SPS-A-Palooza grow out system

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Oh my God !!! What else I can say. I am speechless.

The Boo Berry is the yellow/pink, correct ? I have never seen something like that. Do you think it will keep those 2 colors ?

Amazing.... Best Daniel

Thank you Dan
When I got it was yellow and pink but 90% of the time the fresh wild ones never hold those colors it's green with purple tips. which is a nice change from the more common shortcake coloration you see in most Aussie pieces.

Wow, that looks great Jay, I need to stop over and check it out!

Your welcome to come by anytime Joe

Beautiful build and colonies. Good luck!

Might have to meet one day on the Island...!!

Thank you hope to meet up one day

 

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My sons tank starting to come along I'm sure soon enough he will be a full blown stick head also.

 

[reefmutt]

Thank you





Thanks matt
The second one is my "Pinky and the brain" or what some vendors are calling pinky the bear the colony been with me about 1 1/2 years now.
It's pink with purple body and red polyps

Better pic of a frag under t5 the led makes the pinks and purples wonky

The third one is one of my Aussie pearlberry that's also been with me longer than I can remember.

pic from old sys under radiums

The second to last is what I've been calling "Boo berry"

One of the few I did a color progression shot of.

Drop off is looking cool!
Isn't that last corals being referred to as 'bada bing' or something?

 

[cFloor]

This is insane! I'm looking forward to following along.

 

[Ombhatt10]

Jay, what additives/supplements are you using?
Aside from a calcium reactor, do you use any trace elements that you would recommend?


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This is insane! I'm looking forward to following along.

Thanks Connor

Drop off is looking cool!

Isn't that last corals being referred to as 'bada bing' or something?

Very similar looking but all the pics of seen of the bada bing has more pink in it. Also have only seen pics of freshly collected ones none that have been in a system long enough to color up.

It's getting there we added some sand today looks much better.

Jay, what additives/supplements are you using?
Aside from a calcium reactor, do you use any trace elements that you would recommend?


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No additives just water changes the occasional dose of KNo3 if nitrates get to low but with the amount of fish that I just threw in the system hopefully won't have to

 

[Shark.Bait]

Awesome! System looks great


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Couple more colony pics

 

[reefmutt]

Nice. Is that last one a lokani?

 

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Nice. Is that last one a lokani?

I'm 90% certain it is.
Was labeled as RRa jawbreaker acro

 

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Couple RRa colonies came in this week can't wait to see what they turn into in a few months

 

[James404]

Looks great so far, as a fellow LI'er, what LFS do you frequent for all the wild colonies?

 

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Couple RRa colonies came in this week can't wait to see what they turn into in a few months

Oh baby those look nice!

 

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A few of the Aussies that came in this week. Time to give them some Radium TLC

And another RRa colony

 

[MikeG]

Nice! Can't wait for my tank to mature so I could start up again...

 

[reefmutt]

Those are nice big healthy colonies!
Whenever Aussie colonies arrive here, they are so pale and stressed, it takes a good 6 months to bring them back.

 

[maxwell]

Jay
Loving your set up and the colonies are great, please follow up with pics of colour changes. I have some kno3 that I wanted to try in my frag tank what dosage do you recommend and what are the pro and cons .
We are supposed to be getting the best aussie shipment of the year in tomorrow so going to be an expensive visit to the lfs.
Bill

 

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Nice! Can't wait for my tank to mature so I could start up again...

Thank you Mike, slow and steady before you know it and tank will be full of sticks.

Those are nice big healthy colonies!
Whenever Aussie colonies arrive here, they are so pale and stressed, it takes a good 6 months to bring them back.

Yea some of the biggest ones I have seen in awhile. Im very lucky to finally find a good supplier of aussies and have been all coming in very healthy.
But I will take a bleached out Aussie over a brown turd maricultred colony any day.

Jay
Loving your set up and the colonies are great, please follow up with pics of colour changes. I have some kno3 that I wanted to try in my frag tank what dosage do you recommend and what are the pro and cons .
We are supposed to be getting the best aussie shipment of the year in tomorrow so going to be an expensive visit to the lfs.
Bill

Thank you Bill
I most certainly be posting some progression shots as they color up.
As far as the Kno3 dosing goes I mix up 40g of Kno3 powder with 500ml of RO. And currently dosing about 10ml/day and will adjust according to water tests. My No3 is just barely detectable right now so I am slowly raising the dosage every week until I get to around 2-5 No3.

As far as dosing on your system I would start slow say 2-5ml per day and slowly raise it until you start to see a reading on your test kit. It's like dosing anything else start at half or lower of the recommend dosage and observe the system for positive or negative results.

Personally I haven't had any downsides to dosing Kno3. Only heard of people having problems with cyano, algae blooms or elevated K levels. But couldn't tell you how much they were dosing what other things they may have been dosing many factors that can go into those issues.

Hope you get a nice shipment will be looking forward to seeing some pics.

If have any other questions feel free I'll try to answer the best I can.

-jay

 

[five.five-six]

What made you decide to use halides? I thought everything was LED or T5 anymore.

 

[Acronut]

Thank you Mike, slow and steady




Thank you Bill
I most certainly be posting some progression shots as they color up.
As far as the Kno3 dosing goes I mix up 40g of Kno3 powder with 500ml of RO. And currently dosing about 10ml/day and will adjust according to water tests. My No3 is just barely detectable right now so I am slowly raising the dosage every week until I get to around 2-5 No3.

As far as dosing on your system I would start slow say 2-5ml per day and slowly raise it until you start to see a reading on your test kit. It's like dosing anything else start at half or lower of the recommend dosage and observe the system for positive or negative results.

Personally I haven't had any downsides to dosing Kno3. Only heard of people having problems with cyano, algae blooms or elevated K levels. But couldn't tell you how much they were dosing what other things they may have been dosing many factors that can go into those issues.



-jay

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