BC Growout - Update Thread

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IHaveCrabs

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The time has come! Frags will be available for pickup Saturday 1/30 after noon!

Since we only have two participants for the BC Honeycomb, we have included them in the same growout thread for the PC Rainbow.

1) First Check-in, post a picture of your frag and ruler in your tank (ruler in the tank next to the frag.) Also include some basic specs on your system specs; tank size, filtration, lighting, flow, feeding/dosing schedules, etc.
2) Monthly Check-ins with pictures, measurement and a brief update on any changes (growth, color, PE). This is to include any system changes as well. Updated parameters are recommended but since this is for fun, not required.
3) We will post a separate thread that includes a poll for how long the grow out competition should go for. 6 months - July 30th
4) The winner will be picked in a separate thread, a vote by the whole community on Growth and Color (Only white balance adjustments made on the camera and filter over camera phone lense allowed. No changes made in any computer software are Allowed.) Submitting you best Side and Top Down shots, if possible.
5) The thread should only be used for updates. Conversations, smack talk, and other comments about the size of the ruler should happen here (http://www.chicagoreefs.com/forums/s...petition/page1)

The main goal is to have fun, but also be able to look back on this and see what different techniques, equipment, parameters do to the growth and color of the frags.

Group 1 - PC Rainbow
1) [MENTION=3185]Sparky312[/MENTION]
3) [MENTION=3434]expo703[/MENTION]
5) [MENTION=21]Smitty[/MENTION]
6) [MENTION=158]BradB[/MENTION]
7) [MENTION=833]superchargedgp[/MENTION]
8) [MENTION=3414]xj_matt[/MENTION]
9) [MENTION=2981]98silverado[/MENTION]
10) [MENTION=1483]IHaveCrabs[/MENTION]
11) [MENTION=1277]jrpark22000[/MENTION]
12) [MENTION=1240]Joe5688[/MENTION]
13) [MENTION=2998]dgagvgeg[/MENTION]
14) - [MENTION=3037]Ascender[/MENTION]
15) - [MENTION=558]jmurray551[/MENTION]

Group2 - BC HoneyComb
1) [MENTION=2317]bretts05jeep[/MENTION]
5) [MENTION=2509]rockhead[/MENTION]
 
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Frag #10

System Specs:
Tank - 60 gallon Shallow Reef (12" tall)
Lighting - 6x54" Tek T5HO (front to back.. Actinic, Blue+, Purple+, Blue+, E5 Blue Pop, Coral+)
Dosing - AcroPower daily while lights are on, 2-Part Alk/Calc while main light is off (Alk 7.96-8.26 and calcium 400-410)
Stability - ATO and Temp maintained by an Apex. Run at 1.026 and 78 degrees.
Flow - 2x MP40 and 1xMP10
Filtration - LR, Skimmer, and filter sock replaced weekly or sooner if required
Feeding - I'm a generous feeder to my fish. Probably the equivalent of 1 cube a day but split in half and fed twice daily. I also sometimes feed corals after lights out.

I also keep alternate light schedules with my frag tank to limit pH swings.

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Frag #7

System Specs:
Tank - 60 gallon rimless cube (24" tall)
Lighting - Kessil a360we
Dosing - Kalk dosed at night via toms aqualifter
Stability - ATO and Temp controlled by reef keeper . Run at 1.026 and 78 degrees.
Flow - 3x MP10
Filtration - LR, big Skimmer, and filter sock
Feeding - Mysis, rods, oyster rfeast, dry food
Alk 8.4, ca 440



 
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Frag #13

System Specs:
Tank - 150 gallon cube
Lighting - 2x 36" T5 retro kit (running 2 ATI Blue+ and 2 ATI Actinic bulbs) also have 1 Zetlight 6600a
Dosing - Pacific Sun Kore 5th Doser (still setting up dosing schedule)
Stability - Avast Marine ATO via Apex, Apex controlled 78 degrees and 1.026 salt
Flow - 1 MP40QD, 2 RW -8s
Filtration - Live Rock, Skimmer, and filter sock.
Feeding - 1x per day at night, mostly use frozen food. Have a bunch of reef additives that i won in a raffle from reef nutrition that i will start using soon.

Cell phone pics suck but took 2 of them, don't have a ruler but will get one here they are.
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Frag #1

System Specs:
Tank - 40 gallon breeder (16" tall)
Lighting - ATI T5s: 2 39W Blue+, 2 39W Coral+, 2 24W actinic
Dosing - Kalk dosed via ATO
Stability - Finnex digital heater controller, JBJ ATO
Flow - 2 RW-8s
Filtration - LR, skimmer, 20 gallon refugium with more rock
Feeding - Mysis, flake, pellets (alternate these) 1-2 times daily
 
Suggestion ;) PC rainbow colors up much much more beautifully in medium light levels than high light levels .. i also think it grows faster in medium light and medium flow than in high light
 
