##### Picture Entry: BC BLOOD BANK GROW-OUT CONTEST #####

[Boosterman]

Boosterman's September 2022 Blood Bank Submission

@lynn.reef.nerd
@BranchingHammer
@Reefing102

 

[acananoreefer]

Comparison from when I got it. I'll try to keep the angles the same from now on first one was slightly angled due to other coral positioning.

 

[acananoreefer]

Bonus side pic.

 

[Cell]

@lynn.reef.nerd @BranchingHammer @Reefing102

Not sure if this one is necessary or not but it's been a month and we are on way!

 

[Cell]

Hmmm disregard those unsightly bubbles and algae peeking out. They shall be covered by the next photo I bet!

 

[Oregon Grown Reef]

No measurement pic since I already posted my September entry, but here's an update.

The tank was looking good and then 2 acros RTN'd out of nowhere about 5 days ago. I was doing daily tests of alk, nitrate, and phosphate for a month before backing up to every 2-3 days, and still things didn't look good. I had no reason that I could find, or so I thought. The Blood Bank is fine for the most part, but it is pale and it lost a little tissue at the bottom. I think it was too high of light and too high of overall system flow. I decreased both and placed the corals a little lower. Measured par at 200-225 where it's at now, so I'm hoping that allows it to recover and catch its stride. The corals stopped degrading after I took those steps.

I also got my order of @AquaBiomics Reef Rubble today, so I'm excited for that to do its thing. Not sure if it actually provides a benefit to an older tank (2 years), but it's only $50. I'm willing to spend that money to test it out. This tank is a barebottom tank that I used dry rock to start. I'm hoping it helps establish a more natural microbiome and see what it does to coral growth/disease, if anything.

On another note, I love the Apex. First time setting it up and I love being able to monitor pH constantly. It's one of the main reasons I have it hooked up. Below is a pic taken about an hour ago. The CO2 scrubber works and works well. I was getting low 8.0's as a peak before installing it, and this is now the highest I've seen it.

 

[Mattiejay6]

@Battlecorals shot you a DM

 

[acananoreefer]

No measurement pic since I already posted my September entry, but here's an update.

The tank was looking good and then 2 acros RTN'd out of nowhere about 5 days ago. I was doing daily tests of alk, nitrate, and phosphate for a month before backing up to every 2-3 days, and still things didn't look good. I had no reason that I could find, or so I thought. The Blood Bank is fine for the most part, but it is pale and it lost a little tissue at the bottom. I think it was too high of light and too high of overall system flow. I decreased both and placed the corals a little lower. Measured par at 200-225 where it's at now, so I'm hoping that allows it to recover and catch its stride. The corals stopped degrading after I took those steps.

I also got my order of @AquaBiomics Reef Rubble today, so I'm excited for that to do its thing. Not sure if it actually provides a benefit to an older tank (2 years), but it's only $50. I'm willing to spend that money to test it out. This tank is a barebottom tank that I used dry rock to start. I'm hoping it helps establish a more natural microbiome and see what it does to coral growth/disease, if anything.

On another note, I love the Apex. First time setting it up and I love being able to monitor pH constantly. It's one of the main reasons I have it hooked up. Below is a pic taken about an hour ago. The CO2 scrubber works and works well. I was getting low 8.0's as a peak before installing it, and this is now the highest I've seen it.

I'm tempted to run some kind of real time monitoring on my tanks but I would probably perpetually fiddle with things and cause more harm than good

 

[MoshJosh]

All right guys, here’s my September picture, not looking super great but I have had some problems in my tank. . . At least it’s still alive ha ha

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

She's coming back in force!!!!!!!!!! First picture was sketchy at best excited to see what the year brings!

September entry @lynn.reef.nerd @Battlecorals

 

[wildcrazyjoker81]

September entry. Coloring up and doing it's thing.
@Reefing102 @@BranchingHammer
@lynn.reef.nerd

 

[acananoreefer]

@lynn.reef.nerd @Reefing102 @BranchingHammer

Going to go ahead and submit this for September even though my photo from receiving was technically September 1st (just in case).

 

[mwilk19]

Here is my September pic. Just starting to encrust the plug and to get some color.
@lynn.reef.nerd

 

[lynn.reef.nerd]

If people are ahead of me though I totally understand, I would have to firesale frags as is to even make space on a rack for it.

Were you able to get a frag?

 

[lynn.reef.nerd]

I ordered my frag yesterday

Were you able to get your frags?

 

[lynn.reef.nerd]

Added two more.

	Sep-22​
acananoreefer	x
Becks17	x
billyocean	x
Boosterman	x
Cell	x
Chandara	x
CNDReef	x
Dburr1014	x
DeeBee	x
Dooly	x
gbru316	x
jhuntstl	x
JJ440	x
Jlombar1	x
jmags080307	x
Justdrew	x
IKD	x
KevinC	x
Llemonz	x
llowry87	x
lynn.reef.nerd	x
MiniGbr	x
MoshJosh	x
mwilk19	x
Oregon Grown Reef	x
reef_ranch	x
Reefing102	x
reefrun	x
RobMcC	x
Silv3rSubieDude	x
Special K	x
thatmanMIKEson	x
The Camaro Show	x
Tompickles	x
Tonycass12	x
tuba_mike	x
wildcrazyjoker81	x
wmb0003	x
zbryant91	x

 

[zbryant91]

Added two more.

	Sep-22​
acananoreefer	x
Becks17	x
billyocean	x
Boosterman	x
Cell	x
Chandara	x
CNDReef	x
Dburr1014	x
DeeBee	x
Dooly	x
gbru316	x
jhuntstl	x
JJ440	x
Jlombar1	x
jmags080307	x
Justdrew	x
IKD	x
KevinC	x
Llemonz	x
llowry87	x
lynn.reef.nerd	x
MiniGbr	x
MoshJosh	x
mwilk19	x
Oregon Grown Reef	x
reef_ranch	x
Reefing102	x
reefrun	x
RobMcC	x
Silv3rSubieDude	x
Special K	x
thatmanMIKEson	x
The Camaro Show	x
Tompickles	x
Tonycass12	x
tuba_mike	x
wildcrazyjoker81	x
wmb0003	x
zbryant91	x

@lynn.reef.nerd can you confirm when our next photo needs to be uploaded by? you counted our entry photos as September correct, so now we just need to have an October photo in by the end of October?

 

[Battlecorals]

Really nice to see so many of your frags colors rebounding so quickly! This one has honestly never been a real tough one for me to get colored up and keep colored up. One of the reasons I though it would be great for a contest actually. The bank is refreshingly forgiving in this department.

Hopefully all of you will have the same kind of luck. So far I'm pretty impressed with what I've seen. Keep up the good work gang!

 

[lynn.reef.nerd]

@lynn.reef.nerd can you confirm when our next photo needs to be uploaded by? you counted our entry photos as September correct, so now we just need to have an October photo in by the end of October?

HI! All the folks listed are good for go for september.

For october, just need to have a pic in by end of october to count.

 

[zbryant91]

HI! All the folks listed are good for go for september.

For october, just need to have a pic in by end of october to count.

Cool. Just wanted to make sure. Thank you!