How fast does Acropora grow? Am I a failed aquaculturist?! 😬

In this video you will see what kind of growth I get from my high-end Acropora coral frags! I made sure to include all of my recent acquisitions to show new SPS keepers what average growth looks like. This video will show the good, the bad and the ugly. 😜
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[@CoralEuphoria]

Sup y'all!? Give me your honest opinion about my Acro growth. I won't take it personally :D

[@Reefahholic]

@Rafael Cornejo Have you tried dosing some Iodine & Potassium?

[@yoooofufuuu]

Rafael cornejo ,try kalium from aquaforest for pink and reds..

[@Reefahholic]

Rafael Cornejo - Hmm, did your Alk consumption go down? When I had issues with too much trace the alk consumption took a dive. Do some water changes and reset the system. I dose Red Sea Trace colors. So it’s based off Calcium demand. This way it’s much safer. I only dose 1/2 the recommended dose though.

[@bluethumbaquaculture6370]

Looks great! I feel like I have the exact same experiences with my acros. some base out and blow up within 3-6months and others sit idle for the first 6 months and then finally start to grow. I will absolutely agree with the placement effecting growth. I use all LEDs and sometimes Ill have an acro where I think it should be and irt wont do anything for 6+ months. then Ill eventually find myself moving it to its own shelf on a magnet and usually that does the trick. Great content thanks for taking the time to not only snap the before and after shots but also to share them.

[@Reefahholic]

@Coral Euphoria interesting read. Talks about Acropora too. pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4000/db2b78e51b98989f26f7885d5af08c6bc685.pdf

[@erycricardo3087]

I’m a noob, I don’t know about any coral, but I realy love to see the progres of your corals growth... 😍

[@TheBioReef]

Hey! i seem to remember you having a video on how you aquascape and attach sps to your rock work; can't seem to find that video now... can you please reminder with a link! thanks and keep up the great vids!

[@CoralEuphoria]

Hey what's up buddy! Here is the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJ2xd6qdia13eLc PS I really enjoyed your video on your last diving trip!

[@TheBioReef]

Coral Euphoria awesome! I really enjoy your videos too! I am kinda of board of my tank and planing to do a big change over in the sps I have in my system... I really like your aquascape and hoping I can do something similar, more smaller colonies versus a few big colonies that take over! Cheers and thanks!

[@felixneo3836]

Hi is there a must to do water changes

[@CoralEuphoria]

not really

[@c4snipar]

Growth? If it doesn’t die or brown out some including me call it a win.

[@chamoyuan24]

CONGRAS ON UR CHANNELS actually my acro are growing really slow and my parameters are alk 9 calcium 500 phos 0.2 mg 1450 salinity 26 and tempertaure 77.4 i m running radion g6 pro

[@MrMelville100]

One of the hardest pieces of information to find on line is details on how fast corals can actually be expected to grow under good conditions and with an expert hand. Thank you for putting this together - it gives us all a target.

[@cameronjones8641]

Your issue is obviously not water quality, flow, lighting or any other environmental issues. The corals are superb colours and they are growing steadily. You actually answered your own question at the start. You don't let corals become colonies and that is your issue. Different corals grow at different rates but if a coral branch grows 1 inch a year and you have a tiny frag then it won't look a lot. Now have a colony with 50 branches growing one inch. Then it's a different story. Your corals look excellent, very well done!

[@fuffoon]

If you see this I'd like your opinion for nitrates. I'm done with biopellets and the cyanobacteria it welcomes. NoPox showed no reduction outside of my wallet. Marine pure has no chance of anaerobic nitrogen conversion with its porosity unless its in a controlled flow box risking hydrogen sulfide production. I'm thinking algae reactor. Are they really doing the job? I'm not going for 0 but I would like it to stay under 10 naturally if possible. I do my weekly water changes weekly.

[@erikpoff1954]

God bless everyone who sees this I hope you have a great rest of your day and a great day tomorrow. God is king and God loves you bye.❤️🙏🏽🤍🕊🤍

[@멧밭쥐-c4z]

Hello, do you feed coral food separately or dosing amino acid products separately?

