Bubba's SPS Journey

Birddog · Oct 14, 2018

bubbaque said:
I use tilapia, shrimp and scallops and sometimes I add clams.
I go to the grocery store to the seafood counter and ask for the stuff I want. I go home and put it in a blender and blend it until it's the texture I want. Put it in a ziplock until frozen and then I chop it up to cubes. It turns out to be about a 1/4 of the cost if I bought it already made.

Thank you sir!

Rakie · Oct 15, 2018

You can also add spirulina, seaweeds, phyto, selcon, selco boost, black worms, All kinds of goodies.

Salmon also does contain a ton of fats. May or may not be healthy for our fish I have no idea on that.

bubbaque · Oct 15, 2018

I have two JF Fox flames, one in my display and one in a frag tank. The one in my display has done nothing but encrust a 5" area. The one in my frag tank is starting to look pretty good, I just need it to grow.

Frag tank JF Fox flame

Epic Aquaculture · Oct 15, 2018

bubbaque said:
Can we play a guessing game, lol? I bought the coral below as a certain coral but it has never looked like it for me. I always thought I was just horrible at coloring it up. After I received a different coral recently I am almost certain they are the same thing.

Can anyone guess what this is?

Green Slimer?

x2uranium · Oct 15, 2018

That fox flame is on point bubba.

bubbaque · Oct 15, 2018

x2uranium said:
That fox flame is on point bubba.

Thank you! Your stuff is looking pretty great too!

x2uranium · Oct 15, 2018

Thank you sir. Not bad for po4 on my frag tank of 1.16 rofl! You would probably cry if you saw that number on your tank lol.

bubbaque · Oct 15, 2018

x2uranium said:
Thank you sir. Not bad for po4 on my frag tank of 1.16 rofl! You would probably cry if you saw that number on your tank lol.

Cry? I might die of a heart attack.

x2uranium · Oct 15, 2018

Lol!!!!!!!!

lolgranny · Oct 15, 2018

x2uranium said:
Thank you sir. Not bad for po4 on my frag tank of 1.16 rofl! You would probably cry if you saw that number on your tank lol.

That high? That seems crazy lol. Mines raised up to .35 and I agree with bubba, my system doesn’t agree with it. Coral have been losing some of their color and with my angels picking at them they seem even more upset.

bubbaque · Oct 15, 2018

For those that follow along for the pics, I made a new thread on pic type preferrece. Take a minute to answer the poll if you don’t mind.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/pics-of-sps-daylight-or-blue-light-preferred.477176/

x2uranium · Oct 15, 2018

not going to bring this to off topic levels but yet its that high.. now granted today i have bought some gfo for both tanks but as I confirmed the make up water running out of my 54" x 10" DI canister registers 0.00 on Hannah

BigJohnny · Oct 15, 2018

x2uranium said:
not going to bring this to off topic levels but yet its that high.. now granted today i have bought some gfo for both tanks but as I confirmed the make up water running out of my 54" x 10" DI canister registers 0.00 on Hannah

Just fyi you can't accurately test phosphate in rodi water with a hanna. Not sure about ATI ICP.

x2uranium · Oct 15, 2018

Sorry.. to confirm it’s 0.00 in fresh makeup water 1.026

drawman · Oct 16, 2018

bubbaque said:
For those that follow along for the pics, I made a new thread on pic type preferrece. Take a minute to answer the poll if you don’t mind.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/pics-of-sps-daylight-or-blue-light-preferred.477176/

I'm glad to see so far that daylight reigns king!

Navymedic · Oct 16, 2018

Nice pics, I'm in Orlando so not far from you. Hoping I can start on some SPS like your doing. Thanks for sharing

bubbaque · Oct 16, 2018

Navymedic said:
Nice pics, I'm in Orlando so not far from you. Hoping I can start on some SPS like your doing. Thanks for sharing

Don't let the sps bug bite you or you are going to become addicted, lol. If you ever want to start that addiction, let me know and I am sure I can get you started with something.

justingraham · Oct 16, 2018

Navymedic said:
Nice pics, I'm in Orlando so not far from you. Hoping I can start on some SPS like your doing. Thanks for sharing

Then after the sps bug you get the camera bug don’t start its a lot of money

Biggles · Oct 17, 2018

bubbaque said:
I have two JF Fox flames, one in my display and one in a frag tank. The one in my display has done nothing but encrust a 5" area. The one in my frag tank is starting to look pretty good, I just need it to grow.

Frag tank JF Fox flame

You have crazy good skills with acro colors Bubba, i always keep an eye on your journal............. secret admirer mate. )