The Rok Citi Coralz Growout Extraviganza!!!

[Salty Dog]

you betcha :angel:

 

[fab1971]

The arc wanted is no longer stressed but it has lost some color. It is eating and healthy and I moved him to partial shade for now. I'm seeing slow growth on many of the pieces. The convict hasn't budged in size, even though I've seen it eat a little bit. The Matrix has lost it's color and is showing white on the skeleton but has started looking way better and is puffing up. I'm sure it will be fine, just a little work needs to go into caring for it. It's in partial shade with a couple of other sensative pieces. The best growth I've seen has come from the Tec watermelon Jai dropped off last week. It's beautiful, bright and eats like a pig. That's it for now and here's a picture of the Matrix looking better then it was yesterday. Trust me, you guys didn't want to see what it looked like yesterday :squigglemouth:

arc wanted, loss of color but healthy and adjusting well.

 

[lps1212]

wow hopefully they will comeback with a vengence nice tohear the tec wm is doing so well Frank hopeing that the og banshee will do the same

 

[Salty Dog]

frank,

Your caring is splended for these corals. You are always imformitive and a joy to talk with. Your attention to deal with water peramiter's , there eating and health up dates keeps us members right in the loop. Where in great hands with you Frank & we will owe you to some fine gems when we tally up.

Bill :bigsmile:

 

[fab1971]

nah, you guys won't owe me anything. I do it for the love of the hobby and you guys are a pleasure to work with.

 

[fab1971]

Just looked over every frag and colony in my tank and I have to say, everything is looking fantastic and healthy. Very happy with how all the pieces have adjusted. Even the Matrix looks great. It has puffed up all the way and only minimal white spots are showing (almost looks like an acan). One of Jai's pieces, Gold Rush is growing a new eye. Not sure if I said it before but the Bahama mama looks like it's growing a 5th eye already. That's 3 new eyes in the last 2 weeks. My Ft has sprouted 5 new eyes in the last 3 weeks. These 2 have been in my system for a while so I know, given time, the frags in our growout will eventually follow suit. All the pieces are showing positive signs of growth except for the convict (that one is slow). I'm still waiting on the My Miami to sprout some new eyes but I have to keep my expectations in check:smile:. Got my new frag rack and it's given me some much needed extra room. I'm also going to try feeding them a special diet starting tonight. Tomorrow I'll post my test numbers and maybe over the weekend I'll take pics of everything. If not then it will defenitely be next week. Have a happy and safe Memorial day weekend everyone!

 

[Salty Dog]

just got back Frank, Its almost 10pm so I will not call. My chalices are all looking good with the exception of the WWC Diablo. Its a little dull and showing a few white spots. Im a little nervous about this guy

 

[lps1212]

great job FRANKIE BOY will stop by soon glad to seee the mag is on the money now pal

 

[fab1971]

Did a 20% water change, cleaned the filters, carbon and skimmer. salinity dropped a bit but still fine after the change. I had increased alk dosing and mag dosing and the numbers reflect where I wanted to be so I'll scale back a little on the dosage and try to level it out. The ph has been steady at 8.2 ever since opening the window (such an easy solution) :bigsmile: It's going to be tougher in the winter though. all in all, i'm happy with the numbers. hopefully the frags will be too. Pictures will have to wait until the end of the week because my wife took the camera with her on vacation.


Salinity 1025-1026
temp 81-82
Magnesium - 1350 (got it back to where I want)
Calcium - 450
alk - 8-8/5 (raised the alk up a bit so I'm going to scale down on the dosing)
ph - 8.2

 

[fab1971]

just got back Frank, Its almost 10pm so I will not call. My chalices are all looking good with the exception of the WWC Diablo. Its a little dull and showing a few white spots. Im a little nervous about this guy

good luck with the diablo!

 

[Salty Dog]

Im a little nervous about it, Today I will give all my acans a Iodine bath, and a 80g water change. Im leaving to Puerto Rico tommorow morning but will be logged in at times from down there

 

[lps1212]

Have a great trip out there in P.R Bill I'm sure your acans will b fine pal

 

[fab1971]

Im a little nervous about it, Today I will give all my acans a Iodine bath, and a 80g water change. Im leaving to Puerto Rico tommorow morning but will be logged in at times from down there

Awesome Bill. Hope you and the family have a wonderful vacation. Enjoy!

 

[gonewild34]

have a safe trip bill

 

[Salty Dog]

thanks Guys, Iwillbe checkingin from time to time. I sent the paypal for the Jason fox stuff

 

[fab1971]

thanks Guys, Iwillbe checkingin from time to time. I sent the paypal for the Jason fox stuff

Can't wait for J. Fox pieces to be added. On a side note, some good news. 2 new eyes are forming on the My Miami, making it a total of 4 eyes:bigsmile::bigsmile::bigsmile:. Jai's goldrush grew a second eye and the Reefanatics flamethrower has grown 2 new ones also.

 

[Salty Dog]

I love the Gold Rush, one of my favorites

 

[lps1212]

Thanks Bill one of my favs also just because of it being a different color from all the others I did add the other yellow piece also that I believe Frank says its doing better now :bigsmile: I'm workin on that payment Dan :wink:but also anxious for that addition :dribble:

 

[fab1971]

This is my 3rd attempt at trying to update this thread with photos. I've lost the last 3 hours of my work due to photobucket crashing my computer so I'm going to keep this one real brief. From now on I will be updating the entire collection once every 3-4 weeks (it is waaaaay tooo much work) but individual pieces will be updated regularly. Everything is doing good, pieces that were hurt or discolored are healing and doing much better. Growth is great on some pieces (my miami + sub zero wm) and non existent on others (goku + convict). Others have minimal or moderate growth. Everything eats except maybe 2-3 pieces. Everything has been photograhed today with the exception of the freebie zoas, freebie wm and freebie acans (no changes in growth). Sorry for being grumpy guys but it's been a very long day. Enjoy my amateur pics.

Goldrush - eats well, medium growth, 2nd eye just popped out.

fnf goku - no eyes, no growth but has colored up and stopped receding.

wwc subzero wm - eats well, great growth, 6 eyes.

reef fanatics flamethrower - eats well, great growth and several eyes (4-7).

tiger lily??? eats well, slow growth, beautiful color and design. Another favorite of mine!

sexy corals purlple war coral - eats well, good growth, several eyes.

sexy corals flamethrower favia - several eyes, slow growth but it still is fairly new in my system.

jc sherbert - doesn't eat, slow growth, finicky little guy.

orange strawberry sherbert - eats well, decent growth, hard to photograph. has about 3-4 eyes.

golden banashee - 1 large eye, eats well and is healing up nicely. Very vivid colors.

 

[fab1971]

arc wanted - 2 small eyes, eats well, slow growth

rainbow magic - 1 large eye, eats well, medium growth. (my favorite piece of them all)

orange immolation - eats but is still too small, 1 eye, slow growth

doomsday - eats well, decent growth but still small, only one eye.

tyree matrix - healed and colored up well, 2 eyes, decent growth.

my miami - great growth, eats like a pig, 2 developed eyes and 2 growing in (4 total)

sexy corals pink fame - good growth, tiny frag with one eye, healed well and eats good.

Bahama Mama - Little piggy has 5 eyes now and all of them eat. Difficult to cut because of it's shape, good growth.

convict - eats and is nicely colored but does not grow at all. This one is going to take some figuring out.

tec wm - eats well, good growth, 3 small eyes.

sexy corals rainbow party - eats well, 6 eyes and good growth.