[@trureef2319]

Corals look amazing seems like every sps had three or more colors. I agree metal halides also holds a special place in my heart I literally run t5 led and metal halide because they all offer something the other don’t. Great update and growth I’ve been documenting my growth as well and happy to say from seeing this video my sps are growing great . 👍

[@DiepBlueC]

TGC Cherry bomb for me was the same deal as Paletta pink tip. They are both in 500 PAR and SUPER high flow, and they both grow like crazy. The Cherry bomb also seems to "Like" getting cut, where I cut it, arms shoot up way faster than other growth.

[@davidwaters7345]

That’s one of best and really the only video I’ve ever seen explaining to the new acropora lovers that growing colonies takes a lot longer then you think and you have to understand that stability is the most important key to success great video 👍👍👍

[@SeekoGT]

Windows Media Player and airplane mode.. Interesting.

[@hurricaneaquatics]

I laugh when I read "photons are photons, why here it's MH or LED." Tell that to your corals that you show after switching to MH from T5/LED. I mean there is no comparison. MH definitely has UV/IR that other lighting does not.

[@CoralEuphoria]

I agree. This whole notion of saying a light is equivalent to another light because you can replicate the spectral graph is trash. The best indication of how a light performs is the results

[@marcosherrera675]

What up abe.Abe.. yea still looking through your old videos. Im having a hard time keeping alkalinity up. My sps are incrusted good and I've had to glue bigger frag plates . I haven't allowed them to incrust on to the base rock yet because they are only 6 inches from the surface of the water to get the most light. Eventually when they start growing upward I will have to lower them. I have huge amounts of coraline algae covering everything. My ph is getting up to 8.5 and my alkalinity uptake is ridiculous to the point where I'm having trouble not being able to keep on top of it. I don't know if that's a good thing or bad. I know you said corals have a delayed response to changes. My alkalinity dropped from 8.3 to 7.6 . And it continued this week even though I'm adding 6mls more alkalinity a day into the system these past 7 days. .in your opinion am I going to have a problem with a alkalinity drop like that happening a second time

[@CoralEuphoria]

Should be fine

[@MrShishi]

Glad to see this.. I consider anything under 1" a encrusted stump. They generally encrust shoot up few bases, get me excited then pause, shoot up a few more than finally one takes of and grows 10X faster. Sometimes they dont encrust at all and they end up becoming top heavy... I am starting to think we are giving them too many options

[@jsauce666]

What’s your quarantine setup look like?

[@joshua_w]

I think if you are feeling frustrated by your corals growth two items to explore would be flow ( I know you have said recent videos that is not on your priority list) the other option is look into trimming a single corallite ( cutting a nub off with fragging shears) it puts the coral into repair mode which equals growth. Might be two helpful topics. Thanks for sharing the vid. Loved it

[@ГригорийМоргун-г7и]

Cool videos! Can you add Russian subtitles?

[@retroreefs7986]

Really continues to back up the benefits of halides. I’m setting up 3 tanks now and I’ll have halides on one of them. Great video

[@wilsonline90]

Just watched the video about parameter, second time. But where is the promised vid about pH??? haaa

[@CoralEuphoria]

I decided not to do one. IMO the closer to 8.4 the better. I have my tanks ranging from about 8 - 8.2

[@thepassionreef]

Such an amazing episode with practicality involved. Great points at the conclusion to keep your expectations reasonable interms of acro growth. There are some that will grow faster and there are some that will grow real slow. I bought a nub size frag of WD last year around Christmas and it has grown into 2" only in a year, at the same time i bought a mini 2" colony of Pink Cadillac which has now grown into a full blown colony 5-6" across diameter. I bought RR Holy Grail Acro around Feb this year and it has doubled in size and coloured up. So these animals have their own tendency and growth rate. Yep do not make quick changes.

[@CoralEuphoria]

👊👌

[@undergroundreefs6523]

please tell me how you take your photos.

[@matyas4878]

6:02 man that is crazy. Nice job growing the frags, i dont think this is slow growth by any means

[@israelrangel6070]

Por favor pon sub en español

[@UnderwaterDreamsUWD]

Man when is next video?

