Coral Growing Contest

[Stlreefer1980]

I picked mine up today.
It went in my WB20 cube

Tank specs
XR15 running ab + at 60%
Par???
78 degrees
PH 8.2
Alk 9.0
Ca 460
Mag 1400
Po4 .02
No3 0

Feed corals with red sea coral nutrition ab+ and reef roids

 

[smoothdog]

Here's a good sample of the mother colony coloration under whites:
DSC_0129 by ksw2005, on Flickr

 

[Stlreefer1980]

Here are a couple pictures of mine in white lights

 

[Ultraman]

 

[Ultraman]

Thanks, Kirk!

 

[smoothdog]

Just for grins, I took a pic of one of the frags that had browned out in the holding tank and I'll track it's progress. It's super pale and just starting to color back up. See if you can beat the donor.

 

[Lance A. Lot]

new month new photo.
Stl Aquarium coral exhibit
This weeks numbers:
Ph - 8.13
Salinity- 36.5
Po4 - .10
Total alk - 170 (9.497 dkh)
Cal - 432
Mag - 1425
Par: 238

 

[bradleym]

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

 

[Lance A. Lot]

December Picture
Cal: 400
Alk: 8.65
Mag: 1297
PO4: .43
No3: 3.2

 

[Ultraman]

 

[mjcoussens]

White tissue is new growth, right? Ugh, it's pretty bleached, but still has tissue. Maybe it'll come back?

Ca2+: 450 ppm
Alk: 9 dkh (Alkatronic is set to maintain 8.8-9.3 with 2 part)
mg2+: 1350 ppm
PO4: 0.03 ppm
Nitrates: 3 ppm
Salinity: 35 ppt
Par: 350-375 umol/s

I've struggled to keep acros alive for years. I'm really hoping to change that with this tank and make stability a top priority.

If anyone is interested, I was able to drop my nitrates from 20-25 down to 3 in three weeks just by introducing daily dosing of vinegar and Eco-Balance.

Cheers,

Matt

 

[Ultraman]

Looks pretty iffy

 

[Lance A. Lot]

Starting to see teal instead of light brown on my frag. It has been just over a month.

 

[decker6]

11/21

12/17

here’s my monthish update! Running about the same parameters. 8.3/440/1400

 

[Salesman643]

dkh: 9.3
cal: 485
mag: 1410
Nitrate: 5.2
phos: .4
Ph: 8.3
Temp: 77.0

 

[bradleym]

Happy new year all! Lots of color growth for my January update. But not a lot of ACTUAL growth... It's like it keeps growing thicker instead of longer. Not sure what's happening but we'll see where it goes.

 

[jhuntstl]

Got mine from the meetup at Dave's. A tank transfer, SPS crash, and emergency reboot happened shortly after. Looks like hot garbage, but it's a survivor.

 

[Stlreefer1980]

Monthly update. Looking good so far.
Current numbers:
Alk 9.0
Cal 440
Mag 1420
Ph 8.4
Po .02
No 1
First picture is last month the second picture is the current pic.

 

[Frogspawn74]

7.1kh 460cal 1400 mag 0 po4 2-5 no3

 

[Sacrifice]

Looking everyone. Late to the party, but I'm definitely getting in on the next one.