Coral Growing Contest

[bradleym]

December update. Gonna include 2 angles to get the full scope of progress.

March update:

Phosphate: 0.09
Nitrate: 40
Alkalinity: 10
Salinity: 1.024

 

[Stlreefer1980]

Well, i lose. Mine started turning white from the bottom and continued up each branch. I had to frag it up into 5 different pieces. The one trial piece i did a couple days ago looks good. So i am hoping the other 4 pieces I fragged this morning will also live. This hobby is tough. Just when you think you have everything under control, a coral just starts doing badly.

 

[bradleym]

Well, i lose. Mine started turning white from the bottom and continued up each branch. I had to frag it up into 5 different pieces. The one trial piece i did a couple days ago looks good. So i am hoping the other 4 pieces I fragged this morning will also live. This hobby is tough. Just when you think you have everything under control, a coral just starts doing badly.

Sorry to hear that! It sucks, no matter how long you've been in the hobby.

 

[Stlreefer1980]

Sorry to hear that! It sucks, no matter how long you've been in the hobby.

Yeah, everything else in the tank is doing fine. I cant explain it. Hopefully the fragged up pieces make it.

 

[Lance A. Lot]

Lets get our final April photos in by the 4th so we can vote for a few days before the swap. Remember to try and post a picture of the original frag and the final photo together in one post to make voting easier.

 

[Lance A. Lot]

March photo

 

[Lance A. Lot]

March photo

March photo

Well there has been some growth but, it sure looks like everything else around the contest frag grew a lot more.

 

[decker6]

March 8th!

March 31. It went in a ride this month did a tank move to our new house, reasoning for the little loss of color.

a little backwards but here’s the after and before

 

[jhuntstl]

Jan 2nd. Shortly after surviving an SPS crash.

March 31st. I'm just happy I kept it alive.

 

[bradleym]

Here's my final weigh-in. I might not have won, but I'm proud of my progress!

 

[Salesman643]

Mine never grew up.

 

[Lance A. Lot]

First photo:

Middle:

Last photo:

 

[Frogspawn74]

posted in wrong area

 

[jhuntstl]

How's everyone's contest corals doing nowadays? PE not as great, but seeing a lot of growth.

 

[bradleym]

Pics aren't great but here's mine.

 

[jhuntstl]

Pics aren't great but here's mine.

Looking good!

Be interesting to see how long it takes mine to transition from it's current green to more teal like yours. I am just now starting to see a touch of purple in the new growth tips. The polyps aren't quite as brown anymore either, more blueish.