[@kessler1990]

What kind of small minded idiot gives this content a thumbs down... This is the type of data I constantly look for and that is so hard to find. I appreciate you doing this video.

[@CoralEuphoria]

👊

[@kessler1990]

@@CoralEuphoria hey bro i tried to get on your site to buy some corals but keep getting a "500 bad gateway error"

[@CoralEuphoria]

@@kessler1990 thanks for letting me know. Im trying to resolve this right now 😞

[@kessler1990]

@@CoralEuphoria Sounds good just let me know when its back up so I can make a order good sir.

[@CoralEuphoria]

@@kessler1990 it should be ok now. Thanks!

[@gocedimoski728]

At least it is what it is👍👍

[@klowranc]

Crazy growth!

[@andres19877]

Excellent video.

[@Reefahholic]

I think that is some excellent growth. Above average IMO. All of your corals are basing out nicely and you already know that Acro’s take a while to get going. They gotta lay down that base like tree roots. Once they get rooted they’re ready to explode. Those pics are incredible and I appreciate your documentation skills and the time it takes to make these videos! Thx! ✌🏼✊🏼💯✅

[@DanielVazquez]

Do you have a video on your dosing regime? I am interesting in knowing you water parameters. Light is key to grow, but also water chemistry.

[@bpseal]

Hey brother love your channel, subscribed and hit the bell! Speaking of Acropora growth, what is your preferred method of mounting the frags? Straight up and down or out to the side? I have a Solar Flare I am regretting mounting laterally vs vertically. Any advice?

[@CoralEuphoria]

Flow is super important for milles. I doubt the way you mounted matters.

[@tsurro8086]

Wow u must have spent a fortune on corals, unless u have secret guys that sell them for reasonable prices, prices for corals have gone crazy, nothing new coming out, allot of people have them, why so expensive?? I actually have two corals, from two reputable places, two different names, but are exactly alike?

[@charlesmorris6476]

👍

[@carminecarlone2869]

The blue tenuis at 4:00 is really pretty 😍

[@CoralEuphoria]

That tyree blue matrix. It's a stag

[@petesreef1891]

Great video and great advice , just subscribed I have seen all your other vids . Some fantastic corals there. Congrats from Pete, Liverpool UK 👍👍👍

[@jestronixhanderson9898]

Every colony that I have grown when nearing dinner plate size will get issues in the center. Too little flow and then they start stning from that spot, I then frag them out to save it.

[@DiepBlueC]

wow, your pics seem to make a GREAT argument to going to halides! Growth explodes whenever you make that move!

[@9StickNate]

The colors and growth are impressive. You're definitely an Acro Sensei. I like taking pictures and videos. I've had frags that seem like they do nothing and that I've had them forever; only to realize that they have been growing and I haven't had them as long as I've thought.

[@chessmanmark9244]

I enjoyed your presentation. That is a very good video. One thought, you say that some acros did better under MH, which I have no doubt, but to be fair, they had some time to base out before you moved them so that was a factor. Growth comes from new nubs and will stagnate with nubs/branches from the original frag in general.

[@karankhanna6820]

Great video.. Loved the growth shots.. Would have been great if u mentioned what kind of par (high/med/low) and flow impacted the growth and colours in the sps as i noticed some great color transformation..

[@steevareno2002]

What's your ph run on average?

[@CoralEuphoria]

About 8.2

[@WilSantiagoReefing]

Great video. Like the progression shots. Nice 🔥

[@Ellery-USA]

they all vary. Fresh cut stuff I bought online took 9 months to even encrust on the plug back in the day. They will start growing exponentially once they get more surface area but will get stunted if water parameters swing.

[@fasting4lyfe]

Good growth the halides seem to do the trick I have a t5 led combo but your halide led combo seems way better than the t5 combo.

[@01fifer]

I don’t have that much experience with acropora but just like to say I’d be happy with any of your corals, your videos are awesome so “it is what it is” best saying everything lol , your an inspiration to loads of people out there, so keep up the great work

[@TravisHoeffel]

I heard that encrusting takes a lot of the growth that could go into branching upwards. When they hang corals for aquaculture I hear there is better growth rate

[@MW-ut3dk]

Looks like most of the frags are about to blast off after basing out-better than losing or having no growth and the colors look great. Better than average! Think once you gave them more light and room growth increased.

