Acropora: Where To Start in Your Reef Tank

[@Falteredsoul]

Great video Matt!!

[@Reefer_Matt]

Thank you!

[@Reefer_Matt]

Hey Reefers! My videos aren’t a lecture, but rather a discussion. Please feel free to ask questions and provide your feedback and tips as well. I always welcome discussions! Happy Reefing!

[@mattod5491]

Love your choice of lighting 👌😎

[@Reefer_Matt]

Thank you! Yeah, my old reefing mentor had Kessils and I decided to use them ever since.

[@mikekuderik6737]

Alot of good information, thank you!

[@darrencouvillion5501]

Great video

[@Reefer_Matt]

Thank you!

[@Khris_1013]

Few more months and I want to start a sps tank. Thanks for all the info

[@Reefer_Matt]

Awesome! I have plenty starter sps you can have for free.

[@Khris_1013]

@ awesome thank you! I’ll let you know when I’m ready

[@MiXReef75]

Great video bro! Tank is looking a treat. That Walt Disney is huge. I just got a frag online, it’s beautiful.

[@Reefer_Matt]

Thanks! It’s a slow grower but one of my favs. I hope yours does good too! Happy Reefing!

[@SeanLaughs]

Another great video bud

[@Reefer_Matt]

Thank you!

[@SaltWaterSteve1]

Awesome one Matt 🤙🏽 some of those frags are gorgeous 😍 Time is definitely a good one. Also Stability Stay Salty 🤙🏽 Yeeewwww

[@Reefer_Matt]

Thanks Steve!

[@jtdr2023]

Hey Matt. Do you dose any trace elements? Or are you just getting your trace elements with water changes ? Also, if you’re just doing water changes how much water and how often do you do water changes for your 75 gallon SPS tank? Thanks for sharing, i always look forward to watching your vids.

[@Reefer_Matt]

I dose Seachem Reef Fusion 2 part. It has some trace elements in it with the calcium part, but I don’t test or try to correct trace elements. I just do a 40% water change once every 3-4 weeks.

[@audiotom3855]

Whats that suuuuuper-red thing on the right? Leptoseris?

[@Reefer_Matt]

Not sure which coral you mean, but yes, I do have a red and orange lepto in the tank. Also monti cap and monti setosa. Thanks for checking it out!

[@audiotom3855]

@Reefer_Matt must be the lepto then. Awesome looking, never seen this kind in germany. 99% orange here 😭

[@xhongxina286]

What are your kessil settings

[@Reefer_Matt]

My Kessils never go above 55% intensity. They go down to 30% when the Reefbrite fixture is on, and at 100% for color (white). I have the violets at 100% and some red and green during peak period. When the Reefbrites are off the Kessils ramp to blues and intensity goes to 55% then down to 0% for the night. Opposite of that in the morning. Peak par is only 280 ish during the day. Basically my Kessil graph looks like an “M”.

[@xhongxina286]

@Reefer_Matt nice I’m running 2 on a 40 breeder with t5 with violet matching intensity at 20-30-15-10 and t5 on for 8 hours but I don’t know what my par is lol

[@Reefer_Matt]

Luckily they have cheaper options for par meters now. I saw some threads on R2R discussing some of them. Maybe they are worth a try?

[@davidleach4689]

Great video alk is a big deal I believe nitrates should be between 5 and 20 also I try not to allow my alkalinity to drop below 8 and I keep it between 8.5 to 9 also I do a 15 percent water change instead of 10 percent

[@Reefer_Matt]

Thanks! Yeah, I’ve been having some alk swings in my frag tank, and they are definitely letting me know that they aren’t happy about it.