Battlecorals Vivid's Rainbow Acropora - Contest Discussion Thread

[MTBake]

Is ATI prime eligible? I looked and don't see a prime version.

I didn't see a Prime version. I ordered the one without prime and still got it in 2 days.

 

[MTBake]

I'm seeing some really nice entry pics for this month! I'll get one up this weekend for sure.

Unrelated to the contest but, my 14 year old clown managed to jump out Saturday night

Going to pick out a pair of clowns on Friday from Booyah's Clowns. Mitch is only 10 minutes away and I'm really looking forward to meeting him and picking out a new pair of clown fish

 

[MTBake]

@bubbaque what coral is in the background of the third pic of your last entry thread post? I'm not sure how to link that post into another thread, lol.

 

[bubbaque]

@bubbaque what coral is in the background of the third pic of your last entry thread post? I'm not sure how to link that post into another thread, lol.

If you mean the back left, I am not sure the name, lol. If you click my link down below and go to post #12, that is that coral. It has grown a lot from that pic!

 

[MTBake]

If you mean the back left, I am not sure the name, lol. If you click my link down below and go to post #12, that is that coral. It has grown a lot from that pic!

It has a nice glow on the tips. It's kinda peeking around the corner in that pic.

 

[Crimsonvice]

Wish it would color up some more.

 

[PSXerholic]

Is ATI prime eligible? I looked and don't see a prime version.

I got one that was prime eligible a couple days ago arriving today....looking at my order though it looks like they removed the prime shipping

Hmmmm. Same thing here! My last tests I ordered were all prime!

 

[PSXerholic]

Wish it would color up some more.

Looks really nice!!!
Do you have an ICP test of your tank?

If not, what are all known parameter ;-)

 

[madweazl]

Looks really nice!!!
Do you have an ICP test of your tank?

If not, what are all known parameter ;-)

Are you working on a spreadsheet by chance? It would be awesome to see but I'm in the middle of a move and cant do the dirty work.

 

[Crimsonvice]

Looks really nice!!!
Do you have an ICP test of your tank?

If not, what are all known parameter ;-)

I don't have an ICP test. Was gonna shoot a Triton off early next week.

As far the knowns:
Temp 78
Salinity 1.026
Alk 7.6
Cal 480
Mag 1450
No3 <5
Po4 .18

 

[PSXerholic]

Are you working on a spreadsheet by chance? It would be awesome to see but I'm in the middle of a move and cant do the dirty work.

Nope. Nothing like that.
From the pictures I would say some Halogens may be misssing to unfold the beauty, but just a wild guess!
Hence it would be great to have an ICP to identify if there are specific traces missing explaining the pending colors.
Don't really want to say that since the coral from him looks already great, but it could look even better, so.........
Also I'm really into the trace elements right now, hence I would benefit as well from a test review and my 2cents are free, lol.

Really awesome we all have one coral from the same source, it's a great opportunity for me to look into your guys water chemistry.

 

[PSXerholic]

I don't have an ICP test. Was gonna shoot a Triton off early next week.

As far the knowns:
Temp 78
Salinity 1.026
Alk 7.6
Cal 480
Mag 1450
No3 <5
Po4 .18

Cool, an ATI test would be great!!! It tests for more stuff and is a bit less costly overall ;-)
Available on Amazon for $40

Do you dose Iodide here and there?
Maybe even Iodine level?
Any idea what Potassium is?

BTW, good to see some Nutrients here ;-)

 

[PSXerholic]

Oh, btw, just saw this. I run 78 Fahrenheit as well !!!

 

[Battlecorals]

Nope. Nothing like that.
From the pictures I would say some Halogens may be misssing to unfold the beauty, but just a wild guess!
Hence it would be great to have an ICP to identify if there are specific traces missing explaining the pending colors.
Don't really want to say that since the coral from him looks already great, but it could look even better, so.........
Also I'm really into the trace elements right now, hence I would benefit as well from a test review and my 2cents are free, lol.

Really awesome we all have one coral from the same source, it's a great opportunity for me to look into your guys water chemistry.

That is a realy cool point and will very interesting to see some icp results in relation to how this piece in particular looks in various tanks.

 

[Crimsonvice]

Cool, an ATI test would be great!!! It tests for more stuff and is a bit less costly overall ;-)
Available on Amazon for $40

Do you dose Iodide here and there?
Maybe even Iodine level?
Any idea what Potassium is?

BTW, good to see some Nutrients here ;-)

I had a Triton tests sitting around, but I will look into the ATI test kits.

I do not test for iodine or potassium, but I do dose Aquavitros Fuel twice a week.

 

[PSXerholic]

I had a Triton tests sitting around, but I will look into the ATI test kits.

I do not test for iodine or potassium, but I do dose Aquavitros Fuel twice a week.

Ok, thx, good to know. There are a lot of traces in!

 

[Josh Kraft]

I ordered a test kit, it's expected April 30th - May 2nd. Sucks it's not prime anymore. I've never done a water test, so I am curious to see how good I am at reading the kits.

I currently autodose KH, a Calc / Strontium mixture, Iodide, and Iron. Everything else I check about every 1-2months.

This is what I stay at.
Ca 440 (Salifert)
Mg 1350 (Salifert)
KH 8 (Salifert)
Potassium 390 (my RedSea test kit was delivered expired, so I haven't tested with a good kit yet, but was issued a replacement and also got the Salifert one, but haven't retested yet)
Boron - this test is so hard to read, I never got a good reading. (Salifert)
Strontium 1 (I am aiming for 8, but have struggled to get it up, another impossible to read test).
PO4 .04 (Hanna UL)
NO3 - 5-10 (Salifert)
Iron - .15 (another hard to read one)

 

[leahfiish]

So the polyps are turning green on mine?

 

[Clownman727]

My tank was going through some issues in the last several months. I was losing some acropora and thought my Frag for the contest was doomed. It started to STN from the bottom up. As you can see in my official entry photos. I found that my magnetic glass cleaner was rusting and it was the only thing I didn’t check for rust when I noticed the problem. I removed the magnet and keep doing my normal maintenance, water changes etc... Now everything is starting to look good again and my frag is getting some color and encrusting. I may not win this contest but I should be able to finish strong and show some growth. I’ll post my updated photo this weekend on the other thread.

 

[SaltySteve]

I'm going through a complete tank crash, happened shortly after a move. Just about everything is browned out/ skeletons- just a heads up!