Bubba's SPS Journey

Wrangy · Oct 30, 2018

Looking good man!! But I definitely wasn't expecting any less ;)

Dugless · Oct 30, 2018

Did you mention where you sourced your live rock? Thanks.

Scorpius · Oct 30, 2018

Took me years to color up my Tri-color Valida, yes years.

bubbaque · Oct 30, 2018

Dugless said:
Did you mention where you sourced your live rock? Thanks.

I bought it as dry rock from BRS.

Kevinkmk · Oct 31, 2018

Since there are so many sps experts here. Can I ask how to get crazy polyp extension? I am getting normal but not crazy ployp extension.

I have used all the tips, stable parameter , no filter sock, strong random flow, feeding oyster feast and reef roid

bubbaque · Nov 1, 2018

Kevinkmk said:
Since there are so many sps experts here. Can I ask how to get crazy polyp extension? I am getting normal but not crazy ployp extension.

I have used all the tips, stable parameter , no filter sock, strong random flow, feeding oyster feast and reef roid

I consider mine to be normal polyp extension also and I pretty much do the same as you besides the food.

I have seen some pics where people have extreme polyp extension but I don't know what they do differently.

Kevinkmk · Nov 1, 2018

bubbaque said:
I consider mine to be normal polyp extension also and I pretty much do the same as you besides the food.

I have seen some pics where people have extreme polyp extension but I don't know what they do differently.

Yea. The reason I asked is because whenever I got new acro. Their polyp extension is crazy but after a while in my tank, they remain like 60-70%.

I’m wondering if I’m missing the carbon source. Product like Chroma color plus or kz coral vitualizer would help?

bubbaque · Nov 1, 2018

I really like the JKR Rainbow and I feel it's an underrated coral. The one in my frag tank gets nice red polyps but the one in my display is really nice also.

JKR Rainbow

FarmerTy · Nov 1, 2018

bubbaque said:
I really like the JKR Rainbow and I feel it's an underrated coral. The one in my frag tank gets nice red polyps but the one in my display is really nice also.

JKR Rainbow

That's a super bright and crisp picture of the colony! Well done!

bubbaque · Nov 1, 2018

FarmerTy said:
That's a super bright and crisp picture of the colony! Well done!

Nice new camera! I now need to learn how to use it.

blackizzz · Nov 1, 2018

Bubba, how well would you say you know the scientific names of your acros?

Do you care? Or is trade names enough? :)

How do you decide on placement? Is it based on above - or do you experiment? :p

Wrangy · Nov 1, 2018

bubbaque said:
I really like the JKR Rainbow and I feel it's an underrated coral. The one in my frag tank gets nice red polyps but the one in my display is really nice also.

JKR Rainbow

Gorgeous!! Love the strange growth it's got going on in the top left though! I really do love the way corals just do whatever they feel like! haha

bubbaque said:
Nice new camera! I now need to learn how to use it.

You better upload like 45 pics a day for us just to make sure you're improving lots and we can provide feedback haha

bubbaque · Nov 1, 2018

blackizzz said:
Bubba, how well would you say you know the scientific names of your acros?

Do you care? Or is trade names enough? :)

How do you decide on placement? Is it based on above - or do you experiment? :p

I personally don’t care about scientific names what so ever. I care about trade names and lineage.

I generally try and put tenuis and Millis in the most par. The ones with multiple colors I put those in the highest par to try and bring those colors out.

I also experiment and see how corals react.

Wrangy said:
Gorgeous!! Love the strange growth it's got going on in the top left though! I really do love the way corals just do whatever they feel like! haha

You better upload like 45 pics a day for us just to make sure you're improving lots and we can provide feedback haha

Thanks!

That strange growth are free branches provided by vermitid snails, lol. I should glue them shut but it’s too much work.