echinata growth

[tnyr5]

I thought it would be interesting to show the growth over the last two months on my colony.

early july

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end of july ( switched to 400w radium)

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end of august

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I'd say i'm getting a little over 1/2" a month. Not bad for a supposedly slow grower.

 

[dvanacker]

the polyp extension is unreal too.

 

[drawman]

Very nice, glad to see you are getting such good growth! Beautiful piece BTW, if you are ever willing to frag it let me know!

 

[mike_cmu04]

very nice coral good growth

 

[Alex T.]

Great job. looks happy

 

[allsps40]

I like how it got a lighter blue. Looks very good, nice growth.

 

[tnyr5]

the apparent color change is mostly due to my bad camera skills than anything tangible in real life lol

 

[twiggyb]

What lighting was the first pic? I like that better, but it looks beautiful no matter what! Great growth too

 

[tnyr5]

Ushio 14k 250w. I liked it better too but i'm just experimenting with 400w radium at the moment to try for brighter light at the bottom without burning everything lol. If it doesn't grow on me i'll switch back.

 

[fijiblue]

I still can't get over the PE on that thing - great job!

 

[Xenia_Princess]

very nice is that a wild colony?

 

[Uncle Luke]

Beautiful IceFire!!!

One of my favorite SPS

 

[njhcnwk]

What lighting was the first pic? I like that better, but it looks beautiful no matter what! Great growth too

I agree. The tips look so much more contrasting. how do the rest of your corals look?

 

[Stanley-Reefer]

I just got a piece of this and it seems happy....anyone in the Charlotte area Fintastic has about 3-4 good sized frags of this in the $30 and $50 bins!!!

 

[tnyr5]

I agree. The tips look so much more contrasting. how do the rest of your corals look?

some could be better, but overall not bad.

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[/IMG] the bananaberry gets crazy PE at night (I turned the lights on quick so i could see where my camera was pointing lol)

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[Rodrigo_BG]

great corals, what do you use for calcium supplementation?

 

[tnyr5]

Randy's 2 part with BRS dosers

 

[spartanomega21]

just wanted to say i got a frag of the echinata at the swap yesterday and polyps are out just like the picture and i love it:fish1:

 

[basser1]

I don't think I've seen a Hawkins with that coloration. My Hawkins has a lot of turquoise with the tips a dark blue.

 

[chefzif]

Very nice growth with the 400 are you running 20k radiums