Brown coral recovery progress

[phurst]

There are 8 colonies (well, 7 and a frag, now). A top and side shot of each of the 8. Assuming those are tentative IDs from post #32? I appreciate it.

 

[soulsigma]

Well, the price was right

I take it you have picked up some before? How did they turn out?

Yes ( a pretty lime green with blue tips Millie and a awesome yellow coral with green polyps), I will be ordering more for my new set up. I dipped mine in coral RX pro for five minutes and have not experienced any STN/RTN.

Yours are coming along just fine wait until you hit the six month mile and you will really be surprised :celeb1:

 

[phurst]

Got any before/after pics? Just after pics? Glad yours worked out well for you. The few that local club members have gotten turned out really well.

 

[seminolecpa]

Yes those are indeed from post 32.

 

[phurst]

Mind taking a shot at post #33?

 

[phurst]

I was chatting with someone via PM about the brown corals and they asked for a FTS, so i thought I'd post it here along with a few other pics from my tank.

And no, that big millie in the back isn't dead. It's a wild colony that's sloooowly coming around. i have high hopes for that particular piece.

 

[JAustin]

Corals ordered. Some friends and I got together and ordered two large colonies and 1 small colony each. Will get pics up once they are in, dipped, and acclimated.

Pics to come on Sunday.

 

[CleveYank]

Are there red planaria in that system or is that coralline?

 

[phurst]

Cool, can't wait to see what you get.

Yes, red planaria. I'm slowly working them down to where I'm comfortable using FWE.

 

[phurst]

It's Friday, so I'll have updated pics tonight. To my eye at least they seem to have made really good progress since last Fri. My only real beef is, I'm having trouble finding a place for them in my tank. As of now, they're still on the sand bed. I think increased light and flow will do them a world of good now that they're all settled in and acclimated. I may do some rearranging this weekend to squeeze them in.

Oh, and just FYI, colony #1 that started to RTN, is now completely gone. The frags I made bit the dust a few days later. So, we're officially down to 7

 

[phurst]

I'll get back to the regular side/top format next week, but tonight I'm going to post comparison pics. First, how they looked when they arrived, then how they look tonight. Unfortunately, my camera skills leave a little to be desired, especially in the capturing correct color department, but whatever. here we go.

 

[phurst]

 

[arod2051]

Those are really showing a difference. Very nice.

 

[Dtronic]

How many hours of light are you giving them a day?
Thanks in advance.

 

[JAustin]

very nice! Mine will be here in a matter of hours! Will get pics up ASAP! Yours are looking great!

Oh and the customer service at BlueZooQquatics is great! Not sure if they are a sponsor here but they should be. Very nice on the phone and knows what there talking about.

 

[phurst]

How many hours of light are you giving them a day?
Thanks in advance.

8 hours.

 

[JAustin]

here are some of them. a friend has 3 of them in his system.

here is the system

 

[phurst]

Nice sized pieces. I hope they do well for you.

 

[Diver Dan SD]

Ordering mine tomorrow!
Hope i score some big millies like JAustin!
Yours are looking great
Trever

 

[Diver Dan SD]

Couldn't be happier! Just got my order of 3 medium, 4 large and got a ton of nice stuff. All have great potential, except one lol. I will post pictures in a couple days.

Blue Zoo is my new favorite online dealer. They shipped this stuff so carefully, when i got everything the was still at about 78 degrees and i had minimal damage to the huge colonies. A+++++ For Blue Zoo!