##### Picture Entry: BC RAINDROP ON ROSES GROW-OUT CONTEST #####

[Nburg]

Interesting how some frags encrusted so much in some tanks but not others. Mine did not encrust much and just started growing from the tips. Those encrusted frags will make nice robust colonies tho!

 

[Redfoxtang]

March entry! Still just kinda hanging in there. Haven’t seen much encrusting or growth. But still alive!

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[CaptPatrick]

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March entry

 

[Battlecorals]

Interesting how some frags encrusted so much in some tanks but not others. Mine did not encrust much and just started growing from the tips. Those encrusted frags will make nice robust colonies tho!

agreee! I find that extremely fascinating. same coral responding so differently in essentially the same situation. would Be amazing to zero in on whatever is actually causing the different responses and if its somehing that can be manipulated

 

[BranchingHammer]

Interesting how some frags encrusted so much in some tanks but not others. Mine did not encrust much and just started growing from the tips. Those encrusted frags will make nice robust colonies tho!

Definitely interesting. I would say mine is taking more of the encrusting route before branching, but maybe that is because I gave it so much clean, flat area to encrust on with the tile.

 

[Jason Hieger]

March:

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[Flux Capacitor]

March Photo

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@Reefing102
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I need to figure out how to take better photos. The amount of encrusting I have is crazy compared to the height it’s showing. It’s about 4 time the size of the frag plug now. Either way its very happy and hairy where it’s at.

 

[Wiskey]

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@Reefing102
@BranchingHammer

I'm getting in just under the wire on this one! My coral actually shrunk this month, but my new 300 gallon tank is getting delivered today, and installed this weekend!!! Hopefully the move goes smoothly and it will give me the space to move things around and give them space so they can have the flow they need. I'm struggling right now with tip burn on and off and I really think it's just because this tank is completely crammed in.

Anyway, here we are. March entry:

Whiskey

 

[Chee-tomorpha]

Interesting how some frags encrusted so much in some tanks but not others. Mine did not encrust much and just started growing from the tips. Those encrusted frags will make nice robust colonies tho!

I was wondering that myself too. The growth patterns and color presentations are so different for the same coral. I don't know much about SPS but have found everything so far fascinating.

The new branches on mine seem to be growing in a counter-clockwise helical spiral. Even the top part has begun to turn as it grows. They grew out straight but have been growing to the side. Maybe the current has something to do with it?

 

[Chee-tomorpha]

Definitely interesting. I would say mine is taking more of the encrusting route before branching, but maybe that is because I gave it so much clean, flat area to encrust on with the tile.

I think so too. I have a few other coral where they had stopped encrusting as it had reached the plugs edges. I found out about Coral Gum and gave it a shot. Since then it's been going bananas encrusting on the sides with light. It did wonders for the coral in this competition too.

Indo Bonsai and Flame Monti just took off.

 

[Chee-tomorpha]

March Photo

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@BranchingHammer

I need to figure out how to take better photos. The amount of encrusting I have is crazy compared to the height it’s showing. It’s about 4 time the size of the frag plug now. Either way its very happy and hairy where it’s at.

My tank looked similar to yours with all that bushy algae taking over everything. I relocated a Powder Brown and Scopus Tang into the tank and within a month, it was gone. Didn't have to do anything as far as chemical treatments.

 

[Flux Capacitor]

My tank looked similar to yours with all that bushy algae taking over everything. I relocated a Powder Brown and Scopus Tang into the tank and within a month, it was gone. Didn't have to do anything as far as chemical treatments.

Thanks for the info! It doesn’t really bother me or the corals much. I’m gonna add a couple tuxedo urchins to cut back on it a little bit. I have a yellow, blue, and blonde naso. I have been considering a new fish, maybe I’ll look into a bristle tooth or something like that.

 

[SamMule]

March entry: I think it's starting to encrust again.
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@BranchingHammer
@Reefing102

A friendly PSA: Don't forget to recalibrate your refractometer!
Or whatever you use to measure salinity. I was apparently mixing my salt at ~39ppt for the last couple of months. No wonder things have been weird...

