245 mixed reef build

Williamson’s Reef · Dec 17, 2021

Absolutely love my Rainbow Splice.

jsker · Dec 17, 2021

Biggestfish said:
Absolutely love my Rainbow Splice.

That is a nice looking stick!!

Mywifeisgunnakillme · Dec 17, 2021

I bought one on the cheap, maybe it will grow some red?!

Williamson’s Reef · Dec 17, 2021

jsker said:
That is a nice looking stick!!

Thank you! Even better in person

Williamson’s Reef · Dec 17, 2021

Mywifeisgunnakillme said:
I bought one on the cheap, maybe it will grow some red?!

Hopefully…mine was bright yellow with no purple. It’s a fast grower for sure.

Hugo’s_Reef · Dec 31, 2021

Biggestfish said:
RRC Elektra, TCK Wildcard and TSA Haymaker coloring up.

How are you liking the TSA haymaker . I seem to really like it from the TSA picture but I hesitate to buy it because it has a large price tag and I can't see it in person .

Williamson’s Reef · Dec 31, 2021

Hugo’s_Reef said:
How are you liking the TSA haymaker . I seem to really like it from the TSA picture but I hesitate to buy it because it has a large price tag and I can't see it in person .

I like it a lot. My WWC Yellow tips is so big now it was starting to shadow it. I cut some big chunks from the yellow tips to help. I wish I had the Haymaker sooner. All of the best spots where taken already in my 245. I should be able to frag it in a month. I’ll definitely grow another frag out from it in another tank. Then I can place it in higher par and compare.

Hugo’s_Reef · Jan 1, 2022

Biggestfish said:
I like it a lot. My WWC Yellow tips is so big now it was starting to shadow it. I cut some big chunks from the yellow tips to help. I wish I had the Haymaker sooner. All of the best spots where taken already in my 245. I should be able to frag it in a month. I’ll definitely grow another frag out from it in another tank. Then I can place it in higher par and compare.

nice !!! share some picture if you can

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Williamson’s Reef · Jan 19, 2022

Hugo’s_Reef said:
nice !!! share some picture if you can ))...

Best I could get with my iPhone.

Williamson’s Reef · Feb 9, 2022

My reef just continues to grow. Including the fish

Williamson’s Reef · Mar 21, 2022

TSA Carolina Reaper looking extra spicy at dusk.

Lionfish hunter · Apr 2, 2022

Biggestfish said:
RRC Elektra, TCK Wildcard and TSA Haymaker coloring up.

How is the haymaker doing? just picked one up. Is it a really slow grower? Thanks for all the updates!

Williamson’s Reef · Apr 2, 2022

Lionfish hunter said:
How is the haymaker doing? just picked one up. Is it a really slow grower? Thanks for all the updates!

Congratulations on that. Let me know how it does for you. I’d say it grows at a middle of the pack level.

Well in a effort to get more color out of mine I moved it into more par. And turned up my radions. It started to STN at the tip of the biggest stick. I cut it up and moved it into lower par. It’s been 6 days and all pieces are alive. Including the base that I cut all the sticks from. It’s actually healing up at the cuts. I saved a few corals like this from complete STN with light changes.

Sometimes I don’t follow my advice and rush things. I also put my two outer radions on there own program. Turned them up 10% with a 14 day acclimation. I should of did 30 days. But the Haymaker is the only one who didn’t like it. My two outer islands were getting 100 less par than my center island. Just from the flow patterns. Light changes have cost me more coral than anything. I never learn apparently… lol.