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SPS have mesenterial filaments too, they just don't have a long reach like many LPS.
No way of knowing if they are "reef-safe"...you would be giving them access to many food sources they don't have in their normal environment. The...
Exactly my thoughts...I've been itching to set up a pony tank lately.
Will it work...sure...but you get what you pay for...I use Tek reflectors over all my holding/grow out tanks...they are awesome...Tek reflectors and...
Small water volumes just don't seem to ever create much skimmate.
Looks like a Monti to me too...and I agree that looks awesome for $15.
Hard to tell the size...but it looks like a nice mini-colony...good color and very well encrusted...I would say $10 is a steal! As for lighting, I...
Years ago UGF where all the rage...we have better options these days as mentioned above.
LOL! The eggs are easy to miss when you do know what to look for! This is why some people suggest dipping and quarantining before you ever add them...
I've never been very impressed with any skimmer I've seen in such small tanks.
Sounds like an acro eating flat worm (commonly referred to as AEFW)...you may have to do several dips over a few weeks to completely get them.
Still Wellso IMO, LOL! Scolly's are more of a smooth donut in most cases...Everything I see in the photos still looks like a Wellso. As for...
Based on how the colors are striated and the "texture" I still say Wellso...but in terms of general care and placement, both are about the same.
Looks more like a Wellsophyllia from what I can see...can you get us a top down photo and maybe a shot of the skeleton.
Prices vary a lot depending on location, but those prices sound pretty steep to me.
CL is great...but you do have to be careful...they old adage "if it seem to good to be true" has never been spot on than with CL...I would NEVER do...
It's awesome, LOL! VERY pink and the tips are more of a magenta color...it tends to wash out in photos...and to think when I got it, it was mostly...
Hi there...my first tank was in the early 80's, so I consider myself an old timer too, LOL! Boy a lot has changed in ~30 years
Very nice write-up...one of my favorite SPS is a bright pink Pocillopora with magenta tips...this is just a frag of it...I'll have to get a better...
Not a Galaxea IMO...they have very pronounced corallites which the coral in your photos does not...an encrusting type of Hydnophora would be my best...
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