[@abrad3061]

meduta

[@MrSkitso69]

Great video! I hope you make more growth videos with other corals. I am curious how fast your Oregon Tort grows.

[@hynos323]

Another great video. Thank you for making them. Your corals are growing pretty fast imo compared to how mine are growing.

[@retroreefs7986]

Hey Abe any recommendations on a 6 bulb ati fixture bulb combo?

[@DiepBlueC]

My paletta pink tip was a slow grower until I put it in really high flow, now it is the fastest growing acro in the tank. Try putting it in high flow?

[@benboarder09]

So my acro's don't really grow at all in the last year. I also don't have any poylop exstention. Any tips? Under LEDs now. Was under T5. Color is alright

[@CoralEuphoria]

It's a complicated question to be addressing in the comment section of KZbin. If you want to tell me more about your system on my vendor forum in reef2reef, it would probably be easier to discuss stuff on there. The link for that forum is in the description. But other than that, you can watch my SPS tips video.

[@NationalReefing]

Nice walk thru analysis of your Acro growth trends! So extremely low but detectable phosphates along with alk consistency while keep everything else stable?

[@CoralEuphoria]

Yes that's how I like to run my phosphates, but I'm probably in the minority when it comes to running my phosphates that low.

[@Reefgrrl]

Another great video! I can’t say with any authority how good the growth rates are, but I will say it shows the importance of enough of the right kind of light. I have LED supplemented by....LED. 😁 But I’m now going to look into adding halides for my next build. The other thing you mentioned was stability and I believe that’s absolutely the key to growth. Doesn’t matter what extra booster juices you add, if your tank is not stable around the basics, the extra stuff does more harm than good. I have to say - your videos have become my go-to if I’m looking for information. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@CoralEuphoria]

Means a lot. Thanks so much. I'm kind of surprised that you are thinking of trying halides. I know you ❤ your LEDs. 🙂

[@Reefgrrl]

I do love LEDs! And if I can supplement them with something that’s good for my corals, it’s win-win! 😁

[@jefferygarcia3993]

Awesome content, specially to us acro Rockies that have no idea how long it takes for acros to grow out.

[@TheTrevor40]

Growth looks great to me. As long as they are growing I am usually happy with my acros.

[@fadetoblack.-]

Good stuff.

[@DinoSloth]

Did putting together this video make you consider trying a hybrid t5/halide/led combo? Also love the growth under metal halides they look amazing

[@CoralEuphoria]

That would be my dream set-up!

[@robclements9599]

Awesome video. I wish more people made videos like this.

[@StephenOlner]

Interesting video with interesting patterns of growth

[@tonycloseukreef3799]

Great looking corals 🤩

[@atfinthehouse8631]

Well documented. Impressive.

[@fishfreakphil9778]

Great video

[@Carlos23reef]

Love the growth and the video is very well done

[@jamesgillum2382]

Awesome growth! Good work on the videos too

[@4runna-4X]

Going smooth, don't change a thing

[@abrad3061]

I'm in love rmf red mesuta!

[@madd7075]

Where do you sell your corals at? Would like to get my hand on some pieces from you. Awsome job!

[@CoralEuphoria]

Thanks! coraleuphoria.com

[@marcinrembiesa8548]

Dzięki za wszystkie podpowiedzi za wszystkie twoje pouczające filmy. Pozdrowienia z Polski.

[@CoralEuphoria]

Zapraszamy

[@brighton09100]

What’s the name of your website if I wanted to buy some corals?

[@CoralEuphoria]

Www.coraleuphoria.com

[@Alex_Correa]

What is the halide bulb, the ballast and the photoperiod, please. And what about the LEDs and T5s too? Great video!!

[@CoralEuphoria]

250w radium on ice cap ballast. 6 hours of intense light, 12-hour total photoperiod. 8 bulb ATI power module. DIY LED on both tanks. It's a lot to type out. Check out par video and in the comments of that video.

