some coral growth shots time elapsed

murph145

murph145

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ok well i am lookin through all picks and wanted to show the growth and time frame for each coral
thanks for lookin
first is a valida almost killed twice but this is about 9-10 months ago

and now it has grown considerably and has great colors

next is my wild hycanthus tabling coral about 10 months ago also

and now.... really tabling outwards

next is a thin branching nobilis stag.... pic is about 4 months ago

next is now its grown alot but kinda lost the blue in the main body of it but still nice
 
murph145

murph145

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next is my free frags i got from a friend about 9 months ago of a blueish milli

and today u can see its encrusted everywhere

next is a yellow fiji leather i got about 2 years ago

and now its really big

just wanted to share a few of my corals growths and changes i thought were pretty cool and very noticeable
thanks for lookin
 
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jrthomas40

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what type of lights do you have and what is your calcium??...lol
 
murph145

murph145

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hahaha lights are 3-250W Phoenix 14K MH bulbs on PFO HQI ballast over my 180g tank
calcium stays around 400-420 and alk around 8.3dkh mg around 1250-1350
 
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jrthomas40

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awesome....i bought the current sun pod with the 14k bulbs and i love the color but unfortunately that light is not on my main tank
 
efishnsea

efishnsea

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Great job on keeping the water parameters perfect
. BTW what are you using as far as Ca and Alk ***) .
 
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jrthomas40

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Originally Posted by efishnsea
Great job on keeping the water parameters perfect
. BTW what are you using as far as Ca and Alk ***) .

yeah that was a good question...i never asked that here or even in the other thread
 
murph145

murph145

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Originally Posted by efishnsea
Great job on keeping the water parameters perfect
. BTW what are you using as far as Ca and Alk ***) .
thanks! well my calcium reactor takes up the main load of the demands but i will dose some liquid calcium and magnesium when it falls behind some .... and i will dose with some reef builder alk powder like 1 tablespoon every week
kinda helps keeps things in the right ranges
 
efishnsea

efishnsea

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I'm using NatuReefs Alk+ and Ca+ which contain the trace elements and from what I have heard are balanced, as with many of the other suppliments on the market, who knows who the MAD SCIENTIST is but I'm putting my money on Adlof. I have heard alot about this guy Adolf (sp.) who developed NatuReefs additives here in South Florida and all of the comments about him were amazing. From what I have heard he is quite the chemist. I did however have to reduce the salinity level after a few months as it increased to .028. I'll probably go with the Deltec reactor soon as my acro craze is going to need some serious help .
Where are you getting your trace elements from, water changes????
Thanks
James
 
murph145

murph145

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hey james.... as far as anything other than magnesium, alk and calcium i dont check for anything else other than these elements....
any other "trace" elements i let my once a month water change deal with...... the calcium reactor dissolves the media in my case ARM which also contains other trace elements needed for coral growth....
if ur guna be serious into sps ur guna need a reactor in the long run cost effective and it helps stabalize the alk and ca demand
 
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jrthomas40

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i would like to know how a kalkwasser balances calcium and alk...if the mix is only alk
 
joncat24

joncat24

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Great shots murph...you are having some amazing growth with those shots.
The time lapse thing is great for people to see what they have to look forward to from a little frag..
 
stanlalee

stanlalee

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wow I hope my three peices of SPS grow so well (or just survive for that matter since these are my first SPS). I have a peice of hycanthus (I think) that looks and is about the same size as yours in the first pic. One month and nothing significant lol, it polyps out nice though and has an acro crab. I've only had my 3 SPS for a month and if they dont do well will probably be my last. Your pics dont do anything good for my patience!
 
murph145

murph145

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stanlalee..... sps often take the first month or more to get settled in to a new aquarium so dont expect much growth in the first 4-6 weeks IME....
and as they get bigger they grow faster since they have more branches to grow from
patience is the key!
good luck
 
volcom69

volcom69

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Hey murph how are those flatworms going ur two corals with them good now my tank is just about all sps no flatworms yet just got done with one of mine that had red bugs man i hate them, so i just wanted to check to see how things are going with them.
 
murph145

murph145

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so far ive redipped with no more visual worms but im guna keep an eye on them for a while with regualr dips probably once a week at most of dipping and visual inspections to see how it goes....
worst case scenario my corals die lol
 
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