How much should your Acropora Grow in 90 Days? Let me show you!

[@queencityreefs]

Great update 🔥👌💯✌️

[@zburnreefing]

Thank you @queencityreefs!

[@primereef2451]

This growth for new tank is actually good. i can see that halides gives the extra punch!!

[@steevareno2002]

Nice growth. Also on your Coraline algae too

[@andrew5762]

Can talk about flow for polop extension & nitrate & phosphate. Do you dose kalcwassser

[@zburnreefing]

I have a few other videos that touch on some of these. My goal is random flow, but I do have some LPS, so flow isn’t as strong as I would like it (there are periodic rests). Nitrate I am happy with 5-15 and phosphate just needs to be readable. I don’t worry too much about phosphate unless it is 0 or >0.1. I do dose kalkwasser and two part to help maintain alk, ca, and ph. Hope that helps!

[@jackspencer63]

Amazing growth, how do get that amount of polyp extension ?

[@zburnreefing]

To be honest, not sure I do anything special. Random flow seems to help, but mostly I focus on stability, feeding my fish often, and making sure my RODI is pristine - I change out filters and membrane more often than most.

[@TonysCorals]

@@zburnreefing how often are you doing water changes?

[@zburnreefing]

@@TonysCorals I try to be pretty consistent and do them every week. I know that there are many successful reefers that don't change much water and dose trace instead. I just feel like my corals always look their best and perk up after a water change so have stuck with it.

[@TonysCorals]

@@zburnreefing I agree I think water changes help a lot especially when a tank is maturing! I have my LFS do a 50% once a month on my 200 gallon. The corals always look happy after. The ones that have bad polyp extension tend to have better extension after

[@StubbyAcro]

Are the initial photos from when the frags were just introduced to the tank or have been in the tank for a while?

[@zburnreefing]

Hey @StubbyAcro, they had been in there maybe 2-3 weeks before I took these pics. Gave them time to recover from shipping stress, etc.

[@dereks3207]

my red planet grows so quick. lots of encrusting at first.

[@zburnreefing]

I was thinking about snipping the main branch to see if I could trigger some upward growth, but sounds like I just need to be patient 😝

[@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305]

Ypu know whats weird.. is i have a purple bonsai like in the pic before the video.. that ive jad for about 6 years now. And all its done is grown over my entire rock i put it on. Like basket ball sized rock.. but flat and it hasnt grown up. It jist grows accross all of it. Its weird

[@zburnreefing]

Dang, that is really weird. That is exactly what I don’t want to happen, lol. Did you try cutting it or fragging it some to promote upward growth? Getting good flow?