Coral Growing Contest

bradleym · Mar 8, 2022

bradleym said:
December update. Gonna include 2 angles to get the full scope of progress.

March update:

Phosphate: 0.09
Nitrate: 40
Alkalinity: 10
Salinity: 1.024

Stlreefer1980 · Mar 16, 2022

Well, i lose. Mine started turning white from the bottom and continued up each branch. I had to frag it up into 5 different pieces. The one trial piece i did a couple days ago looks good. So i am hoping the other 4 pieces I fragged this morning will also live. This hobby is tough. Just when you think you have everything under control, a coral just starts doing badly.

bradleym · Mar 16, 2022

Stlreefer1980 said:
Well, i lose. Mine started turning white from the bottom and continued up each branch. I had to frag it up into 5 different pieces. The one trial piece i did a couple days ago looks good. So i am hoping the other 4 pieces I fragged this morning will also live. This hobby is tough. Just when you think you have everything under control, a coral just starts doing badly.

Sorry to hear that! It sucks, no matter how long you've been in the hobby.

Stlreefer1980 · Mar 16, 2022

bradleym said:
Sorry to hear that! It sucks, no matter how long you've been in the hobby.

Yeah, everything else in the tank is doing fine. I cant explain it. Hopefully the fragged up pieces make it.

Lance A. Lot · Mar 24, 2022

Lets get our final April photos in by the 4th so we can vote for a few days before the swap. Remember to try and post a picture of the original frag and the final photo together in one post to make voting easier.

Lance A. Lot · Mar 25, 2022

March photo

Lance A. Lot · Mar 25, 2022

Lance A. Lot said:
March photo

Well there has been some growth but, it sure looks like everything else around the contest frag grew a lot more.

decker6 · Mar 31, 2022

decker6 said:
March 8th!

March 31. It went in a ride this month did a tank move to our new house, reasoning for the little loss of color.

a little backwards but here’s the after and before

jhuntstl · Mar 31, 2022

Jan 2nd. Shortly after surviving an SPS crash.

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March 31st. I'm just happy I kept it alive.

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bradleym · Apr 1, 2022

Here's my final weigh-in. I might not have won, but I'm proud of my progress!

Salesman643 · Apr 3, 2022

Mine never grew up.

Lance A. Lot · Apr 5, 2022

First photo:

Middle:

Last photo:

Frogspawn74 · Apr 10, 2022

posted in wrong area

jhuntstl · May 14, 2022

How's everyone's contest corals doing nowadays? PE not as great, but seeing a lot of growth.

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bradleym · May 17, 2022

Pics aren't great but here's mine.

jhuntstl · May 17, 2022

bradleym said:
Pics aren't great but here's mine.

Looking good!

Be interesting to see how long it takes mine to transition from it's current green to more teal like yours. I am just now starting to see a touch of purple in the new growth tips. The polyps aren't quite as brown anymore either, more blueish.