Documenting RRC Rainbow Splice Growth Thread

[Epic Aquaculture]

All I can say is wow! Stunning coral. Awesome progression thread. Totally Epic

Thank you!

 

[Sweet Reef Corals]

WOW great growth and nice growout. It seems to have grown very fast!!! Great job. cant wait to see future pics!

when will the next update be?

We’ll have to start hitting the thread around Jan 3rd
Doh, you replied before I hit send lol

 

[Epic Aquaculture]

Happy New Year everyone!!!

January 1 update

Mommy:

Baby in the 460

 

[waterskiguy]

Happy New Year everyone!!!

January 1 update

Mommy:

Baby in the 460

Happy new Year, Bill! I hope you had a good safe holiday season. Progress is going great! That's a whole new animal than what I saw last time I was at the house, before the world was turned upside down. I may start putting some money aside for a future frag of this one of a kind piece.

 

[Farfrumugen]

Need some more updates. Beautiful piece

 

[Ryan Doolittle]

Update time!

 

[TheDragonsReef]

i love this thread so much i made a gif of the updates. Keep em coming haha

 

[Marc2952]

Happy New Year everyone!!!

January 1 update

Mommy:

Baby in the 460

Hey just curious for a piece like this do you light acclimate it or do you just put it in its permanent spot? Getting my piece tomorrow.

 

[Epic Aquaculture]

Hey just curious for a piece like this do you light acclimate it or do you just put it in its permanent spot? Getting my piece tomorrow.

Personally I always light acclimate for at least a week. If things look good after that I will mount it, if not, I'll give it some more time. Shipping stress is the biggest issue, and light acclimation helps alleviate the stress.

 

[Marc2952]

This is a little over a month growth not sure if this is good. Btw that small piece to the side broke when i was cutring it from the plug and fell so i glued it next to the main piece.

 

[Sweet Reef Corals]

Well I gave it as much time as I could... No purple came out of any of the new growth branches for me. All green stays green. It’s been in 375 PAR for almost a year now.

So I’m starting it over. It would have been nice to have an all purple piece instead of this 3/8” nub
Anyone looking for a green Splice colony?? Lol

 

[JAMSOURY]

Well I gave it as much time as I could... No purple came out of any of the new growth branches for me. All green stays green. It’s been in 375 PAR for almost a year now.

So I’m starting it over. It would have been nice to have an all purple piece instead of this 3/8” nub
Anyone looking for a green Splice colony?? Lol

Oh man. It’s a legit splice though right? Mine took a while for other colors to come in. I had a small green nub. Maybe frag a few of those branches and see if it’ll do something. I’m at around 400-425 par

 

[Sweet Reef Corals]

Oh man. It’s a legit splice though right? Mine took a while for other colors to come in. I had a small green nub. Maybe frag a few of those branches and see if it’ll do something. I’m at around 400-425 par

Yes, it’s legit. You can see where I cut the only purple off the top.

However, you can see on the mother colony shades of purple in the skin and opposite colored polyps on the right hand side but it never develops into anything more or shows up in a new branch...

 

[JAMSOURY]

Yes, it’s legit. You can see where I cut the only purple off the top.

However, you can see on the mother colony shades of purple in the skin and opposite colored polyps on the right hand side but it never develops into anything more or shows up in a new branch...

Oh I see what you did now. I’m sure one day it will develop. At least you got a piece that has both colors. For the longest time, all I had was green also.

 

[ScottB]

Well I gave it as much time as I could... No purple came out of any of the new growth branches for me. All green stays green. It’s been in 375 PAR for almost a year now.

So I’m starting it over. It would have been nice to have an all purple piece instead of this 3/8” nub
Anyone looking for a green Splice colony?? Lol

Make me an offer I can't refuse.

Oh wait. Is that how this works? Maybe you were supposed to say that. IDK.

 

[Chrisv.]

Any updates, OP?

 

[Sweet Reef Corals]

Oh I see what you did now. I’m sure one day it will develop. At least you got a piece that has both colors. For the longest time, all I had was green also.

All of your purple branches grew off your original all green frag??

 

[Sweet Reef Corals]

Make me an offer I can't refuse.

Oh wait. Is that how this works? Maybe you were supposed to say that. IDK.

 

[Marc2952]

Well I gave it as much time as I could... No purple came out of any of the new growth branches for me. All green stays green. It’s been in 375 PAR for almost a year now.

So I’m starting it over. It would have been nice to have an all purple piece instead of this 3/8” nub
Anyone looking for a green Splice colony?? Lol

Yea mines isnt getting pinks either.

 

[Rmckoy]

What’s a frag like these worth these days ?