Smite's Stout CDA - 205g Acropora dominant system 50x38x25"

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Killer sticks!! I need my frags to grow lol… I’ll be happy once my tank is starting to fill in like yours..

Thanks Troy! It's still looking young but getting there. That is the hard part with larger display; those frags start soooo tiny, right? Ha!

 

[Troylee]

Thanks Troy! It's still looking young but getting there. That is the hard part with larger display; those frags start soooo tiny, right? Ha!

Killing Me! My little cube was overflowing and it looked awesome! The corals fit the tank and then the upgrade….I gotta get a magnifying glass out to find them

 

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Killing Me! My little cube was overflowing and it looked awesome! The corals fit the tank and then the upgrade….I gotta get a magnifying glass out to find them

I went from a pretty well grown in 48x24x16 to this 50x36x26 upgrade. It started off a little fuller than I anticipated but then I managed to kill almost everything and free up plenty of room for some macro shot only sized frags haha.

Here is a new addtion from the LFS. They run mostly blue in their tank and this thing really pops under blue. Not so much under halide, yet. Something about the color under blues makes me think it'll start to show in the daylight as well eventually. It's a lavender base with yellow tips under blue. LFS had labeled as Malaysian, so maybe it'll get nice?

Local reefer let go of this old school size frag of RR Robin Hood. He felt it needs more light than he was giving it. I've got it between the two reflectors, I believe around the mid 400 range, so hopefully it'll get some red like the pictures I've seen online. Blue it had that cool gold flesh some granulosa show.

 

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Photobomb.

Plugging right along. Feeding like crazy. Dumping in live OG phyto nightly. Topping off 5g jug of kalkwasser every 3 days. Dosing my dailies that didn't show up on my last ICP. The tank is looking really happy so far.

 

[BranchingHammer]

Stunning!

 

[Smite]

Stunning!

Thank you!

 

[drawman]

That echinata is so pretty

 

[Smite]

I really like that piece. The new growth is so blue it stands out in the tank.

 

[lubeck]

just finished the thread. Beautiful collection well done.

 

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just finished the thread. Beautiful collection well done.

Thank you lubeck!

 

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I've got a bit of a funk going on with some tenuis and a couple millepora. Not sure whats up with that. ICP came back pretty good but was depleted on some trace elements. I'm correcting those and looking for improvement.

Lots of pieces look unaffected though and color is great. I'm almost contemplating turning my flow back a little bit, some issues appear to only be on one side of the tank, almost on one side of the frags.

This wild aussie enchinata hasn't skipped a beat though.

 

[Lebowski_]

That wild Aussie is insane

 

[Smite]

Thanks, I need to get an updated panned out shot. It really puts a lot of named pieces to shame in my tank.

 

[drawman]

I've got a bit of a funk going on with some tenuis and a couple millepora. Not sure whats up with that. ICP came back pretty good but was depleted on some trace elements. I'm correcting those and looking for improvement.

Lots of pieces look unaffected though and color is great. I'm almost contemplating turning my flow back a little bit, some issues appear to only be on one side of the tank, almost on one side of the frags.

This wild aussie enchinata hasn't skipped a beat though.

So gorgeous! Love to see it getting so big!

 

[Smite]

So gorgeous! Love to see it getting so big!

It is growing surprisingly well so far. Hopefully it keeps it up

 

[Smite]

My tank is in a bit of a funk. Trying to figure out the issue still. Tenuis seem to be the ones effected so far. Some millepora as well. I did notice my pink ******* chalice and psycho rim favia made contact and we’re going to war, maybe chemical warfare?

I believe the strange blotches on my OG tort are stress from fighting off the neighbors. Pretty trippy looking though. I do have a golden rod that has similar pink splotches.

I got a new phone, these pictures are taken with it. No filter needed which is nice.

 

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A few others looking happy

 

[Petcrazyson]

My tank is in a bit of a funk. Trying to figure out the issue still. Tenuis seem to be the ones effected so far. Some millepora as well. I did notice my pink ******* chalice and psycho rim favia made contact and we’re going to war, maybe chemical warfare?

I believe the strange blotches on my OG tort are stress from fighting off the neighbors. Pretty trippy looking though. I do have a golden rod that has similar pink splotches.

I got a new phone, these pictures are taken with it. No filter needed which is nice.

Looking lovely! What phone did you get?

 

[Smite]

Looking lovely! What phone did you get?

Thank you. I got the Iphone 14 pro max. I'm not big on staying up on phones so it's a pretty big upgrade over my last one. Really enjoying the screen and cameras on this one so far.

 

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