Thanks. I decided to take a few minutes and actually snag a couple shots with the good camera to document the minimal algae that currently exists.
FTS. I reaquascaped a bit to have it be a little less symmetrical. I also wanted to make the right side of the tank more for stags and fast growers like the birdsnests and with lower rock work. The left side has higher rocks and more of the cluster/tabling SPS:
This purple stylo has really been growing fast. It probably doesn't hurt that it is in a prime spot.
Right side of the tank. My pink birdsnest is actually pink now with the T5s, and not white.
This setosa was one of my first frags and it has set like a bump on the log for months. It has finally turned more orange (instead of just pink) and has started to grow. It has finally reached the end of the plug!
Blue stag has finally turned blue and is growing thicker and branching quickly.
ORA plum crazy. The color is a little blah, but it is growing pretty fast, you can tell by the new blue color on the new growth that has just been in the last month or so.
Forest fire digi from a local. It is really growing fast, and the orange color is not like anything else in the tank. Just finally starting to see some of the contrasting green.
Still not much color from the Vivid Rainbow Delight. I will stay patient. Any tips on these guys? It does appear to be encrusting rather rapidly.
One of my favorites right now. It was great when I got it from Battle Corals, but it really perked up in color after switching to T5s. Adam called it "Dale's Purple" in a grab bag, I think.
BC Secale. One of my first frags in this tank that has taken a beating from some of my SPS-noobie oopses, but it still keeps trucking.
RR Grape Juice from BC. Two pieces that have encrusted together and started growing upward in the last month. It is also in a primo spot top/middle. It is just starting to get some decent lime green color on the body.
Voodoo corals sunkiss (essentially a sunset mille). Only in the tank for a couple of weeks, so it hasn't done much yet.
This BC Crimson Bliss was looking really pale under my Hydras and hadn't grown at all. It is starting to get some really nice pink/green and is finally encrusting along the base.
Joe's Psammacora. This thing grows really fast and has a cool shape and texture. Watching shapes/textures morph and grow with the colors is what I really like about the SPS tanks.
This PC Rainbow was completely brown, then I bleached it under my hydras when my nutrients dropped too low. Now it is finally getting some decent color back and it is starting to really shoot up branches.
And lastly, the BC Spainbow, which has improved in color the most since I switched to T5 with LED supplements. Here it was the first day after switching to the T5s (11/9/16):
Here it is today (12/27/16):
Obviously color is subjective, but I like the spainbow under T5s a lot better. It is also starting to grow a little bit too.
I am also just doing periodic Phosphate RX drops to keep phosphate low. Running a GFO reactor was annoying to change and it seemed to just keep phosphate to 0.00 and then spike up as it ran out.
