The "Easy Mode" SPS Aquarium

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Tidal Gardens

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An SPS dominant need not be ultra challenging. Much of the recommendations one receives to care for a traditional SPS tank stem from the requirements from two of the most challenging varieties, namely Acropora and Montipora. Those requirements do not necessarily apply to many of there other corals out there so it is entirely possible to assemble a stock list of robust specimens that share much in common aesthetically with the more delicate species.
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@cjdangles
@cjdangles 10 ай бұрын
8 years since this video... The hobby has come a long way since then. I'd LOVE to see a reboot of this topic!
@JAMcDonald1
@JAMcDonald1 5 жыл бұрын
Best reefing site by a wide margin! Never disappoints.
@Purowalangkwenta
@Purowalangkwenta 6 жыл бұрын
thank you! Trying sps for the first time. always a great vids!
@aharonm2073
@aharonm2073 9 жыл бұрын
Hey Than, Thanks! I called you a few months back asking about this stuff when planning a Eco Reef Zero SPS tank. I'm still working on putting the tank together & building it, so thanks for your help & this vid.
@tsurro8086
@tsurro8086 9 жыл бұрын
U always have the most informative videos out there!!👍
@JyB818
@JyB818 6 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate all of the information I learn on your videos. I especially like your photography work. One request though, if in addition to the tight close ups, could you also show us what the larger colonies look like. It's great seeming the individual polyps but I'd appreciate knowing what it will look like as it gets larger. Thanks for your hard work!
@cedricsilvinoz
@cedricsilvinoz 6 жыл бұрын
Thank u for giving us hope and new way
@christopherbraxton7289
@christopherbraxton7289 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video it does shine a light on SPS corals which I didn't want to be bothered with because I don't have the time and I also like the motion of soft corals but I might try a couple because of what you said thank you
@Christian-qr3vc
@Christian-qr3vc 9 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! Definitely cleared up some of the doubts I was having about SPS.
@mrscales9242
@mrscales9242 9 жыл бұрын
First
@lamshao
@lamshao 6 жыл бұрын
You have the best videos!!! Very inspiring
@RedFive905
@RedFive905 6 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video, really informative. Thanks dude
@Forgetii
@Forgetii 9 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. I truly appreciate your demystifying SPS and LPS for that matter. The one thing I have discovered is some tanks can grow all types of corals while others with the same parameters seem to struggle. I just keep at it until the right magic kicks in.
@cicero44bc
@cicero44bc 9 жыл бұрын
Great video Than, thank you!
@joseCalderon1976
@joseCalderon1976 8 жыл бұрын
I have never kept Acros, but I do keep easy monties like orange cap with very good success in my mixed reef nano tanks. I have also been able to keep birds nest too with weekly water changes, good flow, good water parameters, etc. in my 28G and 10G tanks.
@andywoolloo
@andywoolloo 9 жыл бұрын
Awesome video as always 👏🏻
@scott_richardson
@scott_richardson 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome write-up!
@skzion2
@skzion2 3 жыл бұрын
One of the big problems for sps tanks is aggressive corals that neighbor the sps species. LPS often have sweeper tentacles and softies often exude toxins. The thing is, sweepers come out at night, and toxins are invisible.
@915Mang
@915Mang 9 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Im still having troubles, with some sps, lol. Im getting the growth, but color is gone.
@michaelbalsley6041
@michaelbalsley6041 6 жыл бұрын
Very helpful thank you👍👍
@phenomenerd
@phenomenerd 4 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@reconnaissance7372
@reconnaissance7372 3 жыл бұрын
I didn't realize my Lepto frag was SPS, kind of explains why it really didn't like my tank to start off with, but with experimentation and placement it seems to be doing great :)
@seangibbs6936
@seangibbs6936 9 жыл бұрын
AMAZING as usually...thank you for an awesome and informational video. I absolutely love your depth of knowledge and passion for the hobby. Keep up the great work!
@bobbonecrusher
@bobbonecrusher 9 жыл бұрын
great information great video
@juarezgames3052
@juarezgames3052 8 жыл бұрын
muito bom.vc explica muito bem
@jacobside2656
@jacobside2656 7 жыл бұрын
So building a tank with these recommendations.
@arthurwolek2288
@arthurwolek2288 4 жыл бұрын
I had success with all the corals besides the porites for my default biocube light
@Alejandrojuarez84
@Alejandrojuarez84 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!!
