SPS Growth, Before and After

[azfishgal]

My first SPS, Birdsnest, after 1.5 month of growth.

This picture was taken on August 11th....

And the next two pictures were taken this evening, September 30th......

Left side, see all the new buds!!!

For my lighting I have 2x250W SE MHs with Mini-Luminarc Reflectors. This frag is at the top of my rock and in heavy flow. I think he's happy, wouldn't you say?

 

[murph145]

lookin good nice growth birdsnest are fun i was just lookin at a frag of mine that i have had for a while and its been takin off.... today it fell onto another sps and killed some of the branches lower in so i moved it to a different area but they do start to grow pretty fast after awhile!
looks like its a happy frag

 

[fish addict]

Looks like great growth! But I have no SPS experience so... BTW I love your tank, it isn't covered with coral but you have nice pieces and it just looks good! There are tanks that have lots of coral and don't look as good as yours.
~fish addict

 

[gatorwpb]

awesome growth az!!

 

[scotts]

Nice blue zoos in the background also!

 

[geoj]

How far down from the light is it?
I ask because I may be upgrading to 250s in my 50g tall.

 

[azfishgal]

Originally Posted by Scotts
Nice blue zoos in the background also!

I was going to crop that picture and then noticed the blue zoos where in the background, I couldn't possibly cut those out. Thanks for noticing.

Thanks everyone for the comps, this hobby is so much fun!!!!

 

[azfishgal]

Originally Posted by GeoJ
How far down from the light is it?
I ask because I may be upgrading to 250s in my 50g tall.
The frag is about 22" from the bulb, the bulb is about 14" from the water. I only have the rockwork half way to the top of my tank. I wanted to leave plenty of swimming room for my tangs. I have a tall canopy so that's why I went with 250W instead of 150W.

 

[nycbob]

i hv the same frag like 3 months ago under t-5. the birdnest grows very fast! mine has double to almost triple in size. will post pics the next few days.

 

[geoj]

Originally Posted by azfishgal
The frag is about 22" from the bulb, the bulb is about 14" from the water. I only have the rockwork half way to the top of my tank. I wanted to leave plenty of swimming room for my tangs. I have a tall canopy so that's why I went with 250W instead of 150W.

Thanks, right back at you

 

[mach03infront]

pretty

love the second picture!