Growth progression under Reef Filtration LEDs

[swannyson7]

I know everyone is always asking about growth and coloration under LEDs, so I figured I'd give the little bit of info I have. I've been running three of Luke's fixtures over my 180 since I set it up over the summer and here's some of the results:

Sunset Monti:
March

May

August

December

February

May

Purple tip, green polyp Acro
July

August

September

December

February

May

 

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Blue digi:
September

October

December

February

May (fragged a few times)

ORA Marshall Islands Blue Bottlebrush:
October

February

 

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Blue/Green mille:
August

December

February

Blue Mille
September (in background)

December

February

May

 

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Forest Fire Digi:
September

October

December

February

May

Green bottlebrush
November (on right)

December

January

February

May

 

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Green Monti:
March

May

November

February

Green Stylo
December

February

May

Hawkins:
September

February

May

 

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Joe the Coral
November

December

February

May

Green Slimer #1:
August

October

December

May (fragged several times)

 

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Blue Tip Acro:
April

August

December

February

May

Lime Table
August

December

February

May

 

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MC Bonsai
December

February

May

Multicolor (actually multiple shades of brown) mille:
September

December

February

May

 

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Tenuis:
May

August

September

December

February

May

Ice Fire:
December

February

Lost to RTN from euphyllia sting

 

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Pink Mille:
December

February

May

Pokerstar Monti:
September

December

February

May

 

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Purple Mille
April

August

September

December

February

May

Rainbow Monti:
September

October

December

February

 

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Scripps #1:
August

September

December

February

Red Monti Cap
May

June

September

December

February

 

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Red Digi:
March

August

September

December

February

May

Red Planet:
March

June

September

December

February

May

 

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Slimer #2:
April

July

September

December

February

Scripps #2:
May

December

February

May

 

[youngtimothy]

nice growth! awesome pictures! some day I wiil have LED's over my tank, just need more money!

 

[swannyson7]

This is the first time I ever really dove into SPS in my 10 years of reefing, so I'm not sure if this is average growth or not, but I'm happy! Hopefully the LEDs hold up as long as everyone expects. Even if they only last a couple years, the fixtures will pay for themselves with halide bulb changes and electricity savings.

 

[Mr. Tang]

Amazing change in coloration! I got LEDs coming for my new setup, I'm hoping tonseenthe same in color

 

[subielover]

Very nice growth, thanks for sharing!

 

[fab1971]

Thanks for taking the time to post the pictures. It all looks absolutely great. Did you get a new camera or lighting as the months passed? Your pictures, colors and lighting look better as they go along. I just started into sps too after 3+ years of reefkeeping and I'm loving it so far. I like that the prices are much more reasonable and the growth very quick. Big difference from chalice and zoa collecting.

 

[swannyson7]

Thanks for taking the time to post the pictures. It all looks absolutely great. Did you get a new camera or lighting as the months passed? Your pictures, colors and lighting look better as they go along. I just started into sps too after 3+ years of reefkeeping and I'm loving it so far. I like that the prices are much more reasonable and the growth very quick. Big difference from chalice and zoa collecting.

I supplement the LEDs with T5s and this fall I switched a couple of the T5s over from 10ks to Blue+ bulbs, so that's why everything is more blue in recent pictures. Now my tank is probably around 20-22k whereas it used to be around 16-18k. I love looking back at the progressive pics to see growth on SPS because it just seems to grow so much more noticably than a lot of LPS & Zoas