Stay-At-Home SPS GROW OUT CONTEST!

[bobssecrtsn]

I got a message from Steve Garret himself, Here is his message: 8.6 DKH, CA 540, PH ON THE LOWER SIDE DUE TO CA REACTOR, and close to 35ppt,major hint : corals will need to be acclimated to our blue lights, especially UV. GLHF BOYS !


on a side note. after we get all participants in. I will be doing a side raffle. hopefully you guys will like it

Please be on the lookout for the post in this thread about the side raffle, I will annouce it once we have our full participants, which should be friday night.

 

[jimbird]

My gen 5 did have a crack but it doesn't affect the performance of the light and after talking to customers service they had a replacement at my house in 1 to 2 days. My mobius app only started messing up 2 days ago. It keeps changing the time so my lights aren't coming on and off. Before that it worked great. I just don't know whats a good color setup for coloring up

 

[five.five-six]

. How many gallons? 225 And how many fishes, No idea they hide a lot and I killed some. Probably 10
. What salt brand do you use? IO
. What type of lighting you are using, brand as well! 3X 400W metal halide radium, 2X 80W T5 ATI blue plus, 2X euroquatics blue pop 60”
. how Many and what type of flow you are using 3X tunze 6105
. Dosing, CARX, 2 PART, ETC. kalkwasser ATO & reactor.
. Winner can note what type of secret sauce was dosed if they wish. You can post additive in your description if you want. No secret sauce
. filtration, cheat-o? brand of skimmer if being used? Filter socks etc. Euroreef skimmer, filter socks & Chaeto.

 

[bobssecrtsn]

. How many gallons? 225 And how many fishes, No idea they hide a lot and I killed some. Probably 10
. What salt brand do you use? IO
. What type of lighting you are using, brand as well! 3X 400W metal halide radium, 2X 80W T5 ATI blue plus, 2X euroquatics blue pop 60”
. how Many and what type of flow you are using 3X tunze 6105
. Dosing, CARX, 2 PART, ETC. kalkwasser ATO & reactor.
. Winner can note what type of secret sauce was dosed if they wish. You can post additive in your description if you want. No secret sauce
. filtration, cheat-o? brand of skimmer if being used? Filter socks etc. Euroreef skimmer, filter socks & Chaeto.

Please check your PM!

 

[Peppy]

Hi everyone, Hope everyone is well and staying safe.
My Specs:

. How many gallons?
Dt is 70 gallons and been running for a year and half with no WC, but recently expanded with larger sump and frag tank for total water volume of 220.

And how many fishes - 6 Chromis, 1 Mandarin, 1 PBT, 1 Clarki Delux, 1 Midas Blenny

What salt brand do you use? Tropic Marin Pro, but no WC

. What type of lighting you are using, brand as well! AP700 with 6/6/6/6 schedule.
. how Many and what type of flow you are using
1 modified 6015 and 1 Jebao OW25

. Dosing
BRS 2 part, color program

. filtration
filter sock, sand bed, live rock, Matrix, Curve 7, macro algae.

 

[bryanle87]

My tank is still not ready unfortunately so I will forfeit my spot.

What happened bro I thought everything was going good after chaeto reactor

 

[r20crazy]

Woot got in... Think I'll be at largest disadvantage (will explain in setup details).... but we'll see how it goes as nothing better to do. Good luck to all.

 

[bobssecrtsn]

ok everyone! looks like we have all of our participants! I hope everyone is getting excited over this. I know someone from riverside is coming to pick up some corals for other participants, Please PM eachother and set up a location and time, thank you.

As I said above there is a side raffle and I spoke it over with @joseserrano and have decided that,
there will be another contest within this grow out contest!!!


prize pool : 20$, and a unknown frag, and a Brand new Red Sea Refractormeter !
contest : BEST COLOR!

I know it is hard with photoshop and gel filtering, So in order for us to do this correctly, the spectrum of light when photo is taken must be daylight, or around 16K spectrum.

The rules will be the same, Some additional rules are followed :

. The photo cannot be in atinics or blue spectrum to make the coral POP.
. This side pool is only for coloration, so no measurements are needed. only "day one" photo that has the correct spectrum.
. winner for growth contest cannot win side pool contest.
. the day one photo must be posted 24hours once you picked up the coral
. photos will need to be posted monthly. Not doing so will result in disqualification for this side pool


With all that being said, you will be posting 2 "DAY ONE" photos
1. ruler behind coral for growth contest.
2. daylight or 16k spectrum for color contest

 

[bryanle87]

So basically another 20 dollars to Jose? And another acro. When will the deadline be or day to pick up acro and pay?

 

[joseserrano]

So basically another 20 dollars to Jose? And another acro. When will the deadline be or day to pick up acro and pay?

No. 20 was donated by bob, including the refractometer. I’ll be donating the frag

 

[bryanle87]

No. 20 was donated by bob, including the refractometer. I’ll be donating the frag

what!!! Dang thanks bob. And thank you too Jose...man this is going to be fun

 

[Tommy Ngo]

. How many gallons? 225 And how many fishes, No idea they hide a lot and I killed some. Probably 10
. What salt brand do you use? IO
. What type of lighting you are using, brand as well! 3X 400W metal halide radium, 2X 80W T5 ATI blue plus, 2X euroquatics blue pop 60”
. how Many and what type of flow you are using 3X tunze 6105
. Dosing, CARX, 2 PART, ETC. kalkwasser ATO & reactor.
. Winner can note what type of secret sauce was dosed if they wish. You can post additive in your description if you want. No secret sauce
. filtration, cheat-o? brand of skimmer if being used? Filter socks etc. Euroreef skimmer, filter socks & Chaeto.