[@Alex_Correa]

@@CoralEuphoria Thanks!

[@andycx2]

How long would you leave an acro in the one stop before moving it. If it does nothing? I have added others at the same time that at least based out. This one has did nothing.

[@CoralEuphoria]

About two months

[@andycx2]

@@CoralEuphoria it's been longer than that so I'll try it in a different spot

[@lavasyst]

You could make a video about rowaphos and how you do it to have a stable po4. There are so many videos about rowashos but nobody explains how to maintain it. At which po4 point must the reactor be stopped? Or you never stop it until you see a the po4 rise and then replace the rowaphos. At which po4 value will you replace the rowaphos? How much do you use for the gallons you have.. I don't know anyone who has told this in detail so far. BTW, as always a top video. Best youtube reefer in my opinion!!

[@CoralEuphoria]

I basically run RowaPhos through a two little fishies reactor. The small one, 150 i believe. For each my 120 in my 140 gallon, I run about 1 Cup, so its relatively a small amount. I change that out every month nowadays. Before I used to let my phosphate readings determine when I need to change the rowaphos, but now I don't even trust those test kits. So now I don't even bother testing phosphate, I just change the rowa out every month.

[@lavasyst]

@@CoralEuphoria The last months I also used rowaphos in a reactor. My po4 now is very low, for me it also works super good. Of course I still have no control over my nitrates yet. My no3 is allways between 15 and 20 ppm. So now at the moment i disconected my rowaphos to be able to get my nitrates down. I wish i could get them stable at 5 ppm. You have some tips to help me with it plz? For now i'm running a biopellet reactor and dose every 2 weeks biodigest prodibio.

[@CoralEuphoria]

@@lavasyst I don't have any good tips for keeping nitrates down because I've never really had a problem with them. But I think that I never have nitrate problems because my tank is pretty clean. I run a bare bottom system and I use a filter sock so detritus doesn't hang around longer than a couple of weeks.

[@fazal123456]

Man you sound like Mr. Big in zootopia 😜

[@CoralEuphoria]

😂

[@republicreef8036]

Looks good. What cam and lense do you run?

[@CoralEuphoria]

It's an old set-up. Nikon D90 with Tamron 90mm Macro

[@stephenmegel6975]

I'm certainly not doubting you on these halides, but I'm curious if you've tried high end LEDs like kessil or radions

[@CoralEuphoria]

I have not. Maybe in the future when I expand I'll give radions a shot

[@stephenmegel6975]

@@CoralEuphoria my personal opinion is the kessil looks so good it doesn't matter if you shine it on a box of empty rocks.🤣 But Im still pretty inexperienced.

[@CoralEuphoria]

@@stephenmegel6975 😂

[@sunnygoold9449]

Confetti is the sickest coral - I saw one over here in Europe but I wasn't sure as they just show the frag. Anyhow I didn't pull the trigger. Anyhow I have a 15G and its probably just 6 months old and it's only now that I am starting to see some growth on my acros. Hopefully when I get my bigger tank this will be my QT tank and once it's been up a few months maybe I will see it again or work out a way to import it. Love this channel. I would say the growth is on the low side but I'm a noob. The thing with frags that I am hearing more and more is that they often take ages to settle in - then base out and then the growth takes off. You may have some things that are different to where you get your frags from (eg lighting). Like the Cherry Bomb - in QT it looked terrible and I think even if you take 5.5months I think that is really good growth. Man if I squint I can see growth on my acros after several months but it's nothing - I would kill just to see one starting to really grow.

[@sunnygoold9449]

Oh the heartbreaker is probably my second favourite acro - do you know what species it is? Oh yeah - I am trying to just leave them alone - I'm not changing anything. I'm definitely going to do LED T5 hybrid on my main tank - I don't need crazy growth - just some and I will be happy ;) You don't know how helpful your videos are - seriously so excited when a new one pops up - thanks

[@CoralEuphoria]

@@sunnygoold9449 I'm not sure what species that is

[@justdabubbletip1452]

I think you should send me a frag of each of those acros so I can show you some real growth. 😂

[@CoralEuphoria]

😂