The Rok Citi Coralz Growout Extraviganza!!!

[Salty Dog]

thats great Frank, Im been trying to do my updates but I always get side tracked, thats why I would suck as the grower. I will post some stats today

 

[lps1212]

Thanks for the update Frank excellent communication buddy

 

[fab1971]

new arrivals yesterday and today include WWC yellow submarine, Snakeskin chalice and Elite Reefs Doppel Ganger. All look healthy and beautiful and hopefully my kodak batteries come in later today or tomorrow and I can add some pics.

 

[fab1971]

I couldn't get a good picture of the doppel ganger so that will have to wait until the photo update in a few days. I was able to get the yellow submarine and snakeskin chalices. Snakeskin was a little more difficult to capture.

yellow submarine

snakeskin

 

[Salty Dog]

damm dude this gotta be the biggest chalice grow out to date

 

[Salty Dog]

I have some issues with WWC sending my peices, its not there fault but my credit card suspended the charges to theback inMay so Ineed to clear that up before the release my new peices

 

[dnov99]

damm dude this gotta be the biggest chalice grow out to date

You guys are out of control!! I love it!!!

 

[Macropora]

About 40 corals in a grow out. Now that's impressive. Good Job Frank!

 

[fab1971]

Thanks guys! I didn't even realize it had gotten that big. I thought it was just 25-30 pieces. We only have a couple of more pieces to go and that's it, I promise

 

[lps1212]

40 sounds good :smile: but im reachin for 50 :haha:

 

[fab1971]

Tangerine Dreams and Strawberry watermelon just arrived a few minutes ago and are growout new additions (pending all payments). A little stressed from shipping but otherwise healthy. Can't get a good picture of the strawberry watermelon, and it is pretty small but it is a very bright piece as you can see. Give them both a week or so to adjust and their true beauty will shine through :bigsmile:

Jason Fox Tangerine Dreams

Strawberry Watermelon

 

[lps1212]

glad too see all the new chalices arriveing well and settleing in :tongue:

 

[fab1971]

Picture update is complete:wink: Took forever to take pics and they are uploading now. This takes way too long This is when I wish the growout were only 5-10 pieces. I believe I got about 90 percent of the growout. Each of you has a couple of pieces in your tanks but the bulk are here. Some pics are decent, while others totally suck but that's because those chalices are towards the back or too low in the tank. Either way I tried my best. I hope you enjoy this update because there won't be another picture update for another month. It's like having another job :cry: Very difficult to do while taking care of my son and is extremely time consuming. Next week Bay corals is delivering the Planet earth chalice so that's something to look forward to. At least we now caught the Tangerine dreams. Nice catch Jai.

 

[fab1971]

Photo update, in no particular order. please don't post until I finish, it will take me a while to upload everything. And please don't mind the bad pics, my camera sucks pretty bad. I included my BPC FT and while not officially part of the growout, you guys are getting it so I figured you'd want to see the progress.

Arc Wanted 1-2 eyes, slow growth. Gets more colorful in the shade.

WWC Fanta Eats well and is beginning to color up. was a little stressed from shipping.

WWC Space Ghost beautiful piece, great colors, doesn't eat much.

WWC Purple Pillow wm slow groth, doesn't eat

WWC Stardust doesn't eat, getting used to my tank.

WWC Sub Zero wm eats and grows well. another beauty, several eyes.

Reef Fanatics Flamethrower still coloring up and growing steadily

Golden Banshee finally showing signs of healing but the left side is a little white so it's going in the shade.

Goldrush colored up, eating nicely and growth is steady

Tiger lily look alike (we might have to come up with a name for this one, I don't believe it's a tiger lily).
Has 2 grown eyes and I believe another two coming in. slow growth.

Sexy Corals Rainbow Party growth slowed down a little and I have it in lower light so I need to move back up so it can regain them.

Reefkoi Viron Flame coloring up very nicely. one of my faves. eats well, getting comfortable.

Reefkoi Viron Flame same as above

Tyree Doomsday little guy is still one eye. eats well and colored up nicely.

Elite Reefs Doppleganger just arrived so needs time to color up and get adjusted.

 

[fab1971]

Tangerine Dreams just arrived today so lets give her some time :bigsmile:

Snakeskin Chalice another new one, not eating yet. getting comfortable.

UC Halloween doesn't eat. new piece.

Yellow Submarine same as above

Orange Immolation does not like light at all. very finicky. it is a good eater though and growth is slow but steady. can't wait till it gets happy and colors up.

WWC Diablo doesn't eat, in the shade but healthy

Convict healthy and colorful, small and is a very very very slow grower.

Dnov's Setting Sun lost some color :sad: but steady and hanging out in the shade.

FnF Goku 2-3 small eyes, growing well, healthy and happy finally:wink:

Sexy Corals Pink Fame little guy is slowly growing, doesn't eat much but is growing a second eye (didn't even notice until today)

Strawberry Watermelon our smallest piece of the growout but extremely bright and vivid. Can't wait until it grows out.

Disco Inferno arrived stressed, still stressed. Hates the light so now it's sitting in the shade and I'm hoping for some recovery.

 

[fab1971]

Strawberry Orange Sherbert one of our best growers, eats well, colored up beautifully. This piece is a prime example of how chalices can morph so much under different amounts of par. When it arrived it was almost entirely green, I moved it up and gave it more light. Within a couple of weeks it turned pink. Incredible but this growout is teaching me a lot about these beautiful pieces.

Tyree Matrix another amazing piece. eats well, growing 1 or 2 new eyes and looks fantastic now. Colored up great. I thought this piece was agoner when it arrived but after a few weeks, I'm very happy with our purchase.

My Miami fast grower, great eater and beautiful piece.

BPC Flamethrower One of my faves, even though it hasn't developed the blue/white streaks :cry: . I believe it's getting too much light but it's growing and eating well so it's stay put.

TEC Watermelon Great growth, vivid colors, eats like a pig. 4th eye almost completely grown in. Nice addition Jai!

Bahama Mama Eats well, grew another eye and the rim is growing out well. Colors are starting to come in nicely on this mini-colony.

Rainbow Magic great eater, fat and happy. Sweet colors and is growing 2 new eyes but be warned, the eyes look like they take a long time to fully develop. Very nice addition to the growout.

J Cigar Orange SHerbert Doesn't eat much, steady growth, and grew 1-2 new eyes.

couple of group shots, include the favias, crazy swirl wm and anything I missed.

 

[fab1971]

One of the most difficult parts of this growout is finding the right spot for each piece. Keeping the colors of these individual pieces or getting the new ones to color up is tricky. each one has it's own needs but unfortunately don't come with instructions. SOme are light lovers, others prefer none at all and depending on their spot, will or will not color up for you. Anyway, hope you enjoyed the pic update and the next one will be in mid august. regular updates will be frequent of course and as always my home is open to any of you or you can reach me by phone or text. have a good weekend, Frank.

 

[Troylee]

Nice frank real nice now
I will take my chalices back thanks...:xd:

 

[fab1971]

Nice frank real nice now
I will take my chalices back thanks...:xd:

thanks and no problem Mr Lee. I'll have them put in a box and delivered right away:angel:

 

[KLR]

Wow,this is turning out nicely! All of these awsome corals!

The members of this will have "THE" collection once they get their frags!