Bubba's SPS Journey

bubbaque · Jul 17, 2019

litenyaup said:
I feel like by mounting them that way and having them not encrust your missing out on some colors that you would only get from the flat encrusted bases.

I am not really worried about encrustment color. I have never been blown away by the corals encrustment color.

litenyaup · Jul 17, 2019

Like this....you would not get that green if no base or encrusting.

bubbaque · Jul 17, 2019

You will still get it in the actual coral base color. Doing it on plugs does nothing besides let it encrust downward instead of outwards.

litenyaup · Jul 17, 2019

bubbaque said:
You will still get it in the actual coral base color. Doing it on plugs does nothing besides let it encrust downward instead of outwards.

Gotcha I believe u bro! Your the expert in sps

bubbaque · Jul 17, 2019

I am no expert but if you look at the pic of Brads tank on the previous page you can see the coral still has base color if you are worried about that.

litenyaup · Jul 17, 2019

bubbaque said:
I am no expert but if you look at the pic of Brads tank on the previous page you can see the coral still has base color if you are worried about that.

Ya they do still look good. What experience has he or you had with tabling? Does it need to have base go out?

Craigb350 · Jul 17, 2019

Makes me sick all the nice corals you guys can get over here, makes it worse that you cant send them across the pond

bubbaque · Jul 17, 2019

litenyaup said:
Ya they do still look good. What experience has he or you had with tabling? Does it need to have base go out?

The coral is still going to grow base but instead of to the side covering the rock it's downward on the plug. I am sure eventually it's going to grow to the rock but it's going to save you some space. When I talked to Brad about it he told me usually when the coral encrust to the edge of the plug it starts to grow new branches. I have experienced that as well and you can see it happening to one of his corals in that pic.

Antics · Jul 17, 2019

@bubbaque come on buddy, I need my daily dose of them amazing yellow tangs!

bubbaque · Jul 17, 2019

Antics said:
@bubbaque come on buddy, I need my daily dose of them amazing yellow tangs!

Haha. I’m really loving the group of yellow tangs. They go around grazing as a group which is pretty cool to watch. There is some tail slapping here and there but nothing too major.

I seen @aquavista99 said he’s going to add a group of yellow tangs to his display after going to Hawaii and seeing them.

Antics · Jul 17, 2019

bubbaque said:
Haha. I’m really loving the group of yellow tangs. They go around grazing as a group which is pretty cool to watch. There is some tail slapping here and there but nothing to major.

I seen @aquavista99 said he’s going to add a group of yellow tangs to his display after going to Hawaii and seeing them.

I'm planning on trying 5 in an upgrade! Might be a little too ambitious though.

bubbaque · Jul 17, 2019

Antics said:
I'm planning on trying 5 in an upgrade! Might be a little too ambitious though.

What's your upgrade dimensions?

Antics · Jul 17, 2019

bubbaque said:
What's your upgrade dimensions?

60x36x24

marlinmon · Jul 18, 2019

Nice!

rushbattle · Jul 18, 2019

Antics said:
60x36x24

I went 72x44x27, but the tank isn’t here yet. I’m starting to worry I’ll need a snorkel. I think your size is more easily managed for sure.

AngryMike2016 · Jul 18, 2019

rushbattle said:
I went 72x44x27, but the tank isn’t here yet. I’m starting to worry I’ll need a snorkel. I think your size is more easily managed for sure.

Maybe get a submarine?

bubbaque · Jul 19, 2019

I finished transferring all my tangs to the new display. I have a few fish left to catch but I should be totally finished with my old tanks in a few days.