Battlecorals Snipers Blue Official Entries

snakejacques · Aug 31, 2018

Better late than never

eatmoreyeah · Aug 31, 2018

Sorry for the terrible photo I had to send someone to my home to do this for me.

danreefman · Sep 1, 2018

Not sure if I had to post this month or not? Heres the 1 week mark

JuanGutz · Sep 1, 2018

My first submission

tigÃ©21v · Sep 4, 2018

Beginning pic

tigÃ©21v · Sep 19, 2018

tigÃ©21v said:
Beginning pic

So, I just took the time to go back and start reading this thread from the beginning. Didn't have to read very much before I realized I didn't get my pic posted in a timely manner. I had the frag for a week or better before I snapped a pic....

Mark Gray · Sep 20, 2018

Here's my September photo a day early, but I am really busy. I see some growth. Heading to Fiji next week for work

HolisticBear · Sep 20, 2018

Picture 2. Without my original photo, I wouldn't have noticed the growth.

UABsleeper · Sep 20, 2018

My September entry 9/20/18! Seeing some decent encrusting! Colors are fading a bit but overall appears to be doing great! Still slowly getting it acclimated to my lights

Compared to last months pic getting some decent growth
Picture below taken 8/25/18

Ento-Reefer · Sep 20, 2018

kurtp said:
End of the Month submission.
Official entry photo for comparison (frag arrived 8/8, Frag rack shot was taken on 8/10)
I thought I'd include the photo from a few days later when I glued it to the rock work and discovered I couldn't get the numbers on the blue ruler to show up in the new location so new location/new ruler which should remain constant for the rest of the contest

And here is today's 'end of the month' submission. (PE usually much better but new arrival BC frag baggies kept bumping into it during acclimation when I realized I better shoot a picture today cuz I work tomorrow):

So, 22 days in the tank and growth hasn't budged from 2.8 cm.

current tank parameters:
ALK - 7.7
Calcium - 455
Mg- 1400
pH - 8.1 - 8.3
Nitrate - 2.0ppm
PO4 - 0.00 - 0.04 ppm (still trying to tune in my ATS's flow and light cycles to get steady PO4 levels)
SG - 1.026
Temp - 77-79

6 bulb ATI (three blue+, two actinic, 1 purple+) with 1 XHO actinic Reef Brite strip
Experimenting with Red Sea Colors trace elements at about 1/2 recommended dose (waiting for results from Triton to see if I'm on target)

I see quite a bit of encrusting growth though

Norcalreef · Sep 20, 2018

A couple days early but September post. Been working 70-80 hour weeks and tank has been feeling the effects. Still it’s encrusting slowly.

Sushitheshiba · Sep 21, 2018

Sept submission. Lagging on the encrusting compared to everyone since I’m still trying to figure out a spot for it (moved it around quite a bit). Also trying to raise the nutrients since I believed I bottomed out the phosphates last month. I think I also found a good spot for measuring it more accurately compared to the entry pic lol

dewy · Sep 21, 2018

Mine has encrusted some and started to show some color.

Ubans13 · Sep 21, 2018

September Submission this is final placement after acclimated to lights. Got a ruler but still hard to see so will try another color ruler. Color is good and starting to encrust. Really liking the color.
Alk 8.7 to 9
Cal 450
Mag 1540
Led lights

September