Can We Please Have A Stag Thread?

[Shawnts106]

Lets start a Staghorn thread discussing different species of stags, thick and thin branching, as well as placement, lighting, water movement, where your colony/frag originated, where different staghorns grow on the reef, how yours color morphed depending on if it was a wild or maricultured colony, or a frag.
where you got yours... all that good stuff!!!

[GSMguy]

What defines a stag besides growth what species are considered stags?

[Jar*Head]

Here is my two stag, suppose to be the same species but i try to place one with high light, high flow. While the other at low light medium flow. I got both from Fliger

High light and flow, the coral growth thicker branch, with powder blue color...


low light with medium flow, the coral growth thinner branching, with light green color tip...

[kev apsley]

Reefer714,
Good post..interesting to see different growth/color under different conditions

[Jar*Head]

Thank Kev.... BTW, i have 100x turn over rate in my tank . At this time i am trying to see if there is any different in growth and color on my Garf bonsai and Pink lemonade. I have two frags of each..... Will keep you all update....

[dots]

A few other older threads:

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...+me+your+Stags

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...+me+your+Stags

I remembered these because Leonardo's Reef has one of the best stag tanks I have seen, but these threads have other great ones contained within them as well.

[AquaMan03]

Here is one of my old stags out of my 180

[Leonardo's Reef]

Hello, I also like staghorns very much.

This are a list of Acropora that can be concidered "staghorns" (don't know if there are more)

Acropora Loisetteae

Acropora gomezi

Acropora Yongei

Acropora Parilis

Acropora Hoeksemai

Acropora cervicornis

Acropora Abrotanoides

Acropora Nobilis

Acropora Aspera

Acropora Pulchra

Acropora Copiosa

Acropora abrolhosensis

Acropora Formosa

Acropora Microphthalma

Acropora Robusta

In general I think all Staghorns grow well under high light and medium/high flow conditions.

I have 100+ turnover flow and 500Watt MH+100 Watt T5 on my 92 gallon, and the staghorns seems pretty happy.





Leonardo

[majesticangelfish]

Very nice Leonardo.

[Shawnts106]

Leonardo's Reef

Thanks for that Genus/Species list... that answers our questions...


Heres a new question: What is everyones favourite staghorn?
Mine is Acropora Abroltanoides... I did have a nice green/red one untill my tank got carbon poisoned... now, its brown and necrosed a little, its recovering, but its sad that it turned brown ...


Ive got a new stag in my tank that I have got to ID... its cool, yellow and blue maricultured colony, thats got tons of barnicles imbedded inside the branches... really a neat piece!

[Jar*Head]

What do you mean by Carbon poisoned? I never heard of it before, may be it would help if you share your experience.... thanks

[Leonardo's Reef]

Shawnts106, can you post a pic of that Stag please?

leonardo

[Waxxiemann]

Leonardo's Reef, that's a beautiful tank you have there. What ballast/bulbs are you using?

[Shawnts106]

I have another thread here on SPS FORUM about my experience... check it out... its horible.

[trueblackpercula]

Here is my tank before the chrash..........bacterial........ now if i could do it again i would have bought frags........ Man after looking back now it would have been great looking tank. Anyone got some fragssssssssssssss of the stags seen in these photos?
Michael

[Leonardo's Reef]

Waxxiemann, Thanx I'm using 2 AquaConnect 250 Watt DE bulbs and 4 AquaScience Actinic T5

Shawnts106, will check it!

Leonardo

[Leonardo's Reef]

trueblackpercula, very nice tank, I hope you recover quick! Hang on.

Leonardo

[Waxxiemann]

Originally posted by Leonardo's Reef
Waxxiemann, Thanx I'm using 2 AquaConnect 250 Watt DE bulbs and 4 AquaScience Actinic T5

Shawnts106, will check it!

Leonardo

I'm running 250 watt Ushio 10k DE's right now but I am looking at changing them out soon. What color temp are those Aqua Connects? (sorry to hijack guys)

Thanks =)
Waxx

[Leonardo's Reef]

On the package is 14.000 K but I think IRL they are more like 18.000 K. I like the blueish colour very much. But if you want crisp white, you have to seach for other ones.

Leonardo

[trueblackpercula]

This what it looks like now......as i lost almost everything except the large aspera to the top right and its coloring up very nice purple. The center stag dead the green slimmer to the left dead. Then everyting else just started to come back to life. So i have been taking it slow as the tank final got over its bacterail infection that is cuased be ading to much to fast and wild colonies do not help.
Michael
Hey satgs are my fav.If anyone has some for trade or sale semd me a PM

[Waxxiemann]

OK great, thanks.

[crazedreefer]

Originally posted by Leonardo's Reef







Leonardo

that is a super cool tank!!!!!!!!! I like that idea alot, very unique and not seen...

[Scissorhand]

I think you just upset the liverock per gallon average for other reefers. =)

Very nice tank Leonardo. I like your minimalist theme and the colors are wonderful. Curious, what's the name of the pink fish with the bug-eye on the right bottom there in the second picture above?

[Dejavu]

Can we added
A. Elseyi

placement: I tend to place stags toward the top with alot of room for growth. stags seem to have the fastest growth out of all the different types of acros and can take over other slower grows.

water movement: because of their fast growth I feel that a large stag can detract water movement from slower growers. A high turn over rate might be best if you are to have alot in your tank.

With that said I love stags and here is one of my fav.

[Leonardo's Reef]

Dejavu, that's an awesome coral, very nice.

Scissorhand, that fish is a Soldierfish, Myripristis Jacobus. I had 6 of them. I sold them not long after I took these pictures; They became too big and started to eat my shrimps and tried to eat my Apogons Very beautiful fish though.



Leonardo