8 Ways to Improve Acropora Coral Growth | SPS Reef Tank

In this video I talk about eight ways to improve the growth of Acropora SPS corals in the marine reef aquarium.

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[opethmike]

Abe is not only an awesome acropora educator, he is also my dad.

[StNovaSt]

Man Abe, it was about time. We were well overdue a vid

[lagoonreef]

Your content always stands out and every time it is to the point

Thank you

[glennrudolph]

I feel like I am pretty in tune with referring channels on YouTube and I am JUST now finding your channel. 👍🏽

[mihaia]

There are a bunch of youtube channels to get from 0 to 75 % when keeping SPS. Abe powers you from 75% to 110% ;). I can think of only one other channel that provides expert advice.

[raywells]

Been in the Hobby for 22 years and IMHO, Halides are King! Been mounting my corals horizontal for 21 years and I get much bushier and faster growth as a result vs Verticle.

[fuffoon]

Number one is number one! All the feeding and nutrients for SPS are great for spending money and feeling like a participant in their growth but my experience shows that when the tank is stable and ready they just grow. I removed a 7 channel doser and all the bottles and things started to work really well. LPS all eat real food so that's no issue. With all the commercial products, there are no empiracal studies for what the SPS is actually using. As I am in the process of restarting my 800 liter aquarium, my little 80 liter is now just some inverts, polyps and sponges and a cowerie that is feeding on the gorgans. I am experimenting on the little tank. I have a bottle of Spongepower and I'm giving it a drop daily. So far, nothing visible is occuring. I'll try 6 weeks to see if a sponge actually responds. I'm not sold on additives quite yet. Water changes? Absolutely! Every Saturday.

[carminecarlone]

That tenuis at 5:23 😍 it’s just incredible

[theideaofclips]

your best video never seen your face and that long boring spill. great video buddy.

[edwardwells]

@ Coral Euphoria...I have been telling folks for over 2 decades to mount horizontally, no one listens. Your the only one that I have ever herd mention that little trick!!! Thats why I buy loose frags unmounted when I can or break them off the frag plug and remount them myself. Initially growth may be slow but in short order it will start growing like a weed creating far more branches in the long run.

[sunnygoold]

Another great video from the best channel for acros on YouTube - well done Abe. Ok I am mounting my acros on the side. I bought a few branches recently to add to my scape - now I just have to work out how to slot them in ;) Thanks mate

[neoachemist]

Rock solid group of tips. Ive been using most of these tricks for years and they are gold.
I'm glade Abe left coral feeding off of the table as it more often than not causes problems that are much worse than the benefits.

[wilsonline]

watching maybe for the 5th time. and now going back to the video where you talk about the mounting plug

[thomascristaldi]

The water change topic I noticed a big improvement. if I pushed water changed to 2 weeks my corals looked so much better. But still did my 10% change instead of 20%.

[myenigma]

Great video Abe. Keep them coming. They are both great quality images/video and very useful content.

[carminecarlone]

Fragging is probably my favorite thing to do in the hobby. But I never get to do enough of it lol (hence why I’m here haha)

[Alex_Correa]

GET YOURSELF SOME METAL HALIDE.
"This is a video of how to get better Acropora growth not of how to save your electricity bill"
This is so true to any reef IMO. Healthy, strong, colorful and well distributed colonies.
Need more pH? Get a nice kalkwasser reactor and learn the needs of your tank dosing through the day.
Abe, you're a good person! Some guys might know many of those tips and they don't publish, keeping them to themselves. Thanks for passing your experiences here!
Thanks for the video!

[alfpiccolo]

thank you Abe. I am upgrading to a bigger tank and time to move those acros I acquired from you. this is timely!

[tsurro]

Definitely think moving corals till u find their happy spot is real!

[jle_reefer]

Mounting sideways... definitely going to have to try that. 👍🏼 Thanks for the vid. Great info! I just recently started getting into acros, I’m glad I ran into this channel.