AHanes SPS Collection

[BriansBrain]

The NORE swap right outside Cleveland Ohio today was a good success. Pictures to come sometime next week but got a few nice scores:

JF Homewrecker
Oregon Blue Tort (since my old tort is teal )
Tyree Ultimate Stag
BK Chem Fruit Loops
Pengs Blue Monster
UC Shortcake
WT Mother of Pearl
AV99 Blue Monster
AV99 Mellow Yellow Humilis
Big E Navy Tort
ORA purple plasma
Pengs Rosy tip granulosa

Also stopped by Aquatic Technology and picked up five Bali sun hamilton fixtures for a future upcoming build.

Oh man you got that yellow humilis from AV99! Saw it on reef trader. That looked killer. I’m sure it’ll do awesome under your halides Hopefully I can get a piece from him at LEAR

 

[OnPointCorals]

Andrew, just went through this thread. Everything is looking great my fellow Acro Junkie!

Keep up the good work.

 

[SpSDrew]

JF Blow Torch

 

[SpSDrew]

Andrew, just went through this thread. Everything is looking great my fellow Acro Junkie!

Keep up the good work.

Thanks! That bill Murray came from you!

 

[SpSDrew]

JF vino.

 

[SpSDrew]

Tyree Blue tip stag from FragHouse Corals

 

[Reef Puncher]

your corals are beautiful. im shocked at your nitrate and phosphate levels. thats way higher than most people have. good to know they can still thrive. i guess stability really is the key

 

[FMF0331]

 

[ClownSchool]

ORA Green Elkhorn. Grows like a weed so fare warning.

Mine has produced multiple basketball-sized contributions to LFS over two years.

 

[ClownSchool]

Way too many lol I picked up a frag of the battle corals love sky recently and will start a progress picture of this one. My favorite blue will always be the heart of the ocean due to the deep coloration.

This is a comparison next to an Oregon tort.

The Oregon tort looks just like my Paine’s blue monster

 

[SpSDrew]

your corals are beautiful. im shocked at your nitrate and phosphate levels. thats way higher than most people have. good to know they can still thrive. i guess stability really is the key

I’ve tried going down to 20 and 0.2 but for whatever reason the corals look better with higher nutrients. I run pretty high lighting so there must be correlation between lighting and nutrients.

I am dosing 12 mL a day of a 0.25 molar solution of ammonium bicarbonate and along with regular coral and fish feedings, my levels stay pretty consistently

 

[SpSDrew]

your corals are beautiful. im shocked at your nitrate and phosphate levels. thats way higher than most people have. good to know they can still thrive. i guess stability really is the key

I’ve tried going down to 20 and 0.2 but for whatever reason the corals look better with higher nutrients. I run pretty high lighting so there must be correlation between lighting and nutrients.

I am dosing 12 mL a day of a 0.25 molar solution of ammonium bicarbonate and along with regular coral and fish feedings, my levels stay pretty consistently

 

[SpSDrew]

Mine has produced multiple basketball-sized contributions to LFS over two years.

Yeah it grows like crazy. I like being able to offer chunk frags at swaps of this one for cheap. Usually $20-25 for mini colony.

 

[SpSDrew]

Merlin staff getting started on a good sized colony. Not the fastest grower in my system.

 

[Jimbo]

Merlin staff getting started on a good sized colony. Not the fastest grower in my system.

Mine grew a huge base too but is finally branching out.

 

[Nate Chalk]

I’ve tried going down to 20 and 0.2 but for whatever reason the corals look better with higher nutrients. I run pretty high lighting so there must be correlation between lighting and nutrients.

I am dosing 12 mL a day of a 0.25 molar solution of ammonium bicarbonate and along with regular coral and fish feedings, my levels stay pretty consistently

I like calcium nitrate ! Free calcium boost .

Also have trisodium phosphate at the ready though haven't needed once tank settled

 

[SaltyArms]

Following this now! You’ve made me realize I need to go get more pics of my different pieces and start documenting the progress.

 

[ClownSchool]

Yeah it grows like crazy. I like being able to offer chunk frags at swaps of this one for cheap. Usually $20-25 for mini colony.

I still have four rogue colonies in my display with multiple frags scattered around the sand bed. I’m ready to nuke them with kalk.