@tidalgardens
@tidalgardens 2 жыл бұрын
Welcome!
@brandongordon2546
@brandongordon2546 6 жыл бұрын
Good info :)
@abh3960
@abh3960 5 жыл бұрын
what are the settings you use on the lights...i have a80s on jbj 45
@warped3075
@warped3075 7 жыл бұрын
what is the coral at 2:20? im in love
@theholt2ic219
@theholt2ic219 3 жыл бұрын
I want to get into sps because I think they look more beautiful than lps. I still love my hammer though lol great info!
@robertlaflure6432
@robertlaflure6432 9 жыл бұрын
Great video! Any update videos planned for Paul's tank?😃😃😃
@tidalgardens
@tidalgardens 9 жыл бұрын
Robert LaFlure it may or may not even exist anymore :/ some of the aquariums we've shown here on this channel only live on digitally...
@renesis317
@renesis317 9 жыл бұрын
Hey Than. Big fan of your youtube channel, it's currently the best reef tank photography on youtube IMO. Do your systems have problems with montipora? In my experience, most montipora species are just as hardy as seriatopora.
@tidalgardens
@tidalgardens 9 жыл бұрын
renesis317 Montipora can't be kept in low light systems like some of the other options. They are also susceptible to Montipora-specific nudibranchs that are impossible to manage.
@abh3960
@abh3960 8 жыл бұрын
how much flow do u use my color on my sps is great...but the sps isnt poliping....can you help me
@genealameda1163
@genealameda1163 9 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info Than
@joseCalderon1976
@joseCalderon1976 8 жыл бұрын
I thought montiporas were considered to be pretty easy? Acropora's definitely harder, even though I have never tried one.
@brandonezdoofenshmirtz2916
@brandonezdoofenshmirtz2916 4 жыл бұрын
Montiporas are considered hard and are extremely difficult in small aquariums because of calcium and alkalinity consumption. Difficulty all depends on who you asl
@nathanial7249
@nathanial7249 4 жыл бұрын
@@brandonezdoofenshmirtz2916 Im an abosolute noob in SPS, I find Montipora is easier. Its purely just about stability of the 3 elements
@jeffatkins8103
@jeffatkins8103 3 жыл бұрын
I grow montiporas like crazy, can’t get an acropora to last 3 months.
@jasonluther3567
@jasonluther3567 2 жыл бұрын
I'm actually wanting a Monti garden. After acro black bugs. I'm staying clear of em. I think montis will be more interesting in unpredictable growth. Acros I love but it's pretty easy to predict growth patterns and growth patterns don't vary much. I'll admire acro in videos. Love em just not for me. It's the euphyllia for me in the sps world😅
@abh3960
@abh3960 5 жыл бұрын
im running rw 8 what flow should it be for the corals?
@abh3960
@abh3960 6 жыл бұрын
how to get my sps to polip using red sea feeding benepets ocean revive light blue 100 white 1 12 inches off water
@rashidbinzomahalghamdi5805
@rashidbinzomahalghamdi5805 3 жыл бұрын
What’s the music you’re playing
@oliverkahn2
@oliverkahn2 8 жыл бұрын
Hi I am interested bout doing some corals and this type of corals are the ones that I want to start with. Can you tell me if andy of these light fixtures are good?? thank you Aldo :)Coralife Lunar Aqualight HO T5 Aquarium Light Fixture,Current USA Orbit Marine LED Saltwater Reef Lighting System
@MbunaMarcus
@MbunaMarcus 9 жыл бұрын
Just love your videos...incredible
@anomnomnomnivore1350
@anomnomnomnivore1350 8 жыл бұрын
Hi there
@anomnomnomnivore1350
@anomnomnomnivore1350 8 жыл бұрын
So did you get a reef aquarium? As awesome as all your vids are ( I subbed to you btw) I've never seen a marine aquarium on your channel
@MbunaMarcus
@MbunaMarcus 8 жыл бұрын
Thanks Abdul...I actually only have freshwater these days. I used to keep salt though :)
@anomnomnomnivore1350
@anomnomnomnivore1350 8 жыл бұрын
What a bummer. To bad my parents won't even get me an aquarium but if they did I'm planning on a sleeper goby breeding project
@MbunaMarcus
@MbunaMarcus 8 жыл бұрын
Sleeper goby is a great choice...very cool fish. Well keep at it, maybe eventually your parents will give in and get you a fish tank...that's how I got my first one lol
@carterminich5610
@carterminich5610 2 жыл бұрын
Your a damn genius i love these videos your probably the most informative interesting and highly intellectual person on you tube doing these videos....ABSOLUTELY love it..thank you so much for sharing your knowledge of these beautiful things
@majikmesa3786
@majikmesa3786 9 жыл бұрын
Very important question, will you be at reefapalooza nyc
@tidalgardens
@tidalgardens 9 жыл бұрын
Mesa's Tank No I will not.
