ORA Brown Planet

[carloschali]

Another week, another pic! Seems like vertical growth hasn't been as fast lately as it once was. There is still some vertical growth going on, but seems to be mostly the corallites getting thicker, shaping up, and getting color lately. And the encrusting, of course, there's still encrusting going on.

April 15:

Did you say you have been only 5 months in the hobby? A five month old tank wouldn't be giving you this color and growth on the rpt...

 

[israel.kendall]

Did you say you have been only 5 months in the hobby? A five month old tank wouldn't be giving you this color and growth on the rpt...

Well, that was back in Feb when I said that, my tank will be 7 months on April 25. Why is a 5 month old tank not supposed to be able to grow an RP?

I used cured live rock and seeded my sand bed with some sand from other systems. Have some macro's growing in there too. Maybe all that helped my tank along, I dunno....

 

[SPSEMPIRE]

Well, that was back in Feb when I said that, my tank will be 7 months on April 25. Why is a 5 month old tank not supposed to be able to grow an RP?

I used cured live rock and seeded my sand bed with some sand from other systems. Have some macro's growing in there too. Maybe all that helped my tank along, I dunno....

Just all depends on alot of factors and the rpt is much hardier than most other acros, especially ora corals. Some people just pick it up the sps thing faster than others.

 

[israel.kendall]

Just all depends on alot of factors and the rpt is much hardier than most other acros, especially ora corals. Some people just pick it up the sps thing faster than others.

Probably a credit to ORA for their hardy red planet, and to reef central for making all this information available so that a newb like me can learn to grow SPS!

 

[JustinM]

My tank is only 6 months old and mine colored up nicely too. The first one is from 1/30 and the second is from 4/11.
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[israel.kendall]

My tank is only 6 months old and mine colored up nicely too. The first one is from 1/30 and the second is from 4/11.
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Looking good!

 

[israel.kendall]

looks like i need to find a frag of brown planet and see if i can do that

If you're on a budget, like I am, then finding a good deal on a brown planet is the way to go.

 

[allsps40]

I have always added sps to my tanks shortly after cycling. I add sps when I start seeing coraline growing, takes 2-3 months max. Great looking RP, nice recovery for sure. That newest pic is great. Mine is taking a bit longer to color back up.
When I got it, it was under LEDs for a while

taken a few weeks ago, center of the frag rack

 

[fcmatt]

i commonly see red planet for 40 dollars for a nice size frag. i have to wonder if you asked
your LFS for a big discount they might just do it to move a brown example.

 

[smtank]

Nice job on the RP. they are great corals. I bought this piece back in June for $16.00 because the LFS did not know it was an RP and barely looked like one. Now I frag it all the time.

It is huge now, just a portion of it.

 

[israel.kendall]

I have always added sps to my tanks shortly after cycling. I add sps when I start seeing coraline growing, takes 2-3 months max. Great looking RP, nice recovery for sure. That newest pic is great. Mine is taking a bit longer to color back up.
When I got it, it was under LEDs for a while

taken a few weeks ago, center of the frag rack

I see some nice green coming in there!

 

[israel.kendall]

i commonly see red planet for 40 dollars for a nice size frag. i have to wonder if you asked
your LFS for a big discount they might just do it to move a brown example.

I've read some threads where people got good deals on browned out RP and other corals from their LFS.

 

[israel.kendall]

Nice job on the RP. they are great corals. I bought this piece back in June for $16.00 because the LFS did not know it was an RP and barely looked like one. Now I frag it all the time.

It is huge now, just a portion of it.

Looks amazing! That's a steal for 16 bucks.

 

[israel.kendall]

This weeks pic is here! Continuing the same growth pattern as I mentioned last update. Getting harder to see the growth week to week, but the next update will be another monthly one and the growth will be more obvious. In the beginning I was target feeding a lot, but been too busy lately. Will try to get back into the feeding regiment and see if it helps kick the growth back up some more. Thanks for checking out my thread.

2x Blue+, 1 Actinic

 

[Chyendra]

looking good! what were you target feeding it?

 

[israel.kendall]

looking good! what were you target feeding it?

Thanks, I was giving it a squirt a couple of times a week with Cyclops, rotifers, baby brine shrimp, etc.

 

[israel.kendall]

New pic at the bottom.

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[israel.kendall]

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[israel.kendall]

Monthly Breakdown, main tip is starting to grow out sideways, is this how they start tabling, or is the branch just splitting?

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[israel.kendall]

It's been another month, here's a new shot:

June 1: