Pink Lemonade Progression Shots

[Joshky]

Some progression photos of my Pink Lemonade acro since I've had it, hope you enjoy.

Oct 13th, 2015

Nov 2nd, 2015

Nov 20th, 2015

Dec 15th, 2015

Had an issue with dinos and I replaced all of my rock with TBS rock



March 3rd, 2016

April 22nd, 2016

August 6th, 2016

 

[azbigjohn]

That's some awesome growth!

I'm going to have to check out your build thread, to see what you are using! Any supplements you use regularly?

 

[Joshky]

That's some awesome growth!

I'm going to have to check out your build thread, to see what you are using! Any supplements you use regularly?

Just BRS 2 part, nothing special.

 

[sk8elenex92]

Nice growth. Great looking piece

 

[E's gone SPS mad]

very nice! that is one of my favorite pieces right there!

 

[CastAway]

That is indeed incredible growth.

 

[WetWhistle]

This is one of my favorite corals. Yours has great growth and color.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Wow great growth and beautiful colors!

 

[McMullen]

2016 has been a great year for that one! Exploded in March!

Thanks for the progression pics.

 

[miggs76]

what lighting you got that under? Looks great

 

[Joshky]

Nice growth. Great looking piece

very nice! that is one of my favorite pieces right there!

That is indeed incredible growth.

This is one of my favorite corals. Yours has great growth and color.

Wow great growth and beautiful colors!

2016 has been a great year for that one! Exploded in March!

Thanks for the progression pics.

Thanks guys!

what lighting you got that under? Looks great

8x54w ATI SunPower

Current bulb configuration is

Front
-ATI Purple Plus
-ATI Aquablue Special
-ATI Blue Plus
-ATI Coral Plus
-ATI Blue Plus
-ATI Aquablue Special
-ATI Blue Plus
-ATI Coral Plus
Back

 

[miggs76]

Thanks guys!



8x54w ATI SunPower

Current bulb configuration is

Front
-ATI Purple Plus
-ATI Aquablue Special
-ATI Blue Plus
-ATI Coral Plus
-ATI Blue Plus
-ATI Aquablue Special
-ATI Blue Plus
-ATI Coral Plus
Back

How far under your lights? I have basically the same setup, but mine doesn't look nearly as nice!

 

[Joshky]

How far under your lights? I have basically the same setup, but mine doesn't look nearly as nice!

The tips are 2" from the waterline, my piece grew rather vertically and has slowly started to branch out more. In that picture I had the fixture 8" from the waterline, I just recently raised it 2 more inches to see what happens.

 

[miggs76]

I see, pretty close, so about 10 inches from the light then. Maybe I should raise mine.

 

[bruleyii]

Nice explosion between march and april.

 

[NeverlosT]

yeah wow! you are doing it right!

 

[CastAway]

My colony is a couple years old now, and I think you have twice the growth!

Mine is 8-10" below the surface, and more than 2' below my LED's.

You are indeed doing it right @Joshky!

 

[Joshky]

I see, pretty close, so about 10 inches from the light then. Maybe I should raise mine.

General rule with yellow is to blast them with light and have low nutrients

Nice explosion between march and april.

yeah wow! you are doing it right!

Thank you!

My colony is a couple years old now, and I think you have twice the growth!

Mine is 8-10" below the surface, and more than 2' below my LED's.

You are indeed doing it right @Joshky!

Yours has a lot more encrusting growth than mine does, I blast mine with 2 mp40s and I can't get it to encrust very much. What kind of flow do you have in your tank?

 

[maksim serebro]

You mentioned dinos. What did you do to stop them? I have them and they killed all my acros. Thanks

 

[Joshky]

You mentioned dinos. What did you do to stop them? I have them and they killed all my acros. Thanks

I fought them with biodiversity, I replaced all of my rock with TBS live rock and the bit of dinos I had left in the tank cleared up seemingly overnight. So far, 6 months later and I haven't seen them return. *knock on wood* My theory, based on research of anecdotal evidence was that dinos are more likely to become a nuisance in a sterile tank (ie. newer tanks started with mostly dry rock), it seems as though there may be some truth to it based on my own experience and I may never use dry rock again. Dinos wrecked havoc on my SPS as well and I'm very lucky I only lost one piece, with that being said some of my acros still haven't recovered and I fear I may never get to see what they look like colored up (wild frags).