nothing important - growth shots

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Anonymous

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just shareing some growth pics, the green monti cap is in an original frag started in the hex in aug and now in the figi i had hoped it would get a purple edge but no luck so far.......
the purple monti digi is in the 125 it has been fraged twice
not my prettiest corals but nice sequence shots anyway........

green cap in aug




about nov




last month




purple digi in early nov? after the first fragging.



late feb i think??



and in early april

 
skipm

skipm

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You definitely have some nice growth and coloration in your tank, keep up the good work.
 
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Anonymous

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the white tips on this type (monti) is growth - they are "bald" on the growth tip - the color is actually purple - bad pic
the edge of a cap will also be bald in areas of fast growth - this is where you get your best colors also
acros growth tips are not bald that is where all the pretty color is - check the macro shots on my figi tank page and you'll see this...
 
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Anonymous

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All that stuff looks happy to me! Nice growth and color!
 
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Anonymous

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thanks everyone, positive feedback from this crew is very much appreciated
rip - no secrets here, i believe less is more - light, flow, protein skimmer, and kalk - and of course time.......
:)
 
ripcurrent

ripcurrent

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Good to know as I'm thinking of making the leap over to the SPS realm. Any other insights you can share to make the transition easier?
 
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Anonymous

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a couple things
1) make sure you buy captive breed frags, maricultures are OK but slow to acclimate, but wild caughts are very tough - every one i tried receded from the base due to lack of natural sunlight (ie the sun moves our lights do not)
2) throw the frag in the sand for a week and think about where you want it, then when you decide take the rock out and glue it down! - this does 2 things, keeps the snails fom tipping it over, and also keeps you from moving it about. it takes a while for their growth form and color to adapt to a specific flow/light pattern and moving them slows them down cause they have to start all over.
3) Ca and ALK are about your 2 most important params - i don't want to go high tech so i add KALK 100% of my top off water and try to change water biweekly or so
4) lighting scheme:thousands of options i can comment on 5
250W 20K - awesome growth and color
175W 10K w/ VHO actinic - just as nice, maybe better???????
175W 14K w/VHO actinic - hated it way to blue made it only 2 weeks on my tank
175W 14K with PC actinic - awesome color but very slow growth
175W 10K with PC actinic - so far so good, too early to say for certain but it seems as if both the color and growth are better - it is not as asthetically pleasing as the 10K w/VHO scheme but hopefully it will do as well for me

bottom line start with healthy frags and the rest is just good reefing
 
EDGRAY

EDGRAY

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Might be a non importan growth pics but i love to see new pics of everyones tank and well what a nice growth you have going on in your tank amazing... :shock:.. keep up with the good work ...also mentioning about the SPS growth ... hows the proyect on the zoanthids??? any progress , result or something to share????
 
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Anonymous

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new shots - just took the purple tip acro today and got me looking back at older pics this is about 3 months inbetween - not a huge amount of growth for that time frame but it didn't grow at all in the 3 months that preceed these pics - took a long time to acclimate and settle in now it's starting to take off

taken april????

taken today
 
EDGRAY

EDGRAY

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No that much growth haaaaa .... yeah righ!!! :neutral: .... I see that has grown alot not just a little... ;-)
 
J

jay

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:shock: WOW... that last pic is just amazing! Nice Shot.

I have to agree with EDGRAY, looks like alot of growth :!:

Truely Inspiring,
Jay
 
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Anonymous

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:)
one more just for fun - orange digi fragged and layed on its side rather then glued standing up like normal - took a while to take off but after it encrusted like crazy the branching really took off:

i'm thinking about 6 months maybe????


 
EDGRAY

EDGRAY

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wow :shock: what a growth and look even better now... the shape is amazing... im starting to like sps... i wonder know i can get some ..MUAHAHAHA... :mrgreen:
 
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Anonymous

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they are addicting ed and they go great with zoas - the colors compliment well
 
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