6 new SPS frags

Nice new frags Steve, but I noticed that you have them on the sand bed. You must not have a destructo-matic-goby running around.

How do you guys get something on the sand bed if you have something like a brown bar goby without the risk of it being undermined or buried?

 

Thanks to all for the comments, appreciated

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they wont be there for more than 5 days
I lost my very 1st 2 x SPS colonies due to putting them as far up in the tank under my
T5s as possible

so now I place them on the sand bed for 2 -3 days
then move them half way up - for another couple of days
and by the end of the week, I have them in upper 3rd and final location spot

starting them on the sand bed is safer in terms of CUC than it would be to place them on lowest rock as at least on the sand bed , they may get moved, but they should not get knocked over

Steve

 

this image was taken the day the coral was placed in tank -(see 1st post)


this image was taken this morning
in approx 2 weeks this has gone from plain brown with purple tips to an almost blue colour (color for my US friends)

Steve

 

another one that has developed stronger colour over the last 2 weeks



Steve

 

Nice Steve

How long did you leave it on the sandbed ?

And where is it placed now, at what level ?

 

Thank you Corailline

I did 3 days on sand bed, 3 days on mid level
and now its upper 3rd, and puttied in situ 2 with the top of the coral approx ( No hang on I can get up and find the tape measure)
the top of the frag is 8.5 inches below my lighting

Steve

 

steve, those colored up nicely! is it just me or do they look like they have had some real nice growth for 2 weeks

 

Naw... that's just the zoom on the camera. ;D
You would do it to me too Steve.

I really like the coloring coming out on that one.

 

Thanks Dingo

looking at them daily its sometimes hard to percieve growth
colour was obvious, but I do think your right and that the tips are longer now then when I got them

Steve

 

Nice growth and color change. Its always rewarding to make a coral happy and seeing the results that follow. Karma to you sir.