Let's talk corals : Acropora

For this video, we travelled up to Plant City to get together with our good friend Chris Meckley of ACI Aquaculture to talk about HIS favorite coral of all time, Acroporas!
Take a sit, grab a drink, chips and take notes as Chris takes you up for a ride in the world of Acroporas and what you should do to keep a thriving Acroporas in your reef tank!
Check it out.

[@lisafoster4468]

Thank you Chris!

[@brianfinch2597]

Awesome info! I like how passionate Chris is with the industry/ hobby....a lot of people don't know the story behind why Chris is in beast mode...gotta give him props!

[@whokilledmercy1497]

why is chris in beastmode?

[@MySimpleReef]

I love these guy videos a makes the video easy to everyone to understand great work 👍

[@KreefAquariumhobby]

great video!!!

[@mikesaquariums4293]

There's always so much to learn in reef keeping thanks for the great information👊

[@Reefscom]

you are very welcome! thanks for watching.

[@Davelembo]

Great info Chris and nice to watch Julian dip coral

[@jaredtorbert2938]

Yous are truly amazing, I love learning from you guys. Thanks for caring about your subscribers!!

[@Reefscom]

Jared Torbert my pleasure! Im happy that you enjoy our series!

[@eddiesoler2250]

Very nice video guys. Thanks to Chris Julian and of course Richard B.

[@Reefscom]

my pleasure Eddie! Happy to hear that you enjoyed it. Means alot to me.

[@mikes4918]

Really cool vid man👌👌👌🍻

[@chrisdonohue1607]

Love ur vids short and too the point

[@DeeFromBrooklyn]

I've found even the smallest frag plugs carry all sorts of pests. Great footage

[@yuyiboy]

Great info, thanks 😊👍🏽

[@Reefscom]

my pleasure!

[@CescaTheDarkHorse]

Nice video enjoyed watching :)

[@cubanreefer1582]

Great info since an leaning my tank into acros. Am learning very good lessons here

[@Reefscom]

CUBAN REEFER no problem at all bud!

[@JuanJimenez-xm4cu]

this guy knows what he is doing, look at those corals man

[@SimplyReefing]

Good info keep up the good work guys

[@Reefscom]

Simply Reefing thank you!

[@Reefbelontv]

Nice 👍🏻😍

[@ReefDudes]

Great video!

[@Reefscom]

😘😘

[@supasolly]

I really like Chris doing these videos. Wish he had his own channel.

[@Reefscom]

Unfortunately that will be very unlikely because he has a large business to run. Alot of people dont realize it but it's not just point and shoot. Have to plan what to shoot, get the subjects in, materials he will talk about as b roll, then travel to his location (4hrs from me for one video) and not to mention the actual shoot as well as editing time. It's just something that he can't do at the moment. Fortunately he makes time for me to make these type of educational videos and to hang out with me.

[@Reefscom]

With that said, thank you for checking it out and i will try to make more of these type of educational videos.

[@supasolly]

Well I appreciate that you make lots of videos with him. He is very knowledgeable and has a great demeanor. I know these are a lot of work to shoot and produce.

[@Reefscom]

Tick Magnet no problem. More of his videos will come soon as I finish up MACNA interviews. :)

[@yoooofufuuu]

👍🤝

[@jluusaltwateraquarium8320]

I try I try keeping Acroporas some do well some don't I don't know what I do wrong.. Hey sir I would like have tips from you sir how can you keep your Acroporas have beautiful colors and health ...

[@MS-lv1pw]

Thanks for sharing! A bit off topic, but do you have any experience with vermetid snails? My current tank hitchhikers are these darn vermetid snails and spirorbid worms. I’ve been smashing them but they keep coming back. I have thousands in coral, mainly sps and rainbow chalices and now I’m thinking tank reset before upgrading to a larger system. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[@Reefscom]

Luckily I haven't had much issues with them. Before putting anything in the tank, I observe and smash everyone of those and glue them down only when I am certain... I'm sorry bud.

