steady parameters. I dose my tank daily to keep params in check.
Are you running carbon? Softies and SPS don't get along well. Softies release a toxin that SPS hate. |
Unless your a member of the Crappy Reefer's Club then things just work 
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Posted: October 06 2010 at 9:38am |
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Posted: October 06 2010 at 9:40am |
tchapman wrote:
every time i buy sps corals they have never survived.. I have 3 rose anemone's that are healthier than ever, frog spawn and hammer coral and candy cane corals that all do awesome.. just not sps anything.. maybe im putting them in too early? is there a trick?
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I see your in Fruit Hieghts (it was actually just east Kaysville for the longest time until everyone on the hill decided they couldn't go by the same city name as the regular Kaysville folk. lol) There are a few of us in the kaysville area if you wanted to check out what they are doing and to bounce questions off of.
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Posted: October 06 2010 at 10:41am |
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Yeah you seem to have a couple pics that prove that....  |
Is that a Threat????? lol Those pictures are really just my own CA reactor media factory in action
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Posted: October 07 2010 at 9:34am |
tchapman says, "I don't run cause i get tired. and i dont lift weights cause they are heavy." Looks like he also doesn't answer questions 'cause they are too hard' or shouldn't keep SPS 'cause they are too difficult.' just kidding around with ya
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Posted: October 07 2010 at 11:11am |
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haha i haven't had answer's to the hard questions ;) I haven't really tested my water to see what levels it is at.. I just kind of let it do its thing.. And everything is fine except for sps.. I think you're right Mark, i may just stop trying cause it is too hard.
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I dont run cause i get tired. and i dont lift weights cause they are heavy.
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Posted: October 07 2010 at 11:20am |
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I stopped. I used to test religiously and chart the levels and add alittle of this and alittle of that to keep all the levels up where they should be. Then one day I sat down and said okay this is a total pain in the ass! lol Now I just try to be good about water changes and hope that the elements in the new salt feeds the tank water most of what it needs, and to my suprise, the tank has been looking pretty good.
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Life is good....right?
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Posted: October 07 2010 at 12:20pm |
Jeffs_little_ocean wrote:
I stopped. I used to test religiously and chart the levels and add alittle of this and alittle of that to keep all the levels up where they should be. Then one day I sat down and said okay this is a total pain in the ass! lol Now I just try to be good about water changes and hope that the elements in the new salt feeds the tank water most of what it needs, and to my suprise, the tank has been looking pretty good. |
You might be on your way to joining the Crappy Reef club after all! 
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