System specks
Tank- 37 gal 16" tall
Lightning -reefbreeder photon 24(13hrs), 3 t5s blue+ coral + blue+(8hrs)
Doseing- seachem reef fusion 2 alkand ca brs dosers (alk 7.7ml at night ca during the day )
Stability- reefkeeper 82° salinity 1.025 and a tunze ATO (can't get my term any lower for some reason)
Flow- 1 wp10 and 1 rw8
Filtration -LR, HOB eshops 75 skimmer, small refugium, with rock rubble and macro agale
Feeding- mysis, NS pellets, new Era Grazer, alternate (feed 1x a day) fuel (2x a week)
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Frag #9

Tank-30 gal jbj rimless
Lighting-reefbreeders super luxe at 9 hours
Dosing brs 2 part by hand
Temp stays at 78 roughly thanks to the apex. Alk is around 8, gfo in reactor, cad lights pls50 skimmer, carbon and filter floss. Using Larry's reef frenzy and acro power once a week

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Frag #1 (Honeycomb)

System Specs:
Tank - 210 peninsula
Lighting - Aquactinics Constellation T5 fixture (14x39wt ATI bulbs)
Dosing - BRS 2 part via apex (Alk 7.8 and calcium 460 last test)
Stability - ATO (tunze osmolator) and Temp maintained by an Apex. Run at 1.026 and 79.5 degrees.
Flow - 2x Jebao RW-15 & 1x tunze 6105
Filtration - Refugium ( about 30 gal), skimmer ( reef octopus SRO 2000), only use filter socks for a couple days after doing a water change
Feeding - pinch of flakes daily, half frozen cube once or twice a week, dried sea weed 2 to 3 times per week. ( I would say I feed on the medium to light side)

Tank was started with dry rock and filled august 2015.






Update feb 28
Moved it to the highest point possible in the tank. There is no real change in the coral.


 
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Frag #12

System Specs:
Tank - 75 gallon
Lighting - 2x Mai-China LEDS with custom spectrum
Dosing - BRS 2-part and vinegar
Stability - APEX eRRYthang, 1.026 and 79.5* temp
Flow - 1-mp40, 1-mp10
Filtration - Skimmer, fuge, LR
Feeding - NLS Pellets 3x a day, Mysis/reef chilli every few days

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Frag #3

System Specs:
Tank - 135 gallon
Lighting - 3x AI HYDRA 26
Dosing - BRS 2-part and acropower
Stability - APEX, 1.026 and 78 temp
Flow - 2 koralia - 2 neptune wav's
Filtration - Skimmer, fuge, LR, filter sock
Feeding - normally feed 2-3 times a day but everyone just got ich and in QT tank..going to just feed reef chili and spot feed nems/lps with cyclop/mysis

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Group 2 Frag #5 Honeycomb

Tank Specs

Tank- 120 gallon with a 75 gallon sump

Lighting- ATI powermodule 10x54

GEO 6x18 calcium reactor

Filtration- reef octopus diablo 150 and filter socks 24/7

Return pump- Jebao 9000

Dual reactor with carbon/GFO

Tank is controlled by a reef keeper lite

Tank parameters- 77* CAl 430, Alk 8.4, Mag 1320 Opr 400-420 Ph 8.0-8.2

Flow- 2x mp40

Feeding coral frenzy in the morning and frozen in the evening

Additions- Elos amino acid , Zeofood7, Pohl's xtra special, coral vitalizer, added weekly

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Water changes- 10 gallons weekly
 
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Frag #5

Tank: 60 Gal cube

Lighting: Radions gen 2

Dosing: None (weekly 5 gal water change)

Stability: AquaSmart Ato, jbj chiller 1.026 @ 80°

Flow: 2 mp 10's at top, koralia 2&3 at bottom.

Filtration: 110lbs of live rock, bubble magus 3.5 skimmer, aqua gadget minimax media reactor, cheato.

Feeding: Rotate between Spectrum pellets, mysis shrimp, reef chili.

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This frag looks just like my huge colony of this unknown sps colony i have in my tank??? Lol


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Frag#6
System Specs
Tank : 75 gallon none reef
Lightning : 6x54 T5HO Tek Elite ( front to back, E5 Blue Pop,Purple+,Coral+,Blue+,Coral+,E5 Blue Pop)
Dosing : Reef Fusion part 1&2 as needed
Stability: 77 degrees
Flow: 2-JBJ , 2-Hydors
Filtration : LR,HOB Refugium,Aquamaxx Cone S HOB Skimmer, BRS Gfo/Carbon reactor
Feeding: Frozen 2x Day

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Frag #11

System Specs:
Tank - ~105g Disply and about 200g total water volume
Lighting - AI SOL blues x4
Dosing - Bionic 2 part, BRS Mg, Vinegar, ozne, GAC, GFO, (Alk 6.5-7.5, ca 460-480, mg 1250-1350, po4 .02-.08, no3 7.04-8.8, salinity 52.9-53.1ms, pH 7.90-8.25 depending on age of sodalime)
Stability - Apex controls everything. The system has been stable other than no3 for going on 2 years. Still working on bringin no3 down some more.
Flow - 2xMP40 and 3xMP10 and about 6-700gph via return pump
Filtration - LR, Large Skimmer, K1 media, weekly 30g WC. Biweekly use of filter socks and powerhead on stick to clean detritus.
Feeding - My fish all need jenny Craig's help. Portion control to them is still being able to swim and not just sink.

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