Okay so I just got my second tank after having my beginner tank for about 9-10 months now. It’s set up and cycled and has fish in it and I went to the fish store with my dad to pick out some soft corals.

Well his eye catches a birds nest and he ends up spending his own money to buy it. He was really looking forward to putting some coral in this tank and I had some bad anxiety in the fish store so to be honest I green-lit it for him.

When we got home and the next couple of days I explained to him why this coral could have a high chance of passing on us. I explained to him I guess the levels of coral and how sps are picky and want stable parameters which we might not really have yet in this tank.

So even though I told him it might die, I’d like to try and keep this coral alive as best as I can.

For anyone who has more experience with sps (as this is also my first sps ever) I would really really really like some advice.

I’m currently dosing twice a week with all for reef, I’m splitting my once a week dose into two days so parameters are a little more stable.

I feed reef roids and phytoplankton twice a week.

My lights are Hydras AI 32G.

And the sps has moderate flow on him.

I do notice his polyps are a little recessed, mostly on one side so I’m thinking of moving him down as I’m worried he’s getting too much light.

Thank you for listening 🙏

SPS in new 75 gal