##### Picture Entry: BC RAINDROP ON ROSES GROW-OUT CONTEST #####

[Chee-tomorpha]

I just grabbed the same kit not too long ago for my Pixel 6, and specifically for taking pics in the competition. I used the both orange filters, singley and combined, and can't get anything like that. I guess I have to play around with it some more.

 

[am3gross]

@BranchingHammer
@lynn.reef.nerd
@Reefing102


My November entry.

 

[chrisjj625]

@BranchingHammer
@lynn.reef.nerd
@Reefing102


My November entry.


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Funny looks like your new growth is white like mine. You def got some nice color up top!

 

[Elise_]

Unfortunately mine is not looking as good today. I am continuing to fight a cyano outbreak and have been sick so missed a few days of gently blowing the cyano off the corals so this could definitely be part of it, however I also have some GHA or other green filamentous algae that is starting on some of the other SPS plugs that I got in the same order.

But I just cleaned the tank and noticed afterwards that my raindrops frag has one end of the growth looking white and like it has lost tissue, and a couple of the polyps have long white stringy looking stuff coming from them, I initially thought it was a hydroid or something stuck but I think its tissue from the coral.

I knew I wasn't going to do the best but I was really hoping I could keep this guy alive!

Could it be lack of light? I am in the process of upgrading but didn't think what I had would be that terrible.

 

[Chee-tomorpha]

Is white growth good or bad? Mine is more on the teal side. It's not brown or purple like the rest of the frag. I haven't got much new growth though but it's continues to encrust the plug's side. I see you guys are using some kind of filler to smooth out the drop. What are you using?

 

[spsick]

@BranchingHammer
@lynn.reef.nerd
@Reefing102


My November entry.


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I think this one will end up being the winner

 

[Mattiejay6]

Is white growth good or bad? Mine is more on the teal side. It's not brown or purple like the rest of the frag. I haven't got much new growth though but it's continues to encrust the plug's side. I see you guys are using some kind of filler to smooth out the drop. What are you using?

I have new growth that is sometimes white and colors up later. I don’t see why it would be bad. What do you mean a filler to smooth out the drop?

 

[Chee-tomorpha]

I removed the stem from the frag plug. I see a few pictures where there some kind of filler placed around the plug disk to smooth out the plug to the rock.

 

[Chee-tomorpha]

This is the oldest frag I have been able to continue growing. It's encrusted the disk and seems to have stopped as it reaches the edge. I am thinking if I put the filler in, maybe it'll be able to encrust more.

 

[SamMule]

Glue or putty works fine for that.

 

[Chee-tomorpha]

What do you guys use specifically?

 

[SamMule]

I use the BRS extra thick super glue gel. Works like a charm. The extra thick Gorilla glue super glue works as well

 

[Chee-tomorpha]

Would that require me to remove the rock out of the water?

 

[Mattiejay6]

Tunze coral gum

 

[Enchanted Reefs]

milliput from hobby lobby or any online website works great for me! https://www.jacksonsart.com/en-us/m...sart_us&utm_source=google&utm_medium=surfaces

 

[Nburg]

I like gorilla glue gel as it had a pin in the cap that keeps it from clogging and its available everywhere.

 

[Elise_]

Can STN start from the tips of the branches? I few of my new SPS are turning white on the tips and it looks like my contest frag has lost tissue on one tip.
I know it's a contest but I am hoping not to lose the frag completely

 

[Chee-tomorpha]

I think it should be a friendly competition and we share and help each other. It is not like my tank would be same as yours. Even if I give you my entire formula it would be hard to replicate the complex ecosystem in my tank, in yours. Just my opinion.

Not an expert but could it be damage from being shipped. It's possible it's how the coral should look like. I mean, the photos show a with tip on BC website.

 

[Elise_]

I think it should be a friendly competition and we share and help each other. It is not like my tank would be same as yours. Even if I give you my entire formula it would be hard to replicate the complex ecosystem in my tank, in yours. Just my opinion.

Not an expert but could it be damage from being shipped. It's possible it's how the coral should look like. I mean, the photos show a with tip on BC website.

I agree, we all could aim for the exact same water parameters etc and I think we would end up with different results, even if we all had the same lights.
I am wondering if lighting is part of the problem but the algae issue I am having I am sure is not helping.

I think its probably something to do with my tank as its weeks since it shipped and initially it (and the 4 other SPS I got from battle corals) was doing well and they are all taking a bit of a step back.

I definitely don't have enough light on them, hopefully my new AI prime gets here soon but I wonder if the cyano is a culprit too.

 

[Wiskey]

In my experience STN from the tip is usually a fish nipping (It happens, my foxface is a jerk) Light too high (Already ruled out it sounds like) or too high ALK for the nutrient levels. I don't know why on the last one, but it seems to happen.

Reef tanks are allot like the exposure triangle, where one choice has an effect on other choices. If you have really high nutrients you need really high light and really high ALK to get the color, but lower nutrients need less light and less ALK or the coral's health suffers. That's why you see Zeovit tanks running an alk of 7 so much, where someone with a DSB might have the sun in their canopy and an ALK of 12.

There are other causes I'm sure, but that might be a couple things to think about.

Whiskey