The Unique Corals Grow Out Competition is here!!!!

[Ento-Reefer]

I received my contest frag today. It spent an extra day in transit thanks to UPS, but it looks pretty good anyway. This is a photo about 10 minutes after I placed it on the rack. I am going to let it sit for a few days and acclimate while I try and decide where I want to place it.

 

[Ento-Reefer]

Should we have a ruler in the photo each month to measure growth? It wasn't stated in the rules so I thought I would ask.

 

[Ento-Reefer]

My official first photos of my contest frag. The frag browned out quite a bit in shipping probably due to the extra day in transit. I had to use my phone for the pics, but I did the best I could.

9/1/19 white photo

Blues Photo

The frag is in my 29g mixed reef tank which started out as a coral quarantine tank and has been up for about a year. It has a 24" Reefbreeder's Photon V2+ and the frag is receiving about 325 par on average for a 5 hour peak with a 3 hour ramp up and down. Calcium and alkalinity are maintained with kalkwasser in the ATO. I keep the parameters as steady as I can at the following levels:

Alk- 7.8
Calc- 400-420
Nitrate- 3
Phosphate .02
Salinity- 35.3
Temp- 78 F

I dose acropower 1-2 times a week 1ml. I change 5 gallons of water each week and the only filtration I have on the tank are 2 HOB power filters. I have 2 fish in the tank. A clown and a sailfin tang that I am growing out to place in my 180g. I feed the fish 1-2 times per day with a variety of frozen foods and a couple times a week I feed a small piece of nori for the tang and a few NLS pellets.

FTS

 

[Acrofiend]

1.Halide/T5/led (giesemann spectra/reefbrite). 3 hrs t5/RB- 6 hrs halide/t5- 3hrs t5/RB.
2. CaRx. Started last week and lost a couple acros. (Luckily this one wasn’t fased)
3. 1.5ml of Red Sea Nutrition and recently started 2 ml acropower daily in a Red Sea Reefer 170.

 

[pluikens]

Posting my photos for first Sunday of September. My frag is growing out in an 18” cube with some other acros.

Flow: Two MP10s at 80% Reef Crest.
Lighting: AI Hydra TwentySix HD.
Dosing: BRS Two-Part with a Neptune DOS.
Supplementation: AcroPower, Brightwell CoralAmino, Triton Infusion

Daylight:

Blues Only:

Good luck everyone!

 

[mwilk19]

This is my September entry. I have a 120 gallon mixed reef. I'm running 2 GHL Mitras LX7006 LED fixtures. I dose Aquaforest Components 1/2/3 plus AF Energy,Vitality,Amino, and Build. I have 2 Vortech MP40's for flow.
White



Full Spectrum

 

[james-vader]

Hello, this is my first post for the grow out, I have a Red Sea S650 which I believe is 170 gallons. Lighting is a 10 bulb T5 (switching to LED Hybrid in December). I run a Vertex Calcium Reactor along with Red Sea Color program and Acropower dosed daily. Flow is mostly Gyre and MP60

Below is daytime: frag is a little browned out

Here is blues

Good luck

 

[pluikens]

Hello, this is my first post for the grow out, I have a Red Sea S650 which I believe is 170 gallons. Lighting is a 10 bulb T5 (switching to LED Hybrid in December). I run a Vertex Calcium Reactor along with Red Sea Color program and Acropower dosed daily. Flow is mostly Gyre and MP60

Below is daytime: frag is a little browned out

Here is blues

Good luck

Looks like you maybe have the florescent green polyps under actinics too? That's really the only color I'm noticing besides the primary blue.

 

[uniquecorals]

Should we have a ruler in the photo each month to measure growth? It wasn't stated in the rules so I thought I would ask.

No ruler is needed. The growth is based on overall growth since all frags are different shapes and sizes.

 

[uniquecorals]

Frags are coloring up before the competition even starts!!!!!!!

Only a few days left to ship out before the completion begins!!! Check out the frags click HERE!

 

[uniquecorals]

This coral is going to be a grower!!! All the frags have gotten some nice size and encrusting.

 

[adritank]

Just received my frag today. So I'm in!

1. Im using ATI hybrid fixture w/ 2 xho reefbrites
2. Running a CalRx on this tank
3. Currently not dosing anything but potassium nitrate

First pic in whites with macro lens

Second pic is under reefbrites only with iPhone XR and orange filter.

 

[IEReefer]

Just received my frag yesterday. Let the contest now begin. Lol

Tank specs
75g frag tank with 60g sump
Carx using kamoer pump
Aquaticlife hybrid t5 with radions x30 gen4 pro
Dosing kz products, red sea reef nutrition A&B and ca no3/k no3.

1st pic under 12k and 2nd pic under blues with filter.

 

[danreefman]

Is contest closed? Would love to join

 

[mwilk19]

Is contest closed? Would love to join

There are still frags available on the website.

 

[Salthead007]

Is contest closed? Would love to join

I think as long as you can purchase a frag, and have it by Sunday to take your pics, your in.

 

[danreefman]

There are still frags available on the website.

I think as long as you can purchase a frag, and have it by Sunday to take your pics, your in.

Thank you!
Just ordered. They had tomorrow as Delivery option. We'll see.

 

[uniquecorals]

Is contest closed? Would love to join

It's still going on strong =)

available frags here:

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uniquecorals.com

 

[uniquecorals]

Just received my frag yesterday. Let the contest now begin. Lol

Tank specs
75g frag tank with 60g sump
Carx using kamoer pump
Aquaticlife hybrid t5 with radions x30 gen4 pro
Dosing kz products, red sea reef nutrition A&B and ca no3/k no3.

1st pic under 12k and 2nd pic under blues with filter.

Looking good!

 

[uniquecorals]

Just received my frag today. So I'm in!

1. Im using ATI hybrid fixture w/ 2 xho reefbrites
2. Running a CalRx on this tank
3. Currently not dosing anything but potassium nitrate

First pic in whites with macro lens

Second pic is under reefbrites only with iPhone XR and orange filter.

=)