Who wants free coral!

GrumpyDaddy68 · Mar 9, 2018

still shopping for my tank but I would like to participate...

mehaffydr · Mar 9, 2018

My tank is ready I would like to be in on this

eric.battani · Mar 10, 2018

Well with everyone that's wanting to be apart of this, I'm going to have to change the coral. I'm not sure I have enough polyps to make this many frags. When my lights come on, I'll look and see what I have that I can frag this many of.

eric.battani · Mar 10, 2018

I need help with names. So of you i know but others I dont. So if I don't have a name beside your id, please tell me, or if I missed someone, Thanks

mehaffydr.....?
GrumpyDaddy68......?
Brew12......?
Luna...........?
knap_123.......?
Dustin Head.........im guessing Dustin?
beaslbob.........Verdell (your wife?)
mlewandowski61.......?
Tomoko Schum........Tomoko
Monkeynaut..... Matt if I remember right (not sure if you wanted in or was just following)
And I'm going to cap it at ten

Also because this is learning experience as well as a game/contest, tell everyone a little about your tank. (Size, lights, filtration flow) hopefully we will have a mix of lights to compare from.

So I haven't picked the new coral yet. But I promise it will be pretty.
And to tell you a little about the coral conditions now. My tank is a 24g all in one nano. Flow is from a xf230 maxspect gyre at 40% and jebao D.C. 2000 running around 40%. Lights are radion g4 xr30 pro at 10% on AB+ coral growth spectrum. Filtration/ Other than live rock, I'm running a macro algae reactor and no skimmer.

mehaffydr · Mar 10, 2018

eric.battani said:
I need help with names. So of you i know but others I dont. So if I don't have a name beside your id, please tell me, or if I missed someone, Thanks

mehaffydr.....?
GrumpyDaddy68......?
Brew12......?
Luna...........?
knap_123.......?
Dustin Head.........im guessing Dustin?
beaslbob.........Verdell (your wife?)
mlewandowski61.......?
Tomoko Schum........Tomoko
Monkeynaut..... Matt if I remember right (not sure if you wanted in or was just following)
And I'm going to cap it at ten

Also because this is learning experience as well as a game/contest, tell everyone a little about your tank. (Size, lights, filtration flow) hopefully we will have a mix of lights to compare from.

So I haven't picked the new coral yet. But I promise it will be pretty.
And to tell you a little about the coral conditions now. My tank is a 24g all in one nano. Flow is from a xf230 maxspect gyre at 40% and jebao D.C. 2000 running around 40%. Lights are radion g4 xr30 pro at 10% on AB+ coral growth spectrum. Filtration/ Other than live rock, I'm running a macro algae reactor and no skimmer.

Mehaffydr— Mike Mehaffy
My tank is 235 gal 5’ x 3’ x 2’
I recently restarted the tank after being empty for a few years as I was trying to find a place to settle down
I have a build thread on this forum
“Restarting my 225 after4 years”
I’ve been in this hobby 25 years

Bonfish · Mar 10, 2018

Bonfish - Bon Mazurek

120 mix reef
Triton method
2x Radion gen 1
2x t5 ati blue plus and actinic
Flow: icecap current USA DC return 6011, vortech mp 40 and mp10.
Aquamax protein skimmer

Add me in please, thank you

Brew12 · Mar 10, 2018

Steve Frick

187G, 5' x 2.5'x2' Mixed Reef

Lighting: 2x Mitras LX7206, 4 bulb T5 supplement. 2 ATI Blue +, 2 ATI Coral +, Kessil H380 over fuge
Filtration: Socks, Deltec 1660 protein skimmer, refugium w/Chaeto
Flow: 2x Maxspect Gyre XF250's in reef crest mode, 80%
Dosing: Kalkwasser, BRS 2 part, Chroma by UWC, Redsea trace elements
Salt: Redsea Blue Bucket

Tank filled on 10 December 2017 so 3 months old today. Jumped into the hobby on September, 2016 with my first aquarium. I'm a noob.

Both my old and new tank builds are linked below. I replaced the first tank because I did not like the dimensions.
If you want to know more, please ask.

While I think it will be fun to be part of this, if there are too many people who want to participate for the available zoas I have no issue sitting this one out.

eric.battani · Mar 10, 2018

So is everyone going to be able to pick up their frag next Saturday? My house is in Toney, or i could wait till the next meeting? Will it the 24th? Need to know today who will be able to pickup for sure, that way I can make them this evening and give them a chance to heal before finding new homes. So anyone I don't hear from today, will miss out on this round.

********Also key point!!!!******
I don't mind giving the frags away. But you have to be to participate Not get a free frag, disappear and never submit any updates/data. If you are just trying to get a free frag and not submit anything you will not be able to participate in another contest. Does everyone feel that this is fair? This is to help everyone in the reefing community get a better idea of how to take care of specific corals under different circumstances i e tanks, lights, filtration, Etc and hopefully we can even make a chart once all this is finished on every Coral that we study.

Brew12 · Mar 10, 2018

eric.battani said:
So is everyone going to be able to pick up their frag next Saturday? Need to know today who will be able to for sure, that way I can make them this evening and give them a chance to heal before finding new homes. So anyone I don't hear from today, will miss out on this round.

********Also key point!!!!******
I don't mind giving the frags away. But you have to be to participate Not get a free frag, disappear and never submit any updates/data. If you are just trying to get a free frag and not submit anything you will not be able to participate in another contest. Does everyone feel that this is fair? This is to help everyone in the reefing community get a better idea of how to take care of specific corals under different circumstances i e tanks, lights, filtration, Etc and hopefully we can even make a chart once all this is finished on every Coral that we study.

Very fair.

I have a small rock with some boring zoas and GSP on it that is also covered with coralline I wouldn't mind giving away if someone is just curious to see if their system will support coral. No reason to use a contest coral.

mehaffydr · Mar 10, 2018

I am in Harvest and could definitely pick up next Saturday. This will be fun to compare systems and lighting effect to see what performs best.

Luna · Mar 10, 2018

Sorry no pick up[emoji30]

Tomoko Schum · Mar 10, 2018

I can pick up next week, but the meeting is on 24th in the Providence area.

vinny110 · Mar 10, 2018

I'll join in for this

GrumpyDaddy68 · Mar 10, 2018

My name is Jorge, I was at the meeting in January.

I’m afraid I won’t have my tank ready for this... so I will pass on the contest.

I’m still shopping around for an AIO; last two options are either RedSea Nano Max 20gal or IM 25 Lagoon... not sure yet.

Brew12 · Mar 10, 2018

I can pick up next Saturday. Also wouldn't mind waiting to the meeting on the 24th. Both work for me.

Ezrunner23 · Mar 10, 2018

Just here too see who wins. I love the idea by the way!

Monkeynaut · Mar 10, 2018

I am interested in the experiment.
I have a 160 gallon Triton method tank with 2 kessil a360 and a an ap700 for lighting 7 hours out of the day. My tank has strange dimensions at 20” wide 51 long and 33 tall.

Whoever has the best growth will need to borrow a Par meter if they dont have their own and get into parameter details for everyone.