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)