 

[BranchingHammer]

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You have a few more hours to submit your entries. Get them in while you still can

 

[Chee-tomorpha]

March entry: I think it's starting to encrust again.
@lynn.reef.nerd
@BranchingHammer
@Reefing102

A friendly PSA: Don't forget to recalibrate your refractometer!
Or whatever you use to measure salinity. I was apparently mixing my salt at ~39ppt for the last couple of months. No wonder things have been weird...

Nice! I ordered some calibration fluid for mine cuz things haven't returned to normal. Thanks

 

[BranchingHammer]

Here is the spreadsheet update for March.

Raindrops on Roses
22-Oct​	22-Nov​	22-Dec​	23-Jan​	23-Jan​	23-Feb​	23-Mar​
am3gross	x	x	x	x	x	x
Ancient Mariner	x	x	x	x	x	x
Betex	x	x	x	x	x	x
BranchingHammer	x	x	x	x	x	x
CaptPatrick	x	x	x	x	x	x
Chee-tomorpha	x	x	x	x	x	x
Chris Spaulding	x	x	x	x	x	x
chrisjj625	x	x	x	x	x	x
CrunchyBananas	x	x	x	x	x	x
Enchanted Reefs	x	x	x	x	x	x
Flux Capacitor	x	x	x	x	x	x
fowler279	x	x	x	x	x	x
Jason Hieger	x	x	x	x	x	x
jasper9	x	x	x	x	Missing	OUT
mackdave	x	x	x	x	x	x
Mattiejay6	x	x	x	x	Missing	x
Nburg	x	x	x	x	x	x
Obdoc63	x	x	x	x	x	x
PapaPat	x	x	x	x	Missing	x
prcardinal91	x	x	x	x	x	x
Redfoxtang	x	x	x	x	x	x
SamMule	x	x	x	x	x	x
Wiskey	x	xx	x	x	x	x
Zaven D	x	x	x	x	x	x
Lynn.reef.nerd	x	x	x	x	x	missing

 

[Ancient Mariner]

April pic:

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Progression shots, most recent 3 months:

 

[lynn.reef.nerd]

Here is the spreadsheet update for March.

Raindrops on Roses
22-Oct​	22-Nov​	22-Dec​	23-Jan​	23-Jan​	23-Feb​	23-Mar​
am3gross	x	x	x	x	x	x
Ancient Mariner	x	x	x	x	x	x
Betex	x	x	x	x	x	x
BranchingHammer	x	x	x	x	x	x
CaptPatrick	x	x	x	x	x	x
Chee-tomorpha	x	x	x	x	x	x
Chris Spaulding	x	x	x	x	x	x
chrisjj625	x	x	x	x	x	x
CrunchyBananas	x	x	x	x	x	x
Enchanted Reefs	x	x	x	x	x	x
Flux Capacitor	x	x	x	x	x	x
fowler279	x	x	x	x	x	x
Jason Hieger	x	x	x	x	x	x
jasper9	x	x	x	x	Missing	OUT
mackdave	x	x	x	x	x	x
Mattiejay6	x	x	x	x	Missing	x
Nburg	x	x	x	x	x	x
Obdoc63	x	x	x	x	x	x
PapaPat	x	x	x	x	Missing	x
prcardinal91	x	x	x	x	x	x
Redfoxtang	x	x	x	x	x	x
SamMule	x	x	x	x	x	x
Wiskey	x	xx	x	x	x	x
Zaven D	x	x	x	x	x	x
Lynn.reef.nerd	x	x	x	x	x	missing

Much appreciated! I was out from home last weekend. Been hectic.

 

[Betex]

April entry: Encrusting quiet a bit with a tad vertical growth.
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@BranchingHammer
@Reefing102

 

[Zaven D]

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@Reefing102
April Entry getting some nice branches in the back