Every one of these corals grew from one inch fragments in this 55 gallon reef

As promised I will be sharing information about the progress of my reef tank on a monthly basis. Everyone has heard that a picture speaks a thousand words and these recent pictures of my tank show a lot of new developments. LeRoy has a way of getting people interested in trying new things.

He was forever bringing in new specimens of SPS corals, but letting everyone know that, unless their system was established for at least a year, they should not attempt adding these delicate animals to there system. You could see people just drooling to try.

These pictures show how the SPS corals are growing in this 18 month old reef aquarium

I on the other hand heeded LeRoy's advice and waited until my tank was growing coralline algae about the size of a quarter. This took about nine months. I then read several books and magazines, researching the proper lights, water movement, and special needs to keep these animals healthy. I decided to start small, I went around to all the Foundation's reef systems, found the one SPS coral LeRoy had the most of, cut a tiny piece off and attached it to my live rock. The corals polyps came out almost directly and I felt pretty confident that this new addition was happy in it's new home.

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