New Battlecorals growout contest

justingraham · Aug 19, 2018

WWIII said:
Dude that's sik! Best of both, err... all 3 worlds! Part time tanning bed, part time coral growing machine! Will check out your thread

Gotta make it look good for the wife

Timfish1 · Aug 19, 2018

I've paid. Getting mine friday! :-)

ecam · Aug 19, 2018

Paying on Tuesday. And getting mine on Friday. Can’t wait

iced98lx · Aug 20, 2018

mine are arriving a week from Tuesday.

kurtp · Aug 20, 2018

This is the week! I can't wait to see the other entries. I know you guys are going to be pleased with how the Sniper's looks and how quickly it acclimates and starts to encrust. Mine has been in my tank for only 12 days and already there is a nice rim of thin tissue starting to encrust the plug. Within a few days of bouncing back from the shipping delay my frag consistently has nice PE, even during the daylight portion of my light cycle. Granted, compared to others' tanks the PE in this shot I just snapped isn't huge, but I have always had crappy PE in my tank, making millis look more like echinata, so I am really enjoying watching my Sniper's progress.
The official entry photo thread should start popping any day....

bubbaque · Aug 20, 2018

kurtp said:
This is the week! I can't wait to see the other entries. I know you guys are going to be pleased with how the Sniper's looks and how quickly it acclimates and starts to encrust. Mine has been in my tank for only 12 days and already there is a nice rim of thin tissue starting to encrust the plug. Within a few days of bouncing back from the shipping delay my frag consistently has nice PE, even during the daylight portion of my light cycle. Granted, compared to others' tanks the PE in this shot I just snapped isn't huge, but I have always had crappy PE in my tank, making millis look more like echinata, so I am really enjoying watching my Sniper's progress.
The official entry photo thread should start popping any day....

Its looking nice!

Unfortunately there is a storm tonight in Memphis, so Adam pushed my box back a week. :(

kurtp · Aug 20, 2018

bubbaque said:
Its looking nice!

Unfortunately there is a storm tonight in Memphis, so Adam pushed my box back a week. :(

NUTS! But better to let them stabilize on their new plugs in Adam's care than risk languishing in a warehouse an extra day or two..... I was thinking I should have had Adam delay the shipment of my contest enrty 11 months, give me a fighting chance to place:rolleyes:

dede · Aug 20, 2018

Not sure why I am not getting PMs but I am going to have to pass since I am having some issues with the tank right now. Good luck to everyone else.

eatmoreyeah · Aug 20, 2018

bubbaque said:
Its looking nice!

Unfortunately there is a storm tonight in Memphis, so Adam pushed my box back a week. :(

Same here. dang you weather!

authentic · Aug 20, 2018

Getting my pack on Wednesday, ,will post

Triggreef · Aug 20, 2018

kurtp said:
This is the week! I can't wait to see the other entries. I know you guys are going to be pleased with how the Sniper's looks and how quickly it acclimates and starts to encrust. Mine has been in my tank for only 12 days and already there is a nice rim of thin tissue starting to encrust the plug. Within a few days of bouncing back from the shipping delay my frag consistently has nice PE, even during the daylight portion of my light cycle. Granted, compared to others' tanks the PE in this shot I just snapped isn't huge, but I have always had crappy PE in my tank, making millis look more like echinata, so I am really enjoying watching my Sniper's progress.
The official entry photo thread should start popping any day....

Looks an awful lot like one I have. I also generally have garbage pe but most still grow well. The similar one I have also is very Hardy and has better pe than most of my other acro. I attribute my lack of pe to my flame angel.

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Triggreef · Aug 20, 2018

Well I give up flipping the picture. I even resaved it flipped the other way and it still goes sideways. Lol

kurtp · Aug 21, 2018

Triggreef said:
Well I give up flipping the picture. I even resaved it flipped the other way and it still goes sideways. Lol

good thing I'm using a laptop so I can stand the screen on end...I really like the growth structure of yours. looks like some kind of tropical tree.

Triggreef · Aug 21, 2018

kurtp said:
good thing I'm using a laptop so I can stand the screen on end...I really like the growth structure of yours. looks like some kind of tropical tree.

Agreed its gotten a lot bigger that's actually an older pic maybe 6 months ago. Grown out from only a few nearly dead polyps. I have it in another area too but the growth is more normal.