Cherry Bomb

Justin Aretz · Oct 30, 2019

BoomCorals said:
Another similar one (not actually cherry bomb)

No offense but missing 3 colors that the cherry bomb has lol

TopShelfAquatics · Oct 30, 2019

One of my personal favorites

Charlie’s Frags · Oct 30, 2019

TopShelfAquatics said:
One of my personal favorites

Me too. This is one of her kids

Justin Aretz · Oct 30, 2019

Chaswood79 said:
Me too. This is one of her kids

What kind of par is that getting? Looks great

Charlie’s Frags · Oct 30, 2019

Justin Aretz said:
What kind of par is that getting? Looks great

400 for 8 hours with 2 hour ramps

Charlie’s Frags · Oct 30, 2019

Chaswood79 said:
400 for 8 hours with 2 hour ramps

I use very little white. Whites max out at 20 for 2 hours the rest of the time they’re at 10 or less

Guttersnipe · Nov 9, 2019

This one took a while to color up then one day all the polyps turned red.

tqui · Nov 9, 2019

BAUCE · Jun 30, 2020

everyone agree that this piece likes high par? getting ready to glue mine down under my t5's

Justin Aretz · Jul 1, 2020

Sublime Corals said:
everyone agree that this piece likes high par? getting ready to glue mine down under my t5's

Does fine between 3-550

lemonade · Oct 23, 2020

Bought this as TGC Cherry Bomb but I’m having serious doubts. Anyone had their cherry bomb look like this before? It grows really fast, colors just seem way off.

Dr. Jim · Oct 23, 2020

I've had my TGC Cherry Bomb for about 6 months. Yesterday, I noticed a band of polyps along the bottom retracted. (The other side is full of polyps) Hope it's temporary. Anybody seen this happen?

BSA Corals · Oct 23, 2020

lemonade said:
Bought this as TGC Cherry Bomb but I’m having serious doubts. Anyone had their cherry bomb look like this before? It grows really fast, colors just seem way off.

Color is definitely wrong for cherry bomb it looks more like a Walt Disney.. Was it from a reputable vendor ?

BSA Corals · Oct 23, 2020

Dr. Jim said:
I've had my TGC Cherry Bomb for about 6 months. Yesterday, I noticed a band of polyps along the bottom retracted. (The other side is full of polyps) Hope it's temporary. Anybody seen this happen?

I would dip or cut off the Rtn if it progresses.

lemonade · Oct 23, 2020

I agree color does not look right. I got my WD from the same person and it’s right next to this piece. They’re similar but WD polyps are bright yellow and more pink on corallites

Dr. Jim · Oct 23, 2020

BSA Corals said:
I would dip or cut off the Rtn if it progresses.

Not sure if I would consider it RTN. I can still see some withdrawn polyps (which is why I'm hoping they will open up again).

Some of the variables I'm considering:
1) Current may have been too strong. ( I reduced flow a little on Echotechs)
2) Alk creeped up a little recently: 8.4 to 8.9
3) NO3 creeped up over past month: from about 10 to 17-20. This seems to have coincided with me adding 3" sand to my tank about 2 mo ago. (Chaeto keeps dying; adding more tomorrow); Also, starting ZeoStart and ZeoFood.
-(PO4 have been consistent: 0.06- 0.09)
-Halide/T5

This has been an incredibly hardy coral. Polyps have been extended nicely since Day 1, (despite all my problems with elevated Tin and losing lots of new SPS frags because of that).