Doolys Phobos Growout 2026 Official Thread SPS Tank

Tommy Ngo · Jun 28, 2026

June…
Got a small hard nipple growing out on the side

jaxcarnage · Jun 28, 2026

hernandezkeb · Jun 28, 2026

Haven’t looked at the Phobos under all-blue in a while. I usually see it with the lights at full spectrum. Damn! it looks amazing.

Jimbo327 · Jun 28, 2026

hernandezkeb said:
Haven’t looked at the Phobos under all-blue in a while. I usually see it with the lights at full spectrum. Damn! it looks amazing.

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What kind of camera and setup are you using? It's so clear.

hernandezkeb · Jun 28, 2026

Jimbo327 said:
What kind of camera and setup are you using? It's so clear.

iPhone/Orange filter/Avast top down port hole.
Make sure that flower sign(macro mode) is off then find the right distance to focus on the image. The farther the phone is, the more clear it is. Just zoom in your camera.

Jimbo327 · Jun 28, 2026

My iphone is so old, it doesn't even have macro mode. LOL.

Xaznkewlguyx · Jun 29, 2026

hernandezkeb said:
Haven’t looked at the Phobos under all-blue in a while. I usually see it with the lights at full spectrum. Damn! it looks amazing.

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Looking real good! I’ll have to try the camera trick next month!

Dooly · Jun 30, 2026

Xaznkewlguyx · Jul 6, 2026

July, no new growth yet just encrusting.

Need to get on Kevin’s level

Deleted member 20245 · Jul 8, 2026

Just came back from a 3wks vacation and half of my frag died since another acro was pushing against it! Dooh

I’ll post the pics but looks like I’m out guys. I’ll try to recover the other half to see how it’ll grow out but you can cross me off the list.

Jimbo327 · Jul 8, 2026

Bummer dood! This one is fairly hardy, so the surviving half should hopefully recover.

Deleted member 20245 · Jul 8, 2026

Jimbo327 said:
Bummer dood! This one is fairly hardy, so the surviving half should hopefully recover.

Yup - it encrusted so was hoping for it to take off…glad to see many of you trying to grow it out!

Good news — all my tanks seemed ok after 3wks on autopilot though.

Jimbo327 · Jul 21, 2026

Won a Eshopps floating viewer in the coral show raffle last weekend. Putting it into use. It is much clearer and I like that I don’t have to turn off my power heads when shooting from above.

July submission.

A little more encrusting, and a bit of growth on the 2 top tips. When I started the contest, I mounted this more sideways (easier to take top down photos), and I feel like the 2 growing tips are starting to turn up towards the light.