you may be under a false impression. all my corals are frags so double in size is like 1/2 inch to an inch of growth still more growth then i got when i was using bionic
i had some turbo CA that went solid ( got weater in it.. i dunno how)
so i placed it in to my refuge which has hardly any flow ( really the flow is an internal powerhead and there is 0 water inlet into the refuge except that of diffusion from the sump via a u tube. make up water is added to the refuge yet the salinity is the same as hte main system proving this, so the solid block of CA that disolved slowly over a the course of a week or 2 was also slowly added to the system ( id never add it righ to the tank) CA levels were at 520 constantly and alk was stable at 2.2 meg/l
considering on frags i usualy get 1 inch growth every 4 months to have 1/2 inch to an inch in a month is great
i posted about this before but due to color loss durring times of rapid growth i stoped supper saturating the CA ( the only reason i did it this time was i had the solid block of CA on hand)
btw i want to upgrade to t5;s jus thavent had hte time..
last month to this month,
superman monti .2 inches of growth
red monti cap 1.5 inches
unidentified green acro .75 inches growth from several new branches
brown monti digi .5 inches of growth ( was a half dead frag)
pink birds nest 1 inch
acro with redish body and green polyps .2 inches of branching growth 1 inch of encrusting growth ( $5 rescued frag )
hydnophora ( 2 of them) no knoticable growth
all this under VHO
now i do want to add that the colors seem weird under vho and im highly considering MH that i can turn on when i have people over to just show off the tank
i had some turbo CA that went solid ( got weater in it.. i dunno how)
so i placed it in to my refuge which has hardly any flow ( really the flow is an internal powerhead and there is 0 water inlet into the refuge except that of diffusion from the sump via a u tube. make up water is added to the refuge yet the salinity is the same as hte main system proving this, so the solid block of CA that disolved slowly over a the course of a week or 2 was also slowly added to the system ( id never add it righ to the tank) CA levels were at 520 constantly and alk was stable at 2.2 meg/l
considering on frags i usualy get 1 inch growth every 4 months to have 1/2 inch to an inch in a month is great
i posted about this before but due to color loss durring times of rapid growth i stoped supper saturating the CA ( the only reason i did it this time was i had the solid block of CA on hand)
btw i want to upgrade to t5;s jus thavent had hte time..
last month to this month,
superman monti .2 inches of growth
red monti cap 1.5 inches
unidentified green acro .75 inches growth from several new branches
brown monti digi .5 inches of growth ( was a half dead frag)
pink birds nest 1 inch
acro with redish body and green polyps .2 inches of branching growth 1 inch of encrusting growth ( $5 rescued frag )
hydnophora ( 2 of them) no knoticable growth
all this under VHO
now i do want to add that the colors seem weird under vho and im highly considering MH that i can turn on when i have people over to just show off the tank
