Bubba's SPS Journey

[chromis]

A couple Battlecoral frags.

Backdraft the movie table.

I’ve been eyeing this one as a potential purchase, it looks beautiful under white lighting - do any of those colors fluoresce under blues?

 

[bubbaque]

I’ve been eyeing this one as a potential purchase, it looks beautiful under white lighting - do any of those colors fluoresce under blues?

It does fluoresce but not as much as like WD. It is small still so probably as it grows it will start to more.

 

[Fishfinder]

I just got my frag this week! Backdraft and aquaticman

 

[bubbaque]

I just got my frag this week! Backdraft and aquaticman

You will love those! Do you post any pics somewhere?

 

[Fishfinder]

You will love those! Do you post any pics somewhere?

I'm gonna take some pics of them tomorrow and put them in my build thread. I don't have the camera skills you have.

 

[bubbaque]

I watched the video @FarmerTy posted of his tank today. He had this amazing efflo in there and I wanted to share the two that I have. Mine are no where near as nice as his but hopefully one day I get mine to that size. If you haven't see it, you should check it out.

BC Efflo 2.0

Greg Carroll Ultimate efflo. Still small but I like the color it does have. I placed it in a horrible spot as you can see how close it is two other corals. The base is already stinging another coral but it seems to be winning the fight.

 

[bubbaque]

Vivid's confetti. I don't think this thing stands much of chance to grow in my tank where it is placed, lol. I put it right in front of an opening where my tangs like to go and hide and sleep. They seem to knock off all new nubs it tries to grow. The small nubs growing that you see have been broke off multiple times. You can even see a broken nub dangling at the top of it in this pic. .

 

[FarmerTy]

I watched the video @FarmerTy posted of his tank today. He had this amazing efflo in there and I wanted to share the two that I have. Mine are no where near as nice as his but hopefully one day I get mine to that size. If you haven't see it, you should check it out.

BC Efflo 2.0

Greg Carroll Ultimate efflo. Still small but I like the color it does have. I placed it in a horrible spot as you can see how close it is two other corals. The base is already stinging another coral but it seems to be winning the fight.

Now you got me all excited about that GregC Efflo again! Grow little guy, grow!

 

[Bps619]

loving all the pictures!. Sorry if i missed this, but do you spot feed the corals anything?

 

[bubbaque]

loving all the pictures!. Sorry if i missed this, but do you spot feed the corals anything?

I do not. When I feed the tank it looks like a snowstorm and I see stuff stuck on the corals but all pumps stay on.

My frag tank is plunged into the display but I don’t put much food in there.

 

[Fishfinder]

I know your PO4 is 0, what is your NO3?

 

[bubbaque]

I know your PO4 is 0, what is your NO3?

I don’t get 0 po4 anymore. I tested last month and got .05. It might be because I cut my chaeto light timer down to 10 hrs.

I just ran these test since you asked and these are my results.

Alk 9.4
Po4 .07 when you convert the results (I just fed the tank 6 cubes of frozen so it might be a tad higher than when I test in the morning)
No3 looked to be 2.5, not 25(You divide the results by 10 for those who don’t use salifert)

 

[Fishfinder]

Woah!!! Way higher than last I saw! I've been undercover following this amazing thread. Your stuff is great. Time to get my nutrients up a little

 

[Softhammer]

This is the one Dan sent me...it has highlighted tips which looks nice.

While I’d have to see more pictures to be certain, I have an aquacultured piece from Bali that I have had for well over a decade that looks EXACTLY like that coral. It’s also spawned twice on me. I’d be happy to share frags, plus all my frags are freebies, I stopped charging years ago.

 

[bubbaque]

Woah!!! Way higher than last I saw! I've been undercover following this amazing thread. Your stuff is great. Time to get my nutrients up a little

I think as long as you have a healthy fish population and feed them well I wouldn't worry too much about what numbers you are getting as long as they are not sky high. I had a guy come over a couple months ago and said his garf bonsai was almost white with green polyps. I asked how much he fed and he said he fed every couple of days and not much when he did.

Some people fear algae so much they are afraid to feed their tank. If I didn't have these GIANT turbo snails and tangs I might have algae everywhere. I am a believer in, if I can't grow algae, even if it's chaeto, I probably wouldn't be able to grow anything else. Just have something to eat the algae if you start to grow it in places you don't want it.

 

[FarmerTy]

I think as long as you have a healthy fish population and feed them well I wouldn't worry too much about what numbers you are getting as long as they are not sky high. I had a guy come over a couple months ago and said his garf bonsai was almost white with green polyps. I asked how much he fed and he said he fed every couple of days and not much when he did.

Some people fear algae so much they are afraid to feed their tank. If I didn't have these GIANT turbo snails and tangs I might have algae everywhere. I am a believer in, if I can't grow algae, even if it's chaeto, I probably wouldn't be able to grow anything else. Just have something to eat the algae if you start to grow it in places you don't want it.

Well said Bubba! Preach! Feed your tanks people!

 

[Grey Ghost]

Vivid's confetti. I don't think this thing stands much of chance to grow in my tank where it is placed, lol. I put it right in front of an opening where my tangs like to go and hide and sleep. They seem to knock off all new nubs it tries to grow. The small nubs growing that you see have been broke off multiple times. You can even see a broken nub dangling at the top of it in this pic. .

That confetti can't catch a break! Seriously though, that is an awesome looking piece and definitely a wish list coral for me.

 

[Wrangy]

So much goodness all in one spot!! :D You need to be nicer to that poor confetti though!!

 

[bubbaque]

So much goodness all in one spot!! :D You need to be nicer to that poor confetti though!!

It was one of my first “high end” corals and it gets abused a lot. I sold some corals a little bit ago and threw in one of the broke off nubs with the order.

 

[Wrangy]

It was one of my first “high end” corals and it gets abused a lot. I sold some corals a little bit ago and threw in one of the broke off nubs with the order.

Can you throw me some broken off nubs?? haha