Foot model. LoL

 

[bobssecrtsn]

175 gallons total volume 19 fishes feeding 6 cubes a day and pellets throughout the day
Fritz blue box daily 2gallon WC
Radion g4 pro hybrid B+B+B+Coral+
Two mp40 on 100% reef crest and icecap 4K gyre on syne wave
CA reactor with kamour pump TLF media
Dosing Red Sea AB+
Clarisea v2, aquamaxx skimmer, Santa Monica scrubber

salt brand : fritz blue box

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[Titanwerx]

Name: Sal

TANK SETUP:
Running since Feb. 2020
•165g Cadlights
•Aquatic Life 60” T5 (2xBlue Plus,2 Purple plus)Fixture w/ 4x AI Hydra 32 HD’s
•MODE x2.0T Sump
•Custom 20G ATO Reservoir
•BRS Dual Canister media reactor (currently just running carbon)

•Calcium Reactor with Kamoer FX-STp Pump & Aquarium Plant Life electronic Carbon doser.

FLOW
•Return Pump: Ecotech Vectra l1
•2x MP40,
•1 Maxspect Gyre

Filtration:
•60 Lbs Liverock
•100lbs sand
•Classic Reef Octopus 200 int Skimmer
•filter socks
•Fuge: Miracle Mud, Ceramic Biomedia cubes & Macro Algae
•Fuge light: Hydra 26
•Pentair 40W Smart UV Sterilizer

•Apex Gold Controller

14 FISH
* Foxface
* Gem Tang
* California Stingray
* Lineatus Wrasse
* Yellow Corris Wrasse
* Potters Wrasse
* Bluestar Leapord Wrasse
* Mandarin Dragonet
* Bartlets Anthias
* Cardinal fish
* Blue Chromis
* African Midas Blenny
* Pair of platinum clowns

SALT
Instant Ocean

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[LesPaulPlayer73]

Standard 180 6X2X2 running for 4 years
100 gal sump with 20 frag attached
25-30 fish between display, frag, and sump sections.
Regular IO
ATI 8 bulb with led strips
2 MP40QD + 2 Tunze 6105
Vertex CARX Kamoer FX-STp Pump and dual stage regulator
Flucal SP4 for return
ATB 1050. Cheato Reactor. No filter socks
Apex Controller

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[Sitka_]

Name: Enrique Instagram handle @Wonders_ofthe__reef
Tank setup:
65g rimless tank
Running for a year
Lighting:
2x hydra 26
1 coralife t-5 fixture with ati coral plus and purple plus bulbs
Flow:
1 Ice cap gyre , 1 AI Nero 5 pump
Sump:
Ato
BRS gfo reactor
Eshopps s-120skimmer
Cheato refugium generic bulb lighting
Filter sock
8 fish:
1 yellow Corris wrasse, 1 melanarus wrasse, 1 yasha goby, 2 Wyoming white clownfish, 1 Bangai cardinal, 1 yellow tang, 1 tomini tang
Manually dosing 2 part
Salt:
Using instant ocean reef crystals
Recent full tank shot

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[joseserrano]

Name: Jose Serrano

tank: I have an about 150g acrylic frag tank with an 80g sump. Tank is 12x30x96, So about 200 total gallons of water.

filtration: mix of live rock and ceramic blocks, balls, cubes..., Ati 250i powercone with a Tunze pump running it, refugium run with 2 hydro lights (harvest every 2weeks to 1 month, based on laziness), a small amount of bio pellets, small amount of gfo, carbon in a bag, and all goes through the deep water blcd 6 (can’t really remember model).

lighting: half light by 48” 8 bulb ati non dimmable with 2x reefbrites, other half with radion Gen 4 xr30pro. The frag will sit in the T5 side. My lights come on at 6pm and I turn off at 2am

flow: all together 4x 3k ice cap gyres, 5x sm to medium Tunze pumps. Unsure all of the Tunze models or total water volume everything moves. Most things are run up to 70% and gradually raises as they loose power/need to be cleaned.

salt: live aquaria salt aka fritz

dosing: aquamaxx t3 with a secondary chamber and large ice cap kalk reactor.

 

[Emac909]

Here’s just a thought and maybe some others can argue or agree. But can we have a 2 week acclimation period before we mount in fixed spot?
Even in Steve’s message he stated that these frag will need to be acclimated to our blue lights. I would like to put my frag in the sand bed for the first week so my lights don’t stress the coral out to much. Then the second week I’d like to bring the coral up mid way to where I finally put it.
Unfortunately my halides are not dimmable

 

[joseserrano]

Here’s just a thought and maybe some others can argue or agree. But can we have a 2 week acclimation period before we mount in fixed spot?
Even in Steve’s message he stated that these frag will need to be acclimated to our blue lights. I would like to put my frag in the sand bed for the first week so my lights don’t stress the coral out to much. Then the second week I’d like to bring the coral up mid way to where I finally put it.
Unfortunately my halides are not dimmable

i personally don’t acclimate anything. Never really had issues.

 

[bobssecrtsn]

Here’s just a thought and maybe some others can argue or agree. But can we have a 2 week acclimation period before we mount in fixed spot?
Even in Steve’s message he stated that these frag will need to be acclimated to our blue lights. I would like to put my frag in the sand bed for the first week so my lights don’t stress the coral out to much. Then the second week I’d like to bring the coral up mid way to where I finally put it.
Unfortunately my halides are not dimmable

I never really acclimate my corals but given this situation unfortunately we cannot change the rules. (I would love to change them but it would mean other rules could be changed as well.)