The Good, Bad and Ugly: One Year of Acropora Growth

Before You ask: my lights are 3 ATI Straton Gen 1 LEDs tuned to a 14-18K spectrum at around 75% max intensity. For more information on my system, Stay tuned to my 1 year tank update coming soon!
One year ago, I uploaded a top down tour of my tank. After recently rewatching that video, I found it interesting how some acropora grew like mad, even after all the stress moving to a new tank can involve, while others grew very little. In this video, I will highlight a years growth for several of my corals in my tank and comment on my experience with them. I’ve added a lot of new acropora frags in the last year, so maybe it will be fun to make this an annual video update. The original video was shot on March 25, 2023, and reshot on March 23, 2024 so almost exactly 1 year to the date. I shot these with my Nikon DSLR which is not a video camera, but they came out well despite the changing of the color balance.

[@NBurgReef]

Last Year's Video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2WapmaOjLejnsU If you have questions about my system, stay tuned! I will be doing a 1 year update on this system in the next few weeks and will cover my equipment and my 'method'. Like and Subscribe if you want... or don't. Either way I hope you enjoyed!

[@queencityreefs]

Absolutely amazing! Great episode 👏🔥💯✌️

[@NBurgReef]

Thanks!

[@sebastiensourzat6378]

Très belle évolution !

[@OrigTaRanTaDo]

Beautiful Tank. Excellent growth and progression !

[@Reefer_NYC]

amazing!

[@NBurgReef]

Thanks!

[@murraykallen7388]

Love your videos

[@NBurgReef]

Thanks!

[@TBassJaps]

Very nice. Still decent growth and colour. Thanks for sharing. Happy Reefing

[@NBurgReef]

🤘

[@steevareno2002]

Nice growth!

[@NBurgReef]

Thanks!

[@davbenav]

Great information! Thank you. Wondering what you do to intervene when your corals won't grow? Do you "stab" the corals to induce new growth?

[@NBurgReef]

I have done the stabbing method before and it works for some but not for others. I have also cut branch tips which is hit or miss. You can try it as long as the coral seems healthy. If its not growing because it is unhealthy, this method will not work and may even kill your coral faster.

[@saggitariolover]

I really liked your tank it looks really clean ,That looks awesome; if you dont mind asking how many times have you dipped your corals since they were smaller? Or when you had the stn and dipped it what was your alkalinity? Thank you for showing us your video

[@NBurgReef]

I dip when I get them and usually get rid of the plug. The Oregon tort and pink passion were dipped in furan 2 when they were stning - 1 or 2 timesfor 10 mins. Unless I am trying to save a coral, 1 dip in potassium chloride Alk is always 8

[@lorenzospina3174]

Amazing ❤

[@NBurgReef]

Thanks 😄

[@YODAMOBBIN]

I just purchased two mp40s because I liked how clean yours looked but curious how you got them to magnetize to each other. If I turn them up at all they fall off. I also have a inovative marine tank with 3/4 inch glass.

[@NBurgReef]

I have only the thin rubber spacer on the dry side which helps it from sliding, also, I used zip ties and those square stick-on zip tie mounts to make a saddle to keep the dry side on. I think I cover it in a video, just not sure which! They work fine this way but will fall off without the makeshift mount to keep the dry side in place. I also don’t run mine past 50-60%

[@YODAMOBBIN]

That's exactly what i did, and as you mentioned, I ensured not to exceed 60%. There was a time when I contemplated quitting these and opting for MP60s.

[@philk9003]

Awesome growth!! What are you dosing?

[@NBurgReef]

Nothing in the way of trace elements or other bottles of stuff. ESV B-ionic 2 part and Kalkwasser at night. Other than that small amount of sodium nitrate to prevent bottoming out and a lot of food. Weekly changes seems to be enough.

[@philk9003]

@@NBurgReef Excellent, thank you. I'm at the point now where I'm over thinking my dosing, so it's nice to see your awesome results with a much more simple method.

[@NBurgReef]

@@philk9003 I think water changes and not trying something new every month is key, along with strong flow and feeding enough foods

[@natehodges2884]

What lights do you have on the tank?

[@NBurgReef]

3 ATI Straton Gen 1 LEDs