The Rok Citi Coralz Growout Extraviganza!!!

[lps1212]

Nice Frank lookin good been a while since we had added any additions but it looks like the ball has started rollin again my friend

 

[fab1971]

alk - 9.5
ph - 8.1
salinity - 1.028
temps - 81-82
calcium - 450-500
magnesium - 1550-1600

I'll cut back a little on the magnesium but everything is pretty much perfect and steady.

 

[Salty Dog]

I would drop the salinity a few points to, but looking good

 

[lps1212]

I keep mines at 1.028 but that's due to the salt I use its always dead on can't go wrong with TRP mag could be dropped a bit if anything but otherwise on the money Frank I hope removing the phosban fixes that problem we spoke about

 

[lps1212]

Well acouple of weeks ago Frank gave me some corals to hold some pieces his and some of the growout for some reason 2days ago one of the pieces went from being well and vibrant :tongue:to explodeing:sad: and completely just deterating:cry: we don't know which piece it was but Frank is trying to figure it out it could have been a freebie from a previous pack but here is a pic I took of it with my cell phone cam

 

[gonewild34]

just added this to the growout cherry corals thunder and lightening

 

[lps1212]

Awesome lookin Gem Dan looks like rising sun a bit is it red stripped hard to tell :tongue:

 

[fab1971]

Great looking piece Dan and nice addition!

 

[Salty Dog]

really nicce Dan, I love it.

 

[fab1971]

These are the 2 new additions to the growout. Thanks Bill and Jai for bringing these in. Thanks Klr for the good deal and freebie.

Blue Magic (2 eyes) Off colored and a little stressed from the cutting and shipping but if we give it some time, it should bounce right back.

Freebie that Kelby gave us. When you get the chance, send me the name again. I wrote it down but can't find it. Thanks again!

 

[Salty Dog]

hmmm Blue magic is a little ruff, man lets hope it comes back, put that one in the shade for now Frank

 

[fab1971]

hmmm Blue magic is a little ruff, man lets hope it comes back, put that one in the shade for now Frank

Sitting in the shade and will stay there until it recovers. I estimate 6-8 weeks before it gets color back and then hopefully it will start to grow.

 

[lps1212]

hmmm Blue magic is a little ruff, man lets hope it comes back, put that one in the shade for now Frank

Yea I hear you Bill that's why I managed to get a partial refund pal so all is good sucks that it will take awhile for it to come around and start to grow but I'm sure Frank knows what to do by know :wink:

 

[KLR]

Hey, sorry the blue magic wasn't to appealing...Feed it alot (I feed mine 1-2 mysis or brine shrimps a night)and it should start growing fast.

The free one is called Isle Eyes. It will develop a pale/faint green growth rim once it acclimates and puffs up,or atleast my frags and colony did.

Here is the mother

 

[gonewild34]

kelby i love that chalice thanks for the freebie

 

[fab1971]

Thanks Kelby! Great dealing with you. Hope to do so again soon.

 

[KLR]

NP once it completly colors up the eyes are really sweet!!

 

[fab1971]

Okay, time for a picture update. A lot has been added and happened since my last one. We cut a bunch of these pieces up and Dan will be picking half of them up in a couple of weeks to help me with growing them out. Growth has slowed down since I fragged a bunch of chalices so updates have slowed down. Also, I've been concentrating on my son and he's been an absolute handful. I've been running out of room and want to concentrate on the slower growing pieces and the couple of chalices that are not looking too hot so Dan will be helping a lot. This update won't be as precise as my past ones have been because I simply have too many pieces in my tank. Growth slowed down this past month and as I told you guys, I've been working on fixing this issue. Bulbs were changed, media was removed and steps were taken to try and turn this around. While I have not lost any pieces in the growout, there have been a few that have been giving me a lot of trouble. I'm happy to say the orange immolation has colored up fully and the planet earth is looking a lot better now that I'm starting to give it more light. I'm sad to say that the Dantes Inferno and Setting sun look absolutely terrible. They are completely in the shade and I'm hoping for a turn around but it may take a few months to happen. The tank is very stable so it may happen sooner than later but since this is a wild colony (new on the market) , they are more fragile and sensitive than our other pieces. Jai's golden banshee has also been extremely slow to heal. The my miami is now a little booger but trust me when I say this, once I get this figured out, these pieces will start growing super fast. Before we know it, we'll have a mini colony. many of these pictures are blurry but that is because of the placement of the chalice frags and since it's packed tight in my tank, getting a good picture is difficult. The bahama mama was cut and I took a picture of the frag that is in the growout. I have a seperate piece so the 3 of you will be splitting this one between yourselves. We have some extremely slow growing and sensitive pieces (convict, arc wanted, orange immolation, etc..) but others are showing very good growth and coloration. It's very tricky dealing with all these pieces but hopefully you guys can build on my experience and mistakes. Each of you has a few pieces that are in the growout in your tanks and hopefully in the upcoming months you guys can help take some of the pressure and responsibilty off my shoulders. I believe I covered everything so I'll start on the pics.

freebie watermelon

goldrush

cf flamethrower

My miami

bahama mama

uc halloween

wwc fanta

Setting sun

dantes inferno

orange immolation

 

[fab1971]

strawberry orange sherbert

doomsday

arc wanted

sc pink flame

golden eye freebie

alien eye landing

bay corals planet earth

reefkoi green envy

tangerine dreams

wwc purple wm

wwc sub zero wm

klr Isle eyes (freebie)

wwc wm ? (needs to color up after fragging)

 

[fab1971]

jc orange sherbert

cf flamethrower

matrix

strawberry orange sherbert

tec watermelon

strawberry wm

sc rainbow party

rainbow magic

reefkoi viron flame

reefkoi viron flame 2

reefkoi red rimmed rainbow chalice

fnf goku

blue magic (recovery mode)