Bubba's SPS Journey

[CNDReef]

Your corals look awesome.
Going to start a bubbaque wish list

 

[BigJim]

Thank you! The powder blue is one of my favorite fish, I only wish it wasn't so aggressive.

I wanted a powder blue for a long time, but I have already had to re-home a couple aggressive tangs in the past. I ended up getting a naso instead. Not quite as pretty, but still attractive and very laid back.

 

[BigJim]

I forgot to mention your thread has been an inspiration. I went through a long stretch of SPS issues and seeing so many beautiful acros definitely kept me from throwing in the towel.

 

[bubbaque]

I wanted a powder blue for a long time, but I have already had to re-home a couple aggressive tangs in the past. I ended up getting a naso instead. Not quite as pretty, but still attractive and very laid back.

I forgot to mention your thread has been an inspiration. I went through a long stretch of SPS issues and seeing so many beautiful acros definitely kept me from throwing in the towel.

I thought I lucked out with my Powder blue as it was very calm for a long time. My hippo tang was always the boss of the tank but it wasn’t aggressive. Then one day I seen the powder blue start harassing the hippo tang and it hasn’t stopped since. He doesn’t do it all the time but since the hippo tang is the fish I have had the longest, I hate to see it get harassed.

Sps can be a pain and I’ve had my battle with keeping them alive also but once you get success again it’s the greatest feeling.

 

[lolgranny]

Thank you! The powder blue is one of my favorite fish, I only wish it wasn't so aggressive.

Mines a big ole baby. I added a copper and and a couple other tangs after him and they CB picks on him haha.

 

[CoralWealth]

I do not. I had a bad experience in the past with the rox carbon so I’ve been scared to use it. I need to put some in a bag in the sump though as I am getting some yellowing in the water that I can notice up against my white wall.

Have you added any carbon to deal with the water? I have noticed I am getting some yellowish/greenish tint in my water too.

If you did add some, how much and how did you do it?

 

[bubbaque]

Have you added any carbon to deal with the water? I have noticed I am getting some yellowish/greenish tint in my water too.

If you did add some, how much and how did you do it?

I did start carbon again but use it off and on. I do a mixture of the brs large size (forget the name) and rox carbon as I am still scared to go strictly rox. I use about 1 1/2 cups of the large and only a few tbsp of the rox. My water looks crystal clear now.

 

[tripdad]

You are definitely pulling out some nice colors in your corals Bubba! Nicely done.

 

[bubbaque]

You are definitely pulling out some nice colors in your corals Bubba! Nicely done.

Thank you so much.

 

[CoralWealth]

I did start carbon again but use it off and on. I do a mixture of the brs large size (forget the name) and rox carbon as I am still scared to go strictly rox. I use about 1 1/2 cups of the large and only a few tbsp of the rox. My water looks crystal clear now.

Thanks Bubba!

 

[Gimmy770]

Thanks @bubbaque for this beautiful thread!!
Greetings from Italy

 

[xabo]

Bubba I missed it but what type of lighting are you using?

 

[bubbaque]

Thanks @bubbaque for this beautiful thread!!
Greetings from Italy

Its always cool to see people following along from all over the world!

Bubba I missed it but what type of lighting are you using?

I have 4 tanks. Two use ATI T5 fixtures and SB reef bars and two tanks use radion G4 pros supplemented with t5's.

 

[whyoming.white]

Which combo gives the best color and growth in your opinion

 

[bubbaque]

Which combo gives the best color and growth in your opinion

I personally think the radions supplemented with t5's give much better color, at least for me they do. Pretty much all my favorites go in the tanks with that combo. No they don't sponsor me in the slightest way.

 

[bubbaque]

Gorgeous tank!

Question...I was looking into getting a TCK New Dragon frag...so did a Google search and your thread popped up. Do you have one? I'm curious to see how it looks outside of TCK's website!

I finally got around to taking a pic of the TCK New Dragon for you. For me the body isn't red and the tips aren't yellow like their pic shows. Could be a light issue though as you can see most of it is shaded. I do like how it looks though, it's different than anything else I have.

 

[chefmur]

Bubba,
Awesome thread read it all the way through, one question you mentioned your tank have some issues and some SPS turning brown and now have come back. How long did it take for that to happen, I have had some issues with Alk stability and a couple of my pieces have lost color especially my rainbow acros.

 

[bubbaque]

Bubba,
Awesome thread read it all the way through, one question you mentioned your tank have some issues and some SPS turning brown and now have come back. How long did it take for that to happen, I have had some issues with Alk stability and a couple of my pieces have lost color especially my rainbow acros.

All the way through !? Not many are willing to do that now as it's pretty long. Thanks for taking the time to do it.

I'm still not 100% sure what caused the issue but I did a whole bunch of water changes to reset things. I would say it took about 6 weeks until it started to look pretty good again. Some things are still trying to get there, like that ultra milli I posted a few days ago isn't back to 100% but it's close. I think once things turn stable again you start to see the beginning of the color return pretty fast (2 weeks) but could be 2-3 months before you are back to what it was.

 

[BigJohnny]

I personally think the radions supplemented with t5's give much better color, at least for me they do. Pretty much all my favorites go in the tanks with that combo. No they don't sponsor me in the slightest way.

What about growth, similar between the two?

 

[bubbaque]

What about growth, similar between the two?

Yes I would say it's similar. Never a big enough difference for me to even think about it really.