Bubba's SPS Journey

larangcon · Mar 16, 2018

Wow Bubba!!! That's a colony.

bubbaque · Mar 16, 2018

larangcon said:
Wow Bubba!!! That's a colony.

Some day, it's still small.

BoomCorals · Mar 16, 2018

You're pulling some beautiful colors, you must have a secret sauce :D

bubbaque · Mar 16, 2018

BoomCorals said:
You're pulling some beautiful colors, you must have a secret sauce :D

lol, thanks! The secret sauce is don’t dose anything! Lol

BoomCorals · Mar 16, 2018

bubbaque said:
lol, thanks! The secret sauce is don’t dose anything! Lol

Hah! It's funny, sps require you to keep your hands out of the tank and not tinker. But in this hobby we always want to tinker. It's the ultimate test in patience and will power lol.

drawman · Mar 16, 2018

Very nice collection bubbaque!

bubbaque · Mar 16, 2018

I have noticed though since I threw my chaeto away because I was tired of cleaning it, my no3 went from close to 0 to 10 and po4 from 0 to .02. Things have darkened and has gotten better polyp extension.

I re-added chaeto to keep my no3 from continuing to rise but will for sure keep it higher than it was after seeing positive results.

BoomCorals · Mar 16, 2018

bubbaque said:
I have noticed though since I threw my chaeto away because I was tired of cleaning it, my no3 went from close to 0 to 10 and po4 from 0 to .02. Things have darkened and has gotten better polyp extension.

I re-added chaeto to keep my no3 from continuing to rise but will for sure keep it higher than it was after seeing positive results.

Yea there is definitely a balance there. If my nitrate goes above 1 and phosphate above .06, everything will get a little too dark in color.

bubbaque · Mar 17, 2018

I am pretty excited about this frag. This is the Bonfire from Battlecorals. I have had it about a month and it has finally started to lay down a base.

bubbaque · Mar 17, 2018

I believe this one is Tierra del fuego

BoomCorals · Mar 17, 2018

bubbaque said:
I believe this one is Tierra del fuego

I could be wrong but it almost looks more like a Rommel’s Watermelon

Fishfinder · Mar 17, 2018

bubbaque said:
I have noticed though since I threw my chaeto away because I was tired of cleaning it, my no3 went from close to 0 to 10 and po4 from 0 to .02. Things have darkened and has gotten better polyp extension.

I re-added chaeto to keep my no3 from continuing to rise but will for sure keep it higher than it was after seeing positive results.

How do you clean cheato?

drawman · Mar 17, 2018

bubbaque said:
I am pretty excited about this frag. This is the Bonfire from Battlecorals. I have had it about a month and it has finally started to lay down a base.

Yeah that piece looks like it has good potential. Nice work bubba!

Slack Tide Reef · Mar 17, 2018

Unreal collection! Your system is spot on.

Vaughn17 · Mar 17, 2018

BoomCorals said:
I could be wrong but it almost looks more like a Rommel’s Watermelon

Doesn't Rommel's Watermelon have green polyps with red coral tissue?

Vaughn17 · Mar 17, 2018

Bubbaque, in an earlier post you said your nutrients were close to zero/zero and you don't add any supplements. What do you feed your beautiful acros? If my nutrients get anywhere close to zero/zero, some of my acros will start to stn (under both T-5s and leds).