ORA Red Planet Growth with Pictures

[GeoHawk]

I have always enjoyed watching frags grow into colonies it is probably one of my favorite things in this hobby. Today I was going through some of my pictures of my ORA Red Planet and shared it with my local forums, so I thought I would share it here as well. Enjoy! :wink:
July 2011 to Sept 2013

 

[TighTT]

Awesome!

 

[jtgordon20]

Wow!!!!
What's the time frame and some tips from your experience with it?
What's the lighting?

 

[FishSticks05]

thats awesome! Very nice growth.

 

[Singlefin]

Wow. Crazy. How long did that take?

 

[jlbzixxer]

amazing :bigsmile: i hope my small frag grows into beautiful colony like yours

 

[GeoHawk]

Thanks for the kind comments I bought the frag in July of 2011, so it has been about a year and a half, but I am happy with the growth. It was attacked by redbugs about a year ago, which stopped its growth completely, but I got rid of the bugs with interceptor and it has done great since. It is under 250wat mh pheonix 14k, and 2x24watt t5 actinics. For good color I have noticed that frequent waterchanges have helped, as well as good flow. If I dont keep up on the water changes it seems like the green base fades.

 

[Nht]

Nice growth. I acquired a red planet frag about 3 months ago and it's starting to lose its red color but showing a lot of green. Wonder if its a placement issue. I have mine mid way up the tank under LEDs. Any thoughts?

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

That is some great growth.

 

[Zack]

Nice growth. I acquired a red planet frag about 3 months ago and it's starting to lose its red color but showing a lot of green. Wonder if its a placement issue. I have mine mid way up the tank under LEDs. Any thoughts?

I have heard from others that more light= more green. cant speak personally though- as I dont have one.

 

[GeoHawk]

Nice growth. I acquired a red planet frag about 3 months ago and it's starting to lose its red color but showing a lot of green. Wonder if its a placement issue. I have mine mid way up the tank under LEDs. Any thoughts?

From my experience you get more red with higher light and more green with lower light. Not sure though since you have yours at the top. Mines under MH though.

 

[CraigG]

Nice photo set! Thanks for sharing.

 

[revsgirl]

Awesome growth!!

 

[SNAKEMANVET]

Awesome growth,and good color.

 

[MrMitch]

I do know that placement(light level) affects the color. Try moving it, or if its big enough make a frag and move that.

 

[GeoHawk]

Updated with more growth

 

[GeoHawk]

Updated

 

[RichieT]

Updated

That's fantastic.

 

[AsphaltPays]

Very nice growth

 

[Zero Nitrates]

Wow! That is amazing. Great pics.