Battlecorals Vivid's Rainbow Acropora Grow Out Contest - Official Entries Thread

[ksfulk]

January 31st post. Only been a few days, but getting a deeper purple on the ends already!

 

[dmw913]

Here's my initial pic. Sorry it took me a minute to post it. Took it after three days of acclimation on rack and then glued in place. Best of luck to everyone.

 

[rlman41299]

Posting both picture from January to February.
1/12/2018

2/2/2018

 

[aandfsoccr04]

February entry:

 

[wopadobop]

Heater failure. Tank dropped down to 73 degrees overnight. We will see if they recover. All my sps are super pale this morning. Ugggggg!

 

[kdino]

February entry:

wheres the ruler pic?

 

[Zaven D]

Sorry for the late entry photo y’all, month has been hectic with the first shipment being held for a day and the tank sprung a leak shortly after receiving the replacement.

Took this at my lfs last night while we patch up my system.

Since I’m technically late I should be disqualified but figured I should send the progress photos.

 

[Da Ghost]

Heater failure. Tank dropped down to 73 degrees overnight. We will see if they recover. All my sps are super pale this morning. Ugggggg!

So sorry to hear that I hope they are fine. Luckily 73 is not soooo bad, they should pep back up please keep us posted.

 

[Tphill]

Got mine today!

 

[TonapahNorth]

Thicker around the base and body. More red color. Maybe some nubbin luvin.

 

[PSXerholic]

Folks,
Will join this contest very shortly.
My frag will arrive next week with other corals I will get.

Looking forward to it..........
Tank is just 5 weeks old, but I see very good growth already ;-)

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/andre’s-full-blown-300gallon-sps-reeftank-up-within-a-week.339591/

-Andre

 

[rlman41299]

Folks,
Will join this contest very shortly.
My frag will arrive next week with other corals I will get.

Looking forward to it..........
Tank is just 5 weeks old, but I see very good growth already ;-)

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/andre’s-full-blown-300gallon-sps-reeftank-up-within-a-week.339591/

-Andre

Oh crap!! Andre is part of the grow out? I think we already have a winner [emoji3][emoji3][emoji3]

 

[PSXerholic]

Oh crap!! Andre is part of the grow out? I think we already have a winner [emoji3][emoji3][emoji3]

Lol, don't scare anyone ;-)

Well I can see if what I think is good growth can now be compared to others which is very interesting for me! Never have a chance to compare truly due to the fact that corals came always from different sources.

So the only growth enhancing thing I do (from my experiuence growth enhancing) is actually keeping my Potassium at 410 with weekly corrections as wel I dose some Strontium daily. Like many know, I share openly what I do ;-)

-Andre

 

[PSXerholic]

Also it would be great if folks can share their PAR if possible ;-)
I will. Guess it need mid light around 350 par during peak times?!?

 

[bubbaque]

There is a discussion thread also. It’s in the Battlecorals sponsor forum. We are trying to use this one just for pics.

 

[Josh Kraft]

I moved my frag from the plug to rock.

 

[nashorn]

3 days in the tank

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[SWSooner]

After one month in the tank. Can't see it well in the pic but starting to get some green coloring around the base and where the branches are.

 

[domination2580]

Official entry. Received coral today!

 

[PSXerholic]

Let the games begin ;-)

Entry Picture 02/15/18
Size from Plug surface is 22mm
Estimated PAR 450
Medium flow
No3 1.5-2
Po4 0.06
ALK 8.5
CA 430
MG 1400
K 410
SR 8

-Andre