Steve Wright's SPS takeover

Steve which putty do you use. The stuff I got gets hard as a rock and I have a hard time getting it back off?

 

your tank looks so beatiful. My tank is going to be SPS dominated as well, i love them such beautiful corals

 

I use the D+D geiseman brand, it does go hard as a rock but its brittle and the plug can be snapped off - this either leaves the putty on base of plug or on rock , which with the D+D brand is Ok as it dries purple so it does not look to bad

Thank you Puffer Chick , they are beautiful, the Pink birds nest and the monti are doing the best of the SPS , so either of those 2 would be ideal starter SPS corals IMHO

 

Thank you Av8 , appreciated

Steve

 

just a quick update on my progress with SPS

this image was taken Nov 21st (about)


the same coral image taken today Dec 28th





getting good polyp extension on this one now and the growth on all the tips is about 5mm or more in 4 weeks

Steve

 

Beautiful, Steve!! How often and in what amounts are your water changes?

 

Im doing 5 gallons per week Reef Sparky, which has actually come down since moving to SPS and purchasing additives etc I used to do 10 gallons per week so it was 15% almost and now its about 7%
I cant recall missing a week in ages , just a die hard water changer really
not saying its right, just saying its me.

Steve

 

Very nice steve. Kept good color and growth.

 

thank you jonjonwells . yes the colour is holding nicely, I got the light acclimatisation better this time around, moved it up in 3 stages , started bottom 3rd, then half way and now in top 3rd - moved it once per fortnight and Ill stick with this method for future additions

Steve

 

Glad to see your method is paying off, you surely do have some beautiful coral there! Making me jealous.