[@lunes-1]

This are my favorite corals but to keep them healthy have to be 1000% good parameters stability and super desinfect frags for very very long time before put on main display

[@MU-xh8fu]

So is it better to get smaller less encrusted corals that can be cut/broke off their plugs easily to avoid pests?

[@Reefscom]

that's where it comes tricky and more of personal preference. While I will take fresh cuts from colonies from tanks that I know and trust to be tank grown corals, I always look for encrusted corals as I believe encrusting of corals shows that it's been there for a bit and that it's healthy. I try to remove much of the plug to remove as much as I can. I think situation is different each case and will have to come down to your judgement.

[@gki7132]

you mentioned about keeping the nutrients high with low lighting and low nutrients with high lighting. What are the high and the low lighting (par) levels for acroporas?

[@Reefscom]

Hi. Im not chris but i have seen acros around 800 par on high par cases and down to 50 something par on low level par cases.

[@montereychameleonsandmore2666]

So your saying if you have ACRO and softies unless you have a carbon filter your running a major problem that the softies will release chemical warfare into the water killing your acros? I have a tank mostly full of acros but I noticed my softies are shriveled up and my LPS are kinda ehhh

[@lisadimercurio9473]

Great video. What salt do you use?

[@Reefscom]

Lisa DiMercurio I use fritz rpm, he uses Julian Sprung’s salt.

[@calipsosreefs4843]

Hey Chris’s we talk ones about zoath me thanking u for ur tips about adding lodide for better coloration now they multiplying what cant it be I have good light and good flow should I try placing them in a different spot in the tank

[@calipsosreefs4843]

I ment they not multiplying

[@Reefscom]

Water parameters.

[@calipsosreefs4843]

Water is perfect and also use ro/di to

[@Reefscom]

What is perfect? Please give all the parameters and what test kits you are using.

[@calipsosreefs4843]

Test kit I have is api and Red Sea,api for ph nitrate nitrite amonia phosphate kh n calcium and Red Sea for magnesium calcium n alkalinity I keep my parameters we’re it should be,I see growth in my monti burst nest mushrooms reproducing pulsing Xenia also reproducing but only in my zoaths I don’t see growth I do water changes ones a month cause my lfs guy told me my water is to clean

[@jsauce666]

What salt do you use at ACI?

[@Reefscom]

John Sousa hey john. Chris makes his own salt and uses salt from Julian Sprung.

[@dreamreefbeltran1495]

what kind of salt do you use peace

[@Reefscom]

I use Fritz RPM as video shows. Chris makes his own salt and uses salt made by Julian Sprung of TLF.

[@cubanreefer1582]

Hey Richard I wonder if you can tell me what did Julian used to kill The flatworms.

[@Reefscom]

CUBAN REEFER it was TLF revive.

[@cubanreefer1582]

reefs Thank you! Reefs

[@jluusaltwateraquarium8320]

Hello sir I have a Acropora at less 2 months now I lost color now they changing too brown I don't know is die are not but is not blecher out....

[@Reefscom]

Check your nutrient levels. They brown out usually if your nutrient levels are out of whack.

[@ReapingAngel16]

I like the show and tell style of your videos, still need to work on the audio fine tuning. I slightly sound like a broken record, but that's literally the only issue I have when watching.

[@jluusaltwateraquarium8320]

I have 3 Acropora about 1 inches how many years do get big

[@Reefscom]

depends on the acro type, your tank water parameters and how much PAR it receives as well as flow. in short, it varies ALOT.

[@jluusaltwateraquarium8320]

What is best lights used for Acropora.. Right now I use Ocean revive t247 it been 6 months..

[@Reefscom]

those do well and I may be biased but I would really like to give radions a nod for LEDs, mh and t5 is great too but I, along with majority of the hobby prefer LEDs for the upkeep and the convenience.

[@jluusaltwateraquarium8320]

Thanks you sir... I was thinking to get ECO tech Marine Radion XR30w G4 Pro Led light Fixture.. I have Redsea 170 34galler tank do you think is that good for my fish and coral grove beautiful and healthy corals...

[@goldslinger]

Throw the coral away or I guess quarantine it for a looooong time. Would not dump it in a community tank

[@Reefscom]

Depending on the situation ofcourse.