PlaneCrazy
07/18/2004, 04:49 PM
Ok, this may be a newbie question, but I'm gonna ask anyway.
I have a number of SPS corals in my display. I have gotten most of them as frags from other people. I have noticed that in my tank, I get polyp extension that is MUCH greater than the system they came from, and in general much greater than any specimen that I have seen. To be specific, I have this piece of Purple tip montipora digitata that has grown tremendously since I got the frag (roughly doubled in size in 3 months). Here's a pic in my tank:
http://www.plane-crazy.com/purplemonti72.jpg
I also have a staghorn acro that is colored differently, but the polyp extension in my tank is HUGE. Looks bushy:
http://www.plane-crazy.com/tricolor77.jpg
The last example that I have is this flour. green acro.
http://www.plane-crazy.com/greenacro7-7.jpg
I have growth pics here:My tank pics (http://www.plane-crazy.com/reefpics.htm)
So the question is this: Is this because of a problem in my tank, or are they just really happy? I tend to believe that they are really happy as they are growing very well. What do you guys think?
Tank specs.
Set up since March (4 months)
90g standard glass
20g sump
2 270gph powerheads on wavemaker
1 126gph powerhead on wavemaker
1 900gph main pump (approx. 700 gph at tank height)
1 14000k 400w halide
1 10000k 175w halide
2 10000k 110w VHO
2 110w Actinic VHO
140 lbs LR
Skimmer (x2)
Ammonia, 'trite, 'trate - 0
no test for phosphate (assumed 0 due to macro algae in tank)\
temp 80-83
Specific Gravity is 1.026 w/ refract
Use 50 ml Kent AB per day
1 gallon kalk per day
My tank pics (http://www.plane-crazy.com/reefpics.htm)
I have a number of SPS corals in my display. I have gotten most of them as frags from other people. I have noticed that in my tank, I get polyp extension that is MUCH greater than the system they came from, and in general much greater than any specimen that I have seen. To be specific, I have this piece of Purple tip montipora digitata that has grown tremendously since I got the frag (roughly doubled in size in 3 months). Here's a pic in my tank:
http://www.plane-crazy.com/purplemonti72.jpg
I also have a staghorn acro that is colored differently, but the polyp extension in my tank is HUGE. Looks bushy:
http://www.plane-crazy.com/tricolor77.jpg
The last example that I have is this flour. green acro.
http://www.plane-crazy.com/greenacro7-7.jpg
I have growth pics here:My tank pics (http://www.plane-crazy.com/reefpics.htm)
So the question is this: Is this because of a problem in my tank, or are they just really happy? I tend to believe that they are really happy as they are growing very well. What do you guys think?
Tank specs.
Set up since March (4 months)
90g standard glass
20g sump
2 270gph powerheads on wavemaker
1 126gph powerhead on wavemaker
1 900gph main pump (approx. 700 gph at tank height)
1 14000k 400w halide
1 10000k 175w halide
2 10000k 110w VHO
2 110w Actinic VHO
140 lbs LR
Skimmer (x2)
Ammonia, 'trite, 'trate - 0
no test for phosphate (assumed 0 due to macro algae in tank)\
temp 80-83
Specific Gravity is 1.026 w/ refract
Use 50 ml Kent AB per day
1 gallon kalk per day
My tank pics (http://www.plane-crazy.com/reefpics.htm)