SPS Growth

[attml]

I set up my 55 gallon sps tank a little while back and am populating it entirely with frags. Here are some growth pics over the last month and a half. The pics on the left were from 4/5/03 and the pics on the right were taken today (5/21/03). Please let me know what you think!
Pink Acropora Millipora

 

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#2 Blue Staghorn

 

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#3 Blue Tipped Acropora Millipora

 

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#4 Pink Pocillipora

 

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#5 Montipora Hispidia

 

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#6 Green Acropora

 

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tangsfornuttin,
Thank you! I am running a Icecap PFO hood w/ 2 x 250w MH 10K Ushios and 2 x 110w URI VHO Super Actenics. My hood sits apx 8 inches off of the tanks surface. All frags (with the exception of the Mont. Hispidia) sit up fairly high (8 - 10 inches from the water's surface). The Montipora Hispidia sits about 3-4 inches off the bottom. I try to pull the Halimeda as much as possible - My Ca runs in the 380 -420 range (I dose daily with Kent Tech CB part A & B). Still saving up for the CA reactor!

 

[attml]

Thank you!

 

[justinx]

Wow, after a month and a half, its impressive to see such growth! You are obviously doing something right here! Keep up the good work, and keep us posted!

 

[beth]

On the other hand, the halmedia is a great natural filter and when parts of it dies, it throws calcium back in to the system.
Really nice frags going there.

 

[cmpowell]

Great job attml,I like the then and now pics.Nothin better than a visual to see the growth.I like the blue staghorn.That really shows some excellent growth,But then so does the rest of the frags.

 

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JustinX, Beth & cmpowell,
Thank you all very much! I still have a long way to go to catch up to SteveWeast, SPSfreak100, Skilos, BigMac, RichardRendos and the other board SPS gurus but it is a start!
Mark

 

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Here are a few more. These are just over 2 months old. The shot on the left is from 3/16/03 and the shot on the right is from today 5/21/03.
Acropora Nana (I think)

 

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Montipora Capricornis

 

[timo]

For sure doing something correctly!!!
Keep it up, you coral grower!!!

 

[attml]

Thanks TimO!

 

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Gofish - Thank you!

 

[adrian]

Nice frags the after colors are really nice

 

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Adrian & Skilos,
Thank you both as well! When you look at your tank everyday sometimes it seems like frags aren't growing at all. I am really glad that I take pictures so that every now and then I can truely see the progress that I making!

 

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Old Yeller Tang,
Thank you very much! Like they say, "nothing good in this hobby ever happens fast"! I'll take slow growth over no growth any day!
Skilos - Thanks again!