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

[PSXerholic]

March 15
~ 2mm (1/16") growth in overall vertical direction and good encrusting is going on at the base.
PE started 2 weeks ago and hard to see on the picture, a bit of metallic shimmering purple is coming through the skin ;-)


Februar 15 - for comparison, fresh from Battlecorals, still slimy ;-)

 

[SWSooner]

Took this pic and just realized I forgot to post it. Not too much change but here's after two months. Its done more encrusting than anything this month. Can also see a little more green around the base and where it branches off.

 

[SaltySteve]

Jan 14th- March 18th-
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Not much vertical growth, decent encrusting though.

 

[Josh Kraft]

My march pic

 

[Josh Kraft]

Did a side by side pic

 

[bubbaque]

March entry. No vertical growth but still encrusting. First pic is Feb 23 second is today. I do have a branch growing out between the two branches on the left.

 

[snakejacques]

It isn't dead yet two months in the tank

 

[Servo]

Day 1: PAR to low. I will move later. Id like to get the PAR betwee 200-300

Third entry. The coral is still roughly 1 1/4 inches with quite a few small axial coralites blooming off of the coral. The ruler is angled back slightly. The base is what I call fully encrusted creeping down the side. When I got it I was reluctantly let this thing go in my tank but man it’s turning out to be a bikini model.

 

[stylaster]

still about the same more color now

 

[ksfulk]

March 25 - month #2

 

[Caravanshaka]

Mine seems to have stalled a bit, but that is probably due to my nitrates being 0 and phosphates being 0.01. I’ve been working on bringing those up, so hopefully it will look better next time! I’d wager no upward growth and just a bit more encrusting.

 

[Nola Bear]

End of March Pic. Some upward growth and more base. Also the nub near the base is growing.

 

[Karl M]

March 27 Photo

Starting to color up a bit. Small amount of growth and encrusting. All in all I am happy seeing some progress.
03/27

02/25

 

[jason.kennedy.98478]

Unfortunately I'm going to have to tap out. STN wiped out all the stick in my tank

 

[kdino]

March entry, some more, small, vertical growth and increased encrusting. better color too!

 

[aandfsoccr04]

March update. Encrusting more but no vertical growth.

 

[jerrad]

Feb 24

march 29th

bye bye frag plug, coloring up some, couple of branches starting to form. And a solid 1/8 -3/16 vertical growth!

 

[alten78]

March update - I've been seriously slacking on my husbandry the last two months, life getting in the way! Like others, no vertical growth but encrusting with some coloring up.

 

[tcup25]

March update. Little more encrusting maybe. No vertical really. Color that was starting to show bleached out after bulb change and chemistry issues.

 

[Da Ghost]

March 31, 2018 photo- Encrusting but the growth is sooooooo slooooowwww