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Yes, this would probably make things easier to start off. However I've read (in an article by J. Craggs iirc) that there is some degree of plasticity here, and corals from one region can sync up to a different regions' seasonal changes.

Also, I'm mainly interested in corals that are simultaneous hermaphrodites at first, since I don't currently have the capability to reliably identify the sex of gonochoric species.

To be clear, I'm not saying cloned corals can't spawn and reproduce in general, most probably can. I'm saying that two corals which are clones of a common mother colony likely cannot fertilize each other. For example, from a section about home aquarium coral spawning in Rich Ross's recent...

This one might be a little out there, but here goes. I recently set up a coral spawning tank with a reef-pi which mimics the seasonal solar, lunar and temperature changes of an indo-pacific reef. It is currently going through the ugly phase, and in the meantime I'm planning out which corals to...

Yea, let's give it a day or two to reduce stress. I'm offering food every day, hopefully it'll bounce back. I'll let you know how things are going on Wednesday.

Yes, still available! It seems to be doing a little better, swimming around and not hiding all day. Still not eating much though.

I'm giving away a Pajama Cardinalfish that I pulled from my display tank because it was getting bullied by two other Pajamas. It's been in a quarantine tank for two days now. Full disclosure, it is not eating much and hides inside a PVC tube all the time. I don't think it has any common disease...

Thanks for sharing! I'm currently setting up a spawning tank, this is good info

I responded to the poll a bit late, could you send me the link too please?

I struggled a lot at the beginning when buying saltwater from various LFSs. I never found a place that sold water with consistent enough salinity or parameters, so I started making my own and the health/growth of my corals improved by leaps and bounds. Good job for taking what I consider a very...

Are frags ok or only larger colonies? I have some Scrambled Eggs that I can offer.

Thanks! Yea I thought of the same thing about the front rock. There's some space to move the whole structure back a bit, but I'm going to test it with a cleaning magnet. If it's still an issue I'm going to chisel off a little from the front. I'm not planning on any fast growing, invasive corals...

Alright, here's what I came up with. I really liked the arches I originally had, so I modified them a bit and added the shelf pieces up top to create more of a plateau. I think this will give more space for acropora up top while also leaving space for some LPS/softies towards the bottom (want...

That would be awesome! I'll PM

Thanks for the replies. I like it so I think I'm going to go for it and maybe drill some frag plug holes after the cement sets. When I said "a lot of acropora" I now realize that's open to interpretation. What I meant was I would like this tank to be acropora dominant, not that I want to have...

Hey everyone! I'm starting up an SPS dominant Red Sea Reefer 170 which hopefully will be home to a lot of acropora. I just finished putting together the aquascape (not cemented yet) and thought I'd see if anyone had any suggestions for improvement. This is the first time I've built a custom...

Ah, now I understand why I couldn't see the buy/sell/trade forums! I'm definitely considering becoming a supporting member, thanks for the suggestion.

Hey BARs, Just fragged some of my corals for the first time, and I need to get rid of them soon (small 10 gallon tank). If you want to give me a few bucks it would be very welcome, but not required. Local pickup only in Livermore. Anyone interested? Frags: 3 Duncan Frags (1-3 polyps ea) 5...