Acro Grow test

[mojo~]

Just thought I would share a little test That David(gondore) and I are doing. I fragged us each two pieces of acro the same size. Our tanks are pretty similar but he is running 2 250 radium halides with 2 54 t5's for actinics. I am running 6 t5 ho with aquatinic reflectors. 3 ati blue + 1 aqua science 22k, 1 aqua science 15k, and one ati aquablue special. Should be intereting to see the difference in how they grow out. both frags were about a inch+ Should be interesting over time.
Mojo~

 

[Gondore]

I got some initial pictures I can post. Should be fun.

 

[caddydaddy]

Sound like a cool experiment.
I'll be tagging along to see how it goes.

AJ

 

[Fireworm]

David,

You should post the pics if you have them. It would be neat to see the growth and color difference of the two.

 

[mojo~]

yea I will take some here in a few minutes as well.

 

[LornaS]

Can you also keep track of tank parameters as these will probably be different also.....it should be interesting

 

[mojo~]

I just tested mine today and brought things back in order as I had been baggin frags .
Ph 8.3
ammonia trates and trites at 0
Alk is at 9
mag is at 1400
CA is 440
temp 78.5+- .2
Saltinity is 1.024
Dave and I both dose calcium through our controllers. He has a neptune ACIII and I have the digital aquatics reefkeeper lite. So both systems are pretty similar. I know keeps his system parameters real similar to what mine are.
phosphates were 0.00 last David checked checked,

 

[mattvisocky2003]

Also, make sure that the photo periods are similar and that the frags are in the center of both fixtures at the same depth...

 

[mojo~]

lol, I think that we both have limited space and we will put them where we can. Mine is about mid level.

 

[Fireworm]

This will be neat to follow.

 

[mojo~]

here is a little pic of the guy.. DAve will have to post his

 

[Gondore]

Alright, here is my pic. It was taken under actinics so it's a bit blue but you should get the idea of the size:

As for position I will probably experiment some.

 

[mojo~]

Dave how far is your frag rack from the top of the tank. I can put mine at the same level

 

[Gondore]

I would say my frag rack is about half way up the side of the tank. I am not sure I am going to leave it there though...we will see.

 

[JCR's Reef]

This will be interesting. I know after seeing Davids tank the other night his SPS is growing out at a pretty fast rate.
What are you shooting for? A month or two comparison?

 

[Gondore]

I was thinking maybe three months. This would give us long enough to see significant growth. What were you thinking Jesse?

 

[mojo~]

I just figured it would go on for as long as we wanted to. maybe 3 months 6 months year ect...

 

[Gondore]

Yeah, maybe we will do updates like monthly or something. If the coral does well where I have it positioned now I will just try to a picture from the same angle each month to give a good idea of growth.

 

[mojo~]

ill put mine on the frag rack as well so it will be easy to get the same pic every month

 

[pbenner]

I love SPS corals. They are the best. Beautiful frags, and wonderful idea. It'll be a nice comparison.

Have you guys noted dosing and things like that as well? Or are you monitoring the parameters on this system? Things like Calcium and other trace elements play a large factor is SPS growth (IIRC) and would be interesting to have notes on these as well.

Best,

Paul