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Growth Pictures!
I thought it would be cool for people to post some growth pictures. I think everyone has that coral they purchased forever ago and it doesn't even look like it has grown one bit, but there's always one or two in our tanks that grow like a weed. For me it's defiantly my green slimer SPS but I have a few others that grow pretty good too. 4 months ago was when I felt comfortable adding SPS to this system which is now almost a year old. Here's my pics taken with my walmart camera:
Blue tip green slimer purchased September 24/08 from RC: http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/6472/slimer1oe8.jpg 4 months later, this one has also been fragged 3 times and traded to a couple people on this board: http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/3167/slimer2yq3.jpg Acro purchased September 24/08 from RC: http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/1142/acro1hb2.jpg 4 months later, also got it's color back: http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/8225/acro2py9.jpg Unknown SPS purchased September 24/08 from RC: http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/4226/sps1xx1.jpg 4 months later, has darkened and shimmers a metallic green: http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/1198/sps2cy3.jpg Long Hair Ric purchased September 24th/08 from RC: http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/7...shroom1vu0.jpg 4 months later, lots of splits not including 2 frags traded has also become the home for 2 cinnamon clowns: http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/4...shroom2ig6.jpg |
WOW!!! That's awesome growth for 4 months! Impressive!
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Heres mine, its only a birdnest:
taken dec 11, 08 http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r.../birdnest1.jpg taken feb 11, 08 http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...IMG_2783-1.jpg |
I can never resist a growth pic thread :lol:
pic taken dec 5 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ll/misc010.jpg pic taken today http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../feb909010.jpg Pic taken oct 12th http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...oct1208015.jpg pic taken today http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../feb909008.jpg pic taken oct 12 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...oct1208003.jpg pic taken today http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../feb909009.jpg |
Nice growth Marie. Them bugs ain't slowing you down!
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Birdsnest from Doug (Fishytime) on Nov 30th, 2008
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...a/DSC_0222.jpg Feb 10th http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...a/DSC_0911.jpg Tri-Colour from the 11th of January http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...DSC_0746-1.jpg Feb 10th http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...DSC_0903-1.jpg December 13th http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...a/DSC_0388.jpg Jan 11th http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...DSC_0771-1.jpg Jan 17th http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...DSC_0817-1.jpg January 11th http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...a/DSC_0875.jpg Feb 10th http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...DSC_0905-1.jpg |
Terific growth Catherine. Nice to see things going your way now, eh?
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oh cool people are posting in this thread. Sweet stuff, anyone have any zoa growth? How about some LPS's
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I can show you some anti-growth, e.g. the intevitable die off of anything that isn't SPS or a clam in my tank....
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Doh! I was going to take some pictures today of my green slimer 1 month progression but yesterday I dosed spur2 so he's a little on the pale side. Couple weeks and i'll post. About 1" growth on all tips since the 29th of last month.
In an attempt to revive this thread id like to see some more SPS growth shots or even shots of SPS that were brown and have now gotten their color back. |
Spur2?
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Zeospur2 :)
I've been too afraid to try it myself, overdoasing can wipe you out pretty fast. From my understanding it encourages corals to shed some of their excess zooxanthellae to increase colour. |
zeospur2, extremely dangerous, when used improper.
but when used in the right amount. its awesome. lightings the corals up, like alot of german style tanks. to get that pastel color. |
Impressive growth rates!
flamesfan - Do you direct feed your corals? I had a hitch hiker coral when I bought my live rock and thought it was a long hair ric (looks similar to your first pic) but had since been told it's likely a furry mushroom because it will sometimes curl inwards into a pumpkin shape (a trait of mushroom corals I'm told). Anyways, he's been about the same size since I got him months ago. |
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As far as fish I have a coral beauty, yellow tang, mandrin, paired cinnamon clowns, lawn mower blenny, and a diamond gobby. Only 4 of them actually eat food I feed the tank so the corals have a lot to snag for themselves. I let the skimmer take care of the rest. |
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Nice Doug. Haven't seen to many frag to colonie pics. I have a blue diji frag I got from John a couple months ago thats branched a few times and has grown great but im not sure he will reach colonie size in 4 more months.
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Ok so he isn't so pale anymore so I figured id post a 1 month growth shot!
Update on an issue I was having with a small amount of Pink Cotton Candy algae too. You can see it in the first picture, I battled with it for a couple months sucking it up when it would regrow but it has now completely removed itself from my tank. I was worried it was going to spread. Taken 2/5/09 http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/3167/slimer2yq3.jpg Today 3/9/09 http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/1323/slimer.jpg |
looking good sean
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