SLASH Coral Growing Contest: Raspberry Ice Acropora

[mpcart]

Mine's the opposite of that . . . losing color.

-Mike

 

[EDJFA]

Mine's been losing color too. I'm new to the SPS world, so I'm not sure where to even start looking at what the issue might be. I need to redo my water tests. Figured out last week my Mg was low, so I upped that and then retested my Ca and Alk. They were both good. Lighting not bright enough? Water flow not high enough? Not enough food?

Where do I begin?

 

[oshanickreef]

Mine's been losing color too. I'm new to the SPS world, so I'm not sure where to even start looking at what the issue might be. I need to redo my water tests. Figured out last week my Mg was low, so I upped that and then retested my Ca and Alk. They were both good. Lighting not bright enough? Water flow not high enough? Not enough food?

Where do I begin?

ummmmm you need to try to keep your Mag, Alk, and Calcium as constant as possible. i keep my Alk at righ taround 8.5. my calcium is around 435 and my mag is right around 1350. i am goign to test again tonight because its been a while. lol I wouldnt put it too close to the lights if you have LEDs and flow i would keep relatively high... but dont blast it with a powerhead

 

[Pife]

 

[smoothdog]

Apparently mine is still alive! I moved it from the led tank to the halide tank in hopes oof getting some growth.

 

[makeshift101]

Mines like everyone elses, little bit of ehite, no growth, bit I did notice it getting better, hope on the horizon

 

[oshanickreef]

My last frag in my frag tank hasn't seemed to get any bigger since I gave out all the corals... But the colony is freaking out of control

 

[mpcart]

How about $20 for the colony? Cold hard cash!

-Mike

 

[mpgrant77]

Hey no cheating! :lol:

 

[t.priscu]

Mine is holding color but no growth yet

 

[Mr D smack]

Shouldn't this thread been titled Chip contest :deadhorse:

 

[oshanickreef]

How about $20 for the colony? Cold hard cash!

-Mike

Ummmmmmmmmmmmm no

 

[Pife]

Shouldn't this thread been titled Chip contest :deadhorse:

Maybe we win a bag of chips if we win!

 

[Schplitter]

Mine is browned out and bleached at the top but I think it's coming back. Or it may just be algae growth. I'll try to take a picture.

 

[oshanickreef]

well jeez mpgrant or frogspawn i think may be the leaders here... you guys should all go get some coral HGH or steroids and start juicing these acros!

 

[Nanook]

If I can find a strong enough magnifying glass I'll try to take a pic of where I think it is, but it might just be coralline algae

 

[Mr D smack]

well jeez mpgrant or frogspawn i think may be the leaders here... you guys should all go get some coral HGH or steroids and start juicing these acros!

Sounds like they got a bigger crumb:lol2:

 

[Mr D smack]

If I can find a strong enough magnifying glass I'll try to take a pic of where I think it is, but it might just be coralline algae

This might help you out :hmm4:

 

[EDJFA]

I think the white looking stuff means my coral chip is no longer with us. I don't like failing.

But it means I need to learn a bit more about this hobby before I try again.

So should I leave that frag in there? You know, just in case it's not really dead.

 

[Pife]

Let me fix that for you.