Jawbreaker Evolution

[officialreefbros]

I've seen a lot of awesome colored jawbreakers out there but not much of the color progression. So starting this thread to track it's age/ color. Let's see how this one does!

July 17, 2024 - 3 months
I got it as a very small baby - only orange coloring.

September 25, 2024 - 5 months
A few days after cleaning it up and setting it up on a new square it got run over by either a crab or snail taking some damage.

November 17, 2024 - 7 months
I was able to stabilize it in a cage. It finally started putting on a little bit of size - a few tiny dots of red began to show

January 8, 2025 - 9 months
Growing well - fist signs of a green specs and the more red dots starting to become stretched

February 25, 2025 - 10 months
Becoming around the size of a nickel, scared to move it, but doing well. The green spec is more noticeable and 2 additional ones showed up. Kinda looks like a potential dot of silver in the top right!

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Thanks for sharing! What are you running your tank at (parameter-wise)

 

[officialreefbros]

Thanks for sharing! What are you running your tank at (parameter-wise)

I've been running the following:
Alk = 10
Phos = 0.03
Nitrate = 2.5
Mag = 1350
Calc = 440

 

[officialreefbros]

April 17, 2025 - 12 months

It's gained a little more size and is starting to reach over the edge! No color differences, but has part of a foot reaching way out. Maybe a baby starting???

 

[JTP424]

Following along :) cool thread idea

 

[officialreefbros]

May 13, 2025 - 13 months

Not 1, but 2 babies! Was hard to get the lighting to show them, but there is one of the left that's still a small bud, but the one on the right it's opening up w/o color. There are more green specs starting to form.

 

[officialreefbros]

July 27, 2025 - 15 months

Up to 5 babies now surrounding the initial Rubble I got it on! A lot more red spec showing up throughout and the existing coloration has been expanding.

 

[officialreefbros]

Sept 28, 2025 - 17 months

Momma is glowing getting bigger and showing more colors. A lot of red dots and growing green area. The babies are weird, all having different hues to them. A far left one has more of a green hue and a dark spot. The baby in the back is mostly white. All together its closer to 7ish babies now with new ones I keep finding coming off the foot of the baby.

 

[Troylee]

It should start exploding with growth any day.. I started with a little single one and have about 30 after 2 years.. I’ve actually sold several also.

 

[officialreefbros]

It should start exploding with growth any day.. I started with a little single one and have about 30 after 2 years.. I’ve actually sold several also.

Wow that one is awesome! I've definitely had some tank issues it's powered through

 

[officialreefbros]

Feb 2, 2026 - 21 months

Momma is getting bigger and more babies than I can count. I moved the momma over to its own disk since it walked off its original plug which is now filled with babies. The green dots are expanding a little and there are more red spots coming in!

 

[officialreefbros]

Mar 2, 2026 - 22 months

The green spots are growing and a new one started close to is mouth! They are becoming more patches than spots! I lost count of the babies, but will add in any highlights when they come up.

 

[officialreefbros]

Changing it up and showcasing some of the babies and then we'll get back to our regular programing.

Some have red lines, one has a green spot and no red soooo we'll see!

 

[officialreefbros]

July 18, 2026 - 26 months

Officially a 4-color jawbreaker now. There is a spot of dark green that developed! It's hard to capture a good picture since its in the middle of the tank.

There are also countless babies now and a few that have a nice solid red line down them.