☆☆ - Fall Grow-Out - Bonsai Humilis Picture Entries - ☆☆

[exnisstech]

EDIT: Being the genius I am I mixed up my shipment frags and this is not Bonsai Humilis but a Lingonberry Vinegar confirmed by Adam in this thread yesterday. New photo submitted below so this post can be deleted if needed. Apologies to @StatelineReefer @BranchingHammer @Reefing102 for the inconvenience.

Any advise on saving my battle corals grow out piece.

This Bonsai Humilis arrived last Tuesday along with 2 other frags. Did a bit of acclimation, temp and 1/4 cup of water every 10 minutes for an hour. Placed in the tank and withing 24 it was nice fat and healthy looking. Then last night I saw white on one tip then today this. The other two frags...

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My zero image.
Bonsai Humilis Day 1

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@BranchingHammer
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[zbryant91]

Initial entry @StatelineReefer @BranchingHammer @Reefing102

po4: 0.04
no3: 14

 

[Mschmidt]

My zero image.
Bonsai Humilis Day 1

@StatelineReefer
@BranchingHammer
@Reefing102

Chunky monkey you got there!

 

[Velcro]

Chunky monkey you got there!

Yea that thing looks like it's about to pop off lol

 

[Velcro]

Initial entry @StatelineReefer @BranchingHammer @Reefing102

po4: 0.04
no3: 14

I'm jealous of your pH

 

[zbryant91]

I'm jealous of your pH

It’s been a chore haha. Calcium reactor makes this a little more complicated. Giant co2 scrubber and opening windows every chance I get and as much kalkwasser as I can dose. Hoping to put in a whole home air exchanger next spring

 

[Mschmidt]

I'm not in this one, but it came in the box so you get to look at it.

 

[RiceKrispy Reefer]

11/1/23. DAY 1
Alk: 8.9
Mag:1360
Phos: 0.15
Nitrate: 20

 

[APlusAquatics]

Day 5 post @StatelineReefer @BranchingHammer @Reefing102

Ph 8.3
Nitrate 12.2
Phos .10
Alk 10.2-11.8
Mag 1350
Calcium 450
Temp 77-78.3

I'm growing this in a system that runs off the ACI/Meckley Method, dosing kalk based off ph.

 

[Tanacharison]

Alk: 7.14
Cal:471
Mg: 1323
Ph: 8.35

@StatelineReefer Day zero post

 

[exnisstech]

Post #21 is the wrong coral I promise this is Bonsai Humilis confirmed by Adam.
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@BranchingHammer
@Reefing102

 

[Jarad]

Week 0 post for me.

 

[robanister]

@StatelineReefer this frag is half gone

 

[robanister]

@StatelineReefer this frag is half gone

No way to save.

 

[burningstarIV]

@StatelineReefer @BranchingHammer @Reefing102

Day 0 Pic

 

[Reefing102]

0 day @StatelineReefer @BranchingHammer @Reefing102
Received 11/08

 

[robanister]

New day zero bonzai

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[markrag1086]

Day 7

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[Special K]

Got mine on Wednesday but have been busy so hence the poor picture. Alk 7.5 calc 500 mag 1485 phos .17 nitrate 5 working on bringing phos down and nitrates up slowly. @StatelineReefer @BranchingHammer @Reefing102

 

[alpacaman]

@StatelineReefer @BranchingHammer @Reefing102

Month 1 update! 4mm of growth in 3 weeks (25mm Day 0 to 29mm), this is definitely the best performing (and happiest) coral of the 3 for me so far. ICP test, apex stats, and FTS attached for anyone curious on my tank stats and frag placement.

Note there's a lot of messed up stuff on the ICP test (Fe and Al especially), and I'm chasing down the culprits. I'm 3 weeks into the Reef Moonshiner's method (just daily dosers so far), and all the correction elements show up tomorrow and I'm excited for that! No vitamins or reef mud yet, I'll probably order those in a month.

I've got my Radion G6 XR15 Blues on full performance of WWC's SPS 1500G tank, and the G6 XR30 Blue in the center is on a 60-day acclimation ramp up to an end goal of ~500 par in the center of the tank @ 12" depth.

I'm still trying to see which of the contest frags like what kind of light in my tank, and I've got some center-aisle spots reserved for them for final placement once I figure out what they like.

I've included a zoomed in shot for fun, and also to really see the flesh, polyp, and coralite health each month.

Day one for the Bansai!

I attached my most recent ICP and a screenshot of my Apex parameters, no fake numbers here =)

* I started Moonshiners two days ago and have begun correcting some of the parameters from the ICP test (K, Fe, Al). I'm also doing the standard daily dosing, but no mud or vitamins yet.

* I'm also dosing:
** 30ml of Acro Power per day
** 8L of Kalk
** currently 43mL of All for Reef (I'll probably end up reducing this as I get more into Moonshiners).

* PE on my established millis is 4-5mm with the BC ruler, so it seems to be working for me.