Bubba's SPS Journey

happyhourhero · Apr 2, 2018

Such nice examples of a great selection of acros. You have inadvertently helped me to decide to add a bit of t5 to my system.

29bonsaireef · Apr 2, 2018

bubbaque said:
Unfortunately I do not. It is about 12" down in the water and my t5's are 11" off the water. I do plan to buy a par meter in the near future, so maybe then I can tell you exactly what it is.

The balrog is about a 45 degree angle away from the light and you can see near the bottom part of it is green. That is the side away from the light. I am also getting better polyp extension on the underside, so maybe it's getting to much light.

Hmm.. I'm wondering because I have a frag, and the mother colony looked almost identical to Balrog. It was a frag off a wild/mari colony TGC got in. Mine has lost the peachy/pink colors and now mostly green and yellow. It's in 200-250 par, think it needs more light. Yours looks great though, wouldn't change a thing.

bubbaque · Apr 2, 2018

UWC said:
Your corals look great

Thanks!

happyhourhero said:
Such nice examples of a great selection of acros. You have inadvertently helped me to decide to add a bit of t5 to my system.

Thank you! I do enjoy the t5's but I do wonder what they would look like under led.

29bonsaireef said:
Hmm.. I'm wondering because I have a frag, and the mother colony looked almost identical to Balrog. It was a frag off a wild/mari colony TGC got in. Mine has lost the peachy/pink colors and now mostly green and yellow. It's in 200-250 par, think it needs more light. Yours looks great though, wouldn't change a thing.

I don't know if TKC gets his corals from the same as TGC. When he did send it to me, it just say "New Release" on the bag. He then told me they named it balrog. I am happy with how it looks so I will be leaving it as it is.

loz · Apr 2, 2018

What kind of salt are you using ? Your acro's looks amazing

bubbaque · Apr 2, 2018

loz said:
What kind of salt are you using ? Your acro's looks amazing

Thank you! I use plain instant ocean but I do not change water to often. I change maybe 20% every 4-6 weeks. I use a calcium reactor so I am hoping it takes care of some of the trace elements.

bubbaque · Apr 4, 2018

My Homewrecker went completely green on me after I got it. It is finally starting to get some pink back.

RobM · Apr 7, 2018

man, looks really good. I'm jealous.

ReeferMadness80G · Apr 7, 2018

Sitting next to the OP listening to mike paletta at RAP and the guy is not as cool as y’all think he is!......just kidding

bubbaque · Apr 7, 2018

ReeferMadness80G said:
Sitting next to the OP listening to mike paletta at RAP and the guy is not as cool as y’all think he is!......just kidding

Don’t be jealous! Lol

ReeferMadness80G · Apr 7, 2018

Someone told me you’re gonna have some interesting updates on some fire you’re adding to the tank?? Hopefully we’ll get a look tomorrow!?

bubbaque · Apr 9, 2018

This past weekend at RAP I picked up a JF Jolt and a CC Bahama mama. Earlier in the week I grabbed a Rainbow infusion from TSA. So far I am not really impressed with the Jolt but we will see with time. I asked Jason about the polyp color of the Jolt and he told me they get brighter as it grows out, only time will tell.

CC Bahama Mama

TSA Rainbow Fusion

JF Jolt

UWC · Apr 9, 2018

That rainbow fusion looks like it should be a stunner

ReeferMadness80G · Apr 9, 2018

Mouth agape.

jolt · Apr 9, 2018

You finally got your Jolt! That's a nice sized frag too

ReeferMadness80G · Apr 9, 2018

Guys, I just talked to Bubba, he said if this post gets 20 likes he’ll share an FTS!

bubbaque · Apr 9, 2018

jolt said:
You finally got your Jolt! That's a nice sized frag too

I finally got it but not impressed so far, lol.

bubbaque · Apr 9, 2018

UWC said:
That rainbow fusion looks like it should be a stunner

I am hoping it turns out to be nice. The pic of theirs looks insane but you know how pics can be. I went to see it in person but they said they were having phosphate issues currently so it lost some of it's color. Just like the Jolt, I guess I will wait and see, lol.

UWC · Apr 9, 2018

bubbaque said:
I am hoping it turns out to be nice. The pic of theirs looks insane but you know how pics can be. I went to see it in person but they said they were having phosphate issues currently so it lost some of it's color. Just like the Jolt, I guess I will wait and see, lol.

LOL. Will be watching to see what it does in your tank