Bubba's SPS Journey

lolgranny · Jan 22, 2019

SawCJack00 said:
Hey Bubba check with Shannon Mcdonald for the RRC JD. I got mine from him for a reasonable price. His came from Thinh.

Also another wish list coral might be the Elegant Corals Valentina. I'm getting a frag of this in about 2 weeks, but Julian rarely cuts these. If I can geti it to grow, maybe we could do some trading.

EC Valentina (Julians colony)

Colonies are now 2” frags? I love this hobby lol.

That Valentina is delicious ...

cboltsd01 · Jan 22, 2019

lolgranny said:
Colonies are now 2” frags? I love this hobby lol.

That Valentina is delicious ...

If it has more than one branch to cut, it's a colony now lol.

AvaS · Jan 22, 2019

Hey Bubba have you seen the picture of this new upcoming release from WWC. I know it is an antic shot and haven’t seen other pics of it yet but wanted to know ur thoughts. Do you think it looks like one of the many other pretty rainbow acros in the hobby at the moment?

bubbaque · Jan 22, 2019

It's hard to say but just by looking at the picture it's pretty wild looking and over done imo. I will be able to tell you for sure Thursday as I am meeting @Fishfinder there to trade some corals and we will both have a look at it.

AvaS · Jan 22, 2019

bubbaque said:
It's hard to say but just by looking at the picture it's pretty wild looking and over done imo. I will be able to tell you for sure Thursday as I am meeting @Fishfinder there to trade some corals and we will both have a look at it.

Thanks so much! I am super interested to hear about how it looks in person so let me know! Maybe even snap a cellphone pic if u can lol!

Fishfinder · Jan 22, 2019

Hahaha back to the tenuis discussion we had yesterday

Fishfinder · Jan 22, 2019

There's a couple I want to see in person I'll add that to the list

Caravanshaka · Jan 22, 2019

@bubbaque are you near Orlando? I’m flying there in February for a fishing trip and have a day free, would love to see your setup if you’ve got time!

bubbaque · Jan 22, 2019

Yep I live in East Orlando.

jschultzbass · Jan 22, 2019

Happy 1 year on this thread!!!

Fishfinder · Jan 22, 2019

@Caravanshaka where's the fishing trip?

bubbaque · Jan 22, 2019

jschultzbass said:
Happy 1 year on this thread!!!

Thank you! I didn’t even notice.

lolgranny · Jan 22, 2019

bubbaque said:
Thank you! I didn’t even notice.

Memory and vision loss are common symptoms of aging.

Caravanshaka · Jan 23, 2019

Fishfinder said:
@Caravanshaka where's the fishing trip?

Staying in a lake house on the butler chain and doing some Bass fishing with Chuck Pippin. Might hit Toho as well.

bubbaque · Jan 23, 2019

RR Pink Floyd

Jacked Reefer · Jan 23, 2019

Golly gee! The color on these is impeccable. This thread is making me wanna get into high end sps once I get my halide. Do you have any tips for color?

bubbaque · Jan 23, 2019

Kayden Hutchings said:
Golly gee! The color on these is impeccable. This thread is making me wanna get into high end sps once I get my halide. Do you have any tips for color?

Thank you very much!

Once you get into high end sps there is no going back, so be careful, lol.

Tips for color can be tricky as it really does come down to looking at your corals. Colors too dark - give more par or reduce nutrients. Colors too light - reduce par and start feeding more. Try to ignore numbers that come up on nutrient test kits. Ignoring those numbers forces you to "read" your corals and keeps you away from chasing numbers.

bubbaque · Jan 24, 2019

AvaS said:
Hey Bubba have you seen the picture of this new upcoming release from WWC. I know it is an antic shot and haven’t seen other pics of it yet but wanted to know ur thoughts. Do you think it looks like one of the many other pretty rainbow acros in the hobby at the moment?

I went and checked it out this morning and I would say someone went a little too far on the Lightroom sliders.