Ora Redplanet growth shots. Proof of life for 2013

Sweet! With and without light....
Here it is, the blue ridge coral when I got the rock... still had gravel as substrate:


Now:






And here you can see the bleaching/dying stylophoras, next to the RTN'ing seasons greetings. I really should have kept up with the dosing better

 

Excellent growth shots of the blue ridge. I have not kept one for many many years. When those stylophora color back up you going to have some very pretty frags to brag about.

I think I am going to have to bump up the dosing too. The coralline is taking it's toll on the ca level, 300 today not good.

 

Magnus, i would say the bleaching is from not light acclimateing them rather than alk and stuff, but I could be wrong.

 

Corailine can i get a lazy persons link to your build thread or anywhere you have a FTS

 

http://www.3reef.com/forums/show-off-your-fish-tanks/my-2-5-year-old-jbj-28-gal-95347.html

The red digi I got today slimmed big time, but now it is open and nice and red, but not huge like yours.

 

The frags are not new.. they've been there for quite a few months... at least 4 months. They were doing well, then bleaching, then they colored up again now they're bleaching again... I think it is my chemistry. I'm hoping the bubble magus 3 pump doser will help me with this issue. All my sps's are right at the top of the tank since I have a 4x56 watt T5. I do keep my lights on for a long time though... 11 hours from 1pm to midnight, but never had an issue with this schedule. Any advice is welcome!

 

oh yeah then you are right. I also run a 4 ulb t5 and am growing acros halfway down and below. Go buy a red planet frag so I dont feel so bad posting in this thread ;-)

 

You're right! I should buy one!! I'll get my dosing dialed in first :-/

 

Two months growth and some adjustments.

Increased lighting to 8 hours. Phoenix 14k HQI. Distance about 10 inches to tip of RP.

Maintaining higher ca, alk and mg.

Decreased flow. Yes I know, but what can I tell you. I put it on a simple wave maker.

 

Wait, isn't that a lot of growth?! Compared to the other pictures? How long between the first picture in this thread and this latest one?

Also, can you take a video of what the polyps look like with your flow?