WD Keeps Improving Every Week

[Birddog]

My Walt Disney that I’ve grown from a frag the size of a pea keeps improving its color weekly. I’ve kept increasing my light intensity slowly, but surely. My lights just hit “Day time” intensity and thought I’d snap a quick pic

Photo taken 9/28/19

Photo taken 10/4/19

 

[flyline]

Nice looks great

 

[SeaDweller]

Looks great. Doesn’t get enough credit. Sure, it looks phenomenal under blues, but full spec looks great when colored right

 

[Sunreefer]

Nice WD!

 

[Ernie C]

I recently got a small WD frag. It has very little yellow. Mostly green. It has amazing Polyp extension though. Any suggestions to help color it up? Nutrients levels? Target feeding? Etc. Thanks

 

[BayouReefer]

Nice looking colony you grew from a frag! Nice work!

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

I recently got a small WD frag. It has very little yellow. Mostly green. It has amazing Polyp extension though. Any suggestions to help color it up? Nutrients levels? Target feeding? Etc. Thanks

Patience. It’s helpful to realize frags are usually cut tips, the most colorful part of the colony. This usually leads to the specimen basing out, color wise. The new growth will eventually produce new tips that will pop with color. These pics were taken about 1 apart

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

I don’t know why it posted them in reverse

 

[Birddog]

Nice WD!

Thank you!

I recently got a small WD frag. It has very little yellow. Mostly green. It has amazing Polyp extension though. Any suggestions to help color it up? Nutrients levels? Target feeding? Etc. Thanks

When I received this frag in a trade it was basically a light yellow color with good PE. It didn't do much more then encrust for a while. It really took off honestly when I read one of @bubbaque posts about how much he feed his tank, and how much WWC feeds throughout the day. I have almost without fail fed my reef 2 times a day with a combo of reef roids, roe, oyster feast, and live phyto. I additionally feed my fish 1 or 2 times a day with Larrys, mixed with roe, oyster feast and reef roids. I've really ramped up my lighting as well ... above the tank (Radion G3) and above the fuge. As I continue to increase the amount / percentage of the white, red and green channels from the Radion's this WD, and all of my SPS are responding extremely well with growth and color. My nutrients have remained pretty steady for months with very little algea pressure / growth.

Nice looking colony you grew from a frag! Nice work!

You're very kind!

 

[DesertReefT4r]

Nice!

 

[Graffiti Spot]

Looks beautiful in the natural looking light.

 

[NeutronMan]

I don’t know why it posted them in reverse

I just assumed that you’ve been fragging the heck out of it.

 

[Chris L]

Very nice! Do you know what PAR level the frag is currently at?

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

Very nice! Do you know what PAR level the frag is currently at?

I keep my WD at 450 par for 8 hours with 2 hour up/down ramps

 

[Birddog]

Very nice! Do you know what PAR level the frag is currently at?

When I had my Radions set exactly to the AB+ program at 100% overall intensity I measured it at 350 PAR. I've since continued over the past months to changed the white, red and green channels. At this time B, RB, UV are at 100% and white, red and green are at 40%. I'm clearly "north" of 350 PAR now, but i have not measured.

Currently the WD is 8" below the water line. Other SPS (Matt V RE, RMF Flavor Parade, ASD Mille) are 2-4 inches below water line and they’re loving life.... at what PAR I do not know, but I perceive it's high. Need to rent the meter again from BRS