Battlecorals Vivid's Rainbow Acropora - Contest Discussion Thread

[Caravanshaka]

@bubbaque that frag looks great! You don’t seem to have gotten much vertical growth, but the color looks great and the overall growth was huge.

My 6 months is up on Wednesday...unfortunately between a nutrient issue and a full tank move, mine stalled out after showing some promise early on. Hopefully with everything stable now it will come back around.

 

[bubbaque]

@bubbaque that frag looks great! You don’t seem to have gotten much vertical growth, but the color looks great and the overall growth was huge.

My 6 months is up on Wednesday...unfortunately between a nutrient issue and a full tank move, mine stalled out after showing some promise early on. Hopefully with everything stable now it will come back around.

Thanks! Color seems to be slowly coming along and I'm pretty happy with overall growth. It seemed almost everyone struggled with that vertical growth, as long as the ruler was always in the same spot, lol. Now that the contest pics are over for me I'm thinking about clipping the tips to see if it spurs growth from the tips. I think the other branches will out grow the original tip as it is now.

 

[snakejacques]

When you clip tips do you do all of them or just a few?

 

[bubbaque]

When you clip tips do you do all of them or just a few?

I will clip the original left and right ones as those are the ones that aren't doing anything. Sometimes it can spur branch growth.

 

[PSXerholic]

I will clip the original left and right ones as those are the ones that aren't doing anything. Sometimes it can spur branch growth.

That’s absolutely correct.
Observed that many times ;-)

 

[madweazl]

Few days short of seven months.

 

[bubbaque]

I think I am going to keep posting updates as well. Also, since I am going to clip a branch on mine, it will be cool to document if it spurs growth out of it.

 

[snakejacques]

I think I will too

 

[snakejacques]

I'm going to be hooking up for another hundred gallons up to my system we'll see how that hosted the stability my little 75 seems to get off of kilter too easy

 

[MTBake]

I've noticed a bit more coloration coming out of all my sps lately. I added 2 more T5 bulbs to the 2 I already had. I also use 2 Kessils as well. After seeing the response of adding T5 to the Kessils, I've decided to switch my lighting back to halide/T5. Can't wait to get my new light fixture. I'll post updates once it's worth posting an update, lol.

 

[madweazl]

I've noticed a bit more coloration coming out of all my sps lately. I added 2 more T5 bulbs to the 2 I already had. I also use 2 Kessils as well. After seeing the response of adding T5 to the Kessils, I've decided to switch my lighting back to halide/T5. Can't wait to get my new light fixture. I'll post updates once it's worth posting an update, lol.

Which Kessils and what are your settings for them?

 

[MTBake]

I have 2 of the 360we over a 40 gallon. Intensity is at 30% and color at 50%.

 

[madweazl]

I have 2 of the 360we over a 40 gallon. Intensity is at 30% and color at 50%.

Had you explored a higher intensity setting on the Kessils? When I was running two T5s with the A360s and I was running 85% intensity (60-65% color typically though I did play with much higher when I had them paired with actinics). Also, how high are they mounted above the water? Much more than 6" and PAR falls off dramatically.

 

[MTBake]

Seems if I raise the intensity, I get bleaching on the new encrusting growth of my sps. The lights are 8" off the water. Really not knocking Kessils or leds at all. I'm keeping my current lighting for another setup I'm working on. That's the main reason for the switch. I was going to buy lighting for that anyway, so figured I'd swap out what's over this tank instead.

 

[madweazl]

Are you sure it was bleaching? The growing edge of most SPS show different coloration than the rest of the coral. At 30% intensity and 8" off the water, the issue isn't solely the light (and likely nothing to do with the light what-so-ever).

 

[snakejacques]

I'm running out of room

 

[madweazl]

Poor corals are in constant state of war.

 

[Savo]

I'm running out of room

Running out? Your are out of room

 

[snakejacques]

Running out? Your are out of room

I just put a frag tank in so I'll be cleaning it up I'm getting rid of some rock

 

[MTBake]

Are you sure it was bleaching? The growing edge of most SPS show different coloration than the rest of the coral. At 30% intensity and 8" off the water, the issue isn't solely the light (and likely nothing to do with the light what-so-ever).

It was bleaching, then receding. I've tried to find the perfect setting on these things for over 18 months now. This tank is only 1 year old, but had them over my 75 before I took that down. It could be a combination of things really.