@majikmesa3786
@majikmesa3786 9 жыл бұрын
Tidal Gardens Inc. :(
@abh3960
@abh3960 5 жыл бұрын
what level phos should my jbj45 be i have sps and lps...?
@jackson7962
@jackson7962 4 жыл бұрын
1.0 or less .03 max
@totallynothuman6530
@totallynothuman6530 4 жыл бұрын
red cap montis are actually easy sps, a great alternative for a plating montiopora actually isnt a coral, it is a photosynthetic plating sponge.
@TheKJVBibleAdvocate
@TheKJVBibleAdvocate 7 жыл бұрын
lol some well made vids.
@seanwellman803
@seanwellman803 9 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile, I can keep multiple types of acros (green planet, hard bonsai, another whose name eludes me) which are thriving and I have had seriatapora, stylophora and poccilopora bleach on me. It just goes to show how finicky these corals can be even when they are labeled as the easy kind
@tidalgardens
@tidalgardens 9 жыл бұрын
Sean Wellman It could be too much light. The conditions that Acros like are often too bright for some other SPS.
@seanwellman803
@seanwellman803 9 жыл бұрын
The corals are kept at different depths according to the list lighting preference
@dogemcmosin9587
@dogemcmosin9587 5 жыл бұрын
I've had similar issues with poccilopora but my montie's took over my live rock just as bad as GSP lol
@Frum5
@Frum5 4 жыл бұрын
2:43 what kind of style?
@Frum5
@Frum5 4 жыл бұрын
Stylo
@Frum5
@Frum5 4 жыл бұрын
Pocillipora
@ElementL116
@ElementL116 8 жыл бұрын
Looks like the porities has a friend at 5:36 = Nudi
@KlimovArtem1
@KlimovArtem1 6 жыл бұрын
7:50 - this green one is so beautiful. What is this kind?
@Arizona9001
@Arizona9001 3 жыл бұрын
Artem Klimov did you find out
@KlimovArtem1
@KlimovArtem1 3 жыл бұрын
@@Arizona9001 no :)
@TheGabrielberki
@TheGabrielberki 4 жыл бұрын
Pro tip, put playback speed at 1.25 lol
@ibmoh97
@ibmoh97 4 жыл бұрын
Gabriel Berki 😃 thank you for the tip.
@Collins811
@Collins811 5 жыл бұрын
I could of sworn that leptoseris is lps
@darrelstinkmeaner4673
@darrelstinkmeaner4673 9 жыл бұрын
Excellent, informative video, thanks! in future videos you should talk a little farther away from your microphone. Audio quality is a little too good.. I can hear subtle saliva noises.
@Twostrokesmoke
@Twostrokesmoke 6 жыл бұрын
you should have mote subscribers
@LightSearch
@LightSearch 8 жыл бұрын
Your video is misleading. You focus on the flow and light requirements which are easy to achieve throwing money at it. You didn't mention the key requirement for SPS that opens the gates of hell in saltwater tanks: the need to supply calcium. So, my advise for anyone who wants to enjoy their reef tank with less fuss and risk is to stay away from SPS and LPS.
@LightSearch
@LightSearch 7 жыл бұрын
Joey Chen it won't be enough
@gaultierdelbarre7411
@gaultierdelbarre7411 7 жыл бұрын
LightSearch you kidding? i dont dose at all and ive still got beautifull acroporas and seriatoporas. there is no fuss. just regular water changes.
@GrimKevn
@GrimKevn 6 жыл бұрын
Stay away from LPS? lol......I have no words....
@jnava121
@jnava121 6 жыл бұрын
stay away from SALT !!! lol it has calcium in it bro science My adviseeee is stay away from H20
@jackson7962
@jackson7962 4 жыл бұрын
@@GrimKevn softy only tank I guess lol
@williamjhitchcock
@williamjhitchcock 8 жыл бұрын
Great video!!
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