Bubba's SPS Journey

geodehunter · Dec 13, 2018

So many great sps it's hard to pick just one. The tank sure does compliment itself that's for sure.

bubbaque · Dec 13, 2018

SawCJack00 said:
Very nice! I also have BTA's in my tank, but didn't put them on an island. I just set up a little cube tank that I'm moving them to because they take up too much SPS real estate.

codydemmel4 said:
awesome!

Really filling in now with some colonies

BoomCorals said:
Beautiful! I have bubbletips in my display reef too, but wasn't as smart to keep them cordoned off to their own rock

geodehunter said:
So many great sps it's hard to pick just one. The tank sure does compliment itself that's for sure.

Thanks Guys!

I was really worried about the anemones killing my corals so I made sure to keep them far away. I still wake up every now and then and find a baby one in my rock work but I take it off and trade it in for some store credit.

I tried to do the same with that giant pile of GSP on the other side but unfortunately I placed the rock island to close to the overflow and I now see it growing on it. I always keep it trimmed back from my main rock but never thought about the overflow

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justingraham · Dec 13, 2018

How’s everything doing from the rock slide?

najer · Dec 13, 2018

bubbaque said:
Cody asked a few days ago what were my favorites and one of them is the BC Backdraft. I remember when I seen Adam post a pic a frag for sale in a pack and I thought no way in the world does it actually look that bright. I even messaged him about it. He said it's the real deal so I started bug him about sending me a frag. This thing is a real beauty and I can't wait for it to continue to grow. I got two little nubs starting to pop out that look like they will be stunning.

Don't mind the glue, I added it to make a smoother transition from plug to tile to make it look prettier in time, haha.

BC Backdraft

The best thing about the glue is the base growth?!
I will post a pic I just took in my journal that exactly explains it!
A lot of people don't notice base flesh pre growth, the white lines around the edge flesh, they expend energy stinging the path around them.
Coraline slows them down!

That will zoom across that!

drawman · Dec 13, 2018

Is that a blue devil damsel in your tank Bubba?

bubbaque · Dec 13, 2018

justingraham said:
How’s everything doing from the rock slide?

It's doing good. I couldn't get the Christmas mirabilis to go back so it's in the frag tank.

najer said:
The best thing about the glue is the base growth?!
I will post a pic I just took in my journal that exactly explains it!
A lot of people don't notice base flesh pre growth, the white lines around the edge flesh, they expend energy stinging the path around them.
Coraline slows them down!
That will zoom across that!

lets hope so"

drawman said:
Is that a blue devil damsel in your tank Bubba?

None of those. I think you are referring to the chromis. I have had 6 of them now for about 1 1/2 years. None of them have ever killed each other off but it could be due to the amount of food I feed.

Reefpuck · Dec 13, 2018

Gorgeous tank!

Question...I was looking into getting a TCK New Dragon frag...so did a Google search and your thread popped up. Do you have one? I'm curious to see how it looks outside of TCK's website!

drawman · Dec 13, 2018

bubbaque said:
It's doing good. I couldn't get the Christmas mirabilis to go back so it's in the frag tank.

lets hope so"

None of those. I think you are referring to the chromis. I have had 6 of them now for about 1 1/2 years. None of them have ever killed each other off but it could be due to the amount of food I feed.

I saw the chromis. I guess the one that was facing the camera had a little damsel look to him lol.

Fudsey · Dec 13, 2018

Looking good Bubba ! ! !

lolgranny · Dec 13, 2018

What are the dimensions of your tank?

bubbaque · Dec 13, 2018

Reefpuck said:
Gorgeous tank!

Question...I was looking into getting a TCK New Dragon frag...so did a Google search and your thread popped up. Do you have one? I'm curious to see how it looks outside of TCK's website!

I do have it still and I think it’s just coming into its own and starting to look good. It may need higher light than I give it as part of it is shaded and the best looking part is the side that gets the most light. I’ll take a pic for you.

lolgranny said:
What are the dimensions of your tank?

A standard 180 gallons. 6’x2’x2’

Wrangy · Dec 13, 2018

dang dude!! The tank is so nice man and I can't believe you hide it from us so much!!

haha

lolgranny · Dec 13, 2018

bubbaque said:
I do have it still and I think it’s just coming into its own and starting to look good. It may need higher light than I give it as part of it is shaded and the best looking part is the side that gets the most light. I’ll take a pic for you.
A standard 180 gallons. 6’x2’x2’

Only using those 2 gyres?

bubbaque · Dec 13, 2018

Wrangy said:
dang dude!! The tank is so nice man and I can't believe you hide it from us so much!! haha

Now it goes back into hiding, hahaha

It was almost all smashed to pieces. I was cutting some frags for farmerty yesterday and I had the whole rock pile on the right collapse. Some things got smashed up but most made it out alright. That pic was after I rebuilt it.

lolgranny said:
Only using those 2 gyres?

Only those two and the return pump. I run them at 100% power, alternating each other every two minutes. I do wish I had more flow in my display. It's funny as I use those same two pumps on my small frag tanks but run at a lower setting.

WWIII · Dec 13, 2018

Hey @bubbaque , man I bet you were having a panic attack when you felt/saw those rocks start to move! Glad everything for the most part was saved! Especially the tank!

How's the RRC Shazam doing? Do you have any other RRC pieces besides that one and pink caddy? I was looking at TCK and they have RRC Elektra and RRC Wowzer that both look really nice. I wish RRC was here in the US, it's always hard to judge the pieces that show up since they aren't all over the place to look at.

bubbaque · Dec 13, 2018

WWIII said:
Hey @bubbaque , man I bet you were having a panic attack when you felt/saw those rocks start to move! Glad everything for the most part was saved! Especially the tank!

How's the RRC Shazam doing? Do you have any other RRC pieces besides that one and pink caddy? I was looking at TCK and they have RRC Elektra and RRC Wowzer that both look really nice. I wish RRC was here in the US, it's always hard to judge the pieces that show up since they aren't all over the place to look at.

I don’t know if you remember my pic of it when I first got it but it didn’t seem to be the healthiest thing. I think because of that it has always been dormant. Maybe I need to go cut it to try and stimulate it to do something.

WWIII · Dec 13, 2018

bubbaque said:
I don’t know if you remember my pic of it when I first got it but it didn’t seem to be the healthiest thing. I think because of that it has always been dormant. Maybe I need to go cut it to try and stimulate it to do something.

Yeah I remeber it kinda looked like it had been through a rough time. I was just curious since I saw they posted a pic of it on Facebook today and I remembered you had one. I have a couple frags that have done that, just kinda stalled. Seems like even guys like Adam have this happen occasionally to frags. Here's the pic in case you didn't see it...

McPikie · Dec 14, 2018

The colour on that Powder Blue is stunning @bubbaque Obviously a very happy and healthy fish!!!

bubbaque · Dec 14, 2018

McPikie said:
The colour on that Powder Blue is stunning @bubbaque Obviously a very happy and healthy fish!!!

Thank you! The powder blue is one of my favorite fish, I only wish it wasn't so aggressive.

bubbaque · Dec 14, 2018

I am changing it up a little today as I just found out my camera can take video. I went and took a quick 30 sec video of a few of my favorite corals under normal lighting.

Watch in HD