Some of my Acro! Grow out Page

[rage1199]

I have 3 Evergrow IT2040 full spectrum LED sitting 8 inches from water level.

 

[rage1199]

Well that was my introduction. I will talk about my tank answer any questions and speak about my pieces individually. I am not a vendor so I am not one to sell something. A majority of these frags are less than a year old. I will start by talking about this piece. This is a Mariculture colony that I was brown and only able to see the yellow mouth and that it was a Tenuis. It is now 2 months later and this is what I have it colored up to and still needs more time I think and it might be nice.

 

[sawdonkey]

Really nice! Are a lot of these mariculture (hence not listing the names)?

Good to see someone having so much success under leds given the recent trend to switch back to T5 and halide.

 

[Sahin]

Very nice corals! What do you feed the fish and corals?

 

[rage1199]

Really nice! Are a lot of these mariculture (hence not listing the names)?

Good to see someone having so much success under leds given the recent trend to switch back to T5 and halide.

The ones with no names are mariculture. A lot of them came from WWC, Bioreef, RMF, Cherry Corals and Jason Fox.

 

[rage1199]

Very nice corals! What do you feed the fish and corals?

I feed my fish once a day Rogers blend. That is all I do once a Month I feed live Rotifiers, and Phyto for three days with no skimmer. I keep my nitrate at .04 red sea and Po4 at .02 Hanna.

 

[rage1199]

This is RMF Gila Monster. I got it in April at Reefapalosa Orlando. This is a slow grower. It took time to encrust and just not much movement.

 

[rage1199]

This is the Reef Raft Asia Hera. I also got this at Reefapalosa Orlando 2015. This has been a slow grower.

This is the Reef Raft Asia Wonderland. I also got this at Reefapalosa Orlando 2015. Slow grower as well.

Reef Raft Asia Dreamweaver. I got this also at Reefapalosa Orlando 2015. This is a decent grower unlike the other RR Frags, this one was also the least expensive one of all the Reef Raft frags and the Gila Monster. This led me to think that sometime with these high end frags how fast they grow will dictate their price.

 

[rage1199]

Really nice! Are a lot of these mariculture (hence not listing the names)?

Good to see someone having so much success under leds given the recent trend to switch back to T5 and halide.

I think that Water Chemistry is more important than light source. Some might argur differently but it is just taste for me.

 

[Sahin]

Very nice collection of sps.

Do you run ozone/carbon GAC/UV? If not how do you keep the water from becoming yellow?

 

[tdo]

Very nice setup! Good start on the acros. Bet you can't wait for it to fill up huh

 

[rage1199]

Very nice collection of sps.

Do you run ozone/carbon GAC/UV? If not how do you keep the water from becoming yellow?

Why will my water turn yellow? I run two bags of chemipure in return chamber.

 

[Sahin]

Why will my water turn yellow? I run two bags of chemipure in return chamber.

Ah, ok. I didn't see mention of the chemipure on the previous page hence I wondered how you keep the water clear.

Can you share an FTS shot please? Thanks.

 

[rage1199]

 

[marke]

Outstanding growth and color! How do you maintain alkalinity etc?

 

[Rockinreefs]

The Tank itself is a 150 Gallon tank with a 35 gallon sump that is three years old but only growing acros since November of 2014. I have a refugium used mostly for the growth of pods as their is not much light. I have a Diablo XS 225 skimmer. I run GFO and a sulfur denitrator. I have a Mag 18 return pump for a bare bottom setup with 2 Vortech MP40 and 1 MP20 and a Hydor evo 1300.

what are you keeping your tank parameters at for good growth and color?

 

[rage1199]

I use MECoral 3 part and MeCoral Kalk on a doser. The growth and quality of MeCoral is beyond what I used before in Reef Fusion 1 and 2. I really saw my corals take off when I started using MeCoral chemicals. I keep my Parameters at
Alk 8.4 to 8.7 Hanna
Mag 1400 Salifert
Calcium 480 Salifert
PO4 .02 to .06 Hanna
NO3 .04 salifert

 

[Rockinreefs]

I use MECoral 3 part and MeCoral Kalk on a doser. The growth and quality of MeCoral is beyond what I used before in Reef Fusion 1 and 2. I really saw my corals take off when I started using MeCoral chemicals. I keep my Parameters at
Alk 8.4 to 8.7 Hanna
Mag 1400 Salifert
Calcium 480 Salifert
PO4 .02 to .06 Hanna
NO3 .04 salifert

awesome thanks for the great pics and info!!

 

[rage1199]

This is the WWC Abracadabrazoo. When I saw this frag, I had a choice between this and Reef Raft Maleficent both were the same price. I choose this to be different. Placed in a high light location and it did not do so well. Consulted Josh at WWC and repositioned the frag to the bottom of my tank and boom color, polyps, and growth. This is one sick coral! This frag is still too small to see it, but the mother colony is incredible.

 

[rage1199]

This is the WWC Ding Dang Millie. As the name suggests DING DANG!!!! I got it in early January of 2015 this pic was taken 9/2015. This is getting 375 PAR under Full Spectrum LED's. Nice grower and a beauty!