SPS growout contest!!!! (Follow all the contestants here)

[DETANE]

Wow.. all the frags are dying, brown, or nearly bleached out. Next time we should wait for frags to heal before the contest begins. J.M.O.

 

[travisw30]

Dude just give it time. The mother colony was pretty dull in color. These things hate to be moved. Idk we will see.

 

[sps4mytank]

That pictures above was taken 2-17-11

This was taken 3-2-11

 

[travisw30]

Looking good!

 

[zigginit]

wow nice pic, looks like its perking up for you. mine is about the same color as yours almost. i think mine is encrusting over the glue a little too.

 

[wink]

dude your tank nice!!!

 

[jkinros]

There's still a small branch that's alive!

 

[travisw30]

Theres hope!!!! Yes!

 

[chipcount]

Update...
My Frag is starting to color up a bit and grow at the tips just a little. But still not much difference

 

[EyeReef]

There's still a small branch that's alive!

Your still in!:beer:

 

[Radman]

Awful lot of encrustation on the plug and glue between sps4mytank frag and all the others... how did you get Algae to grow so fast???

 

[sps4mytank]

Awful lot of encrustation on the plug and glue between sps4mytank frag and all the others... how did you get Algae to grow so fast???

i dont know...i havent touched my tank in weeks. I dose alot of stuff I dont really want in there including vodka.

 

[Radman]

Any other hints.... or do we get the story at the end???? I don't use Vodka but I do use Vinegar and Vit C...

 

[zigginit]

ok so im about to go out of town for the weekend but here is my update before the 6th or what ever the time fram was.

this has only auto contrast in photobuck done to it. nothing else.

shot from the side

 

[zigginit]

sorry the red lettus algae was getting in the shot. that thing grows like crazy, about time to trim it again.

 

[Radman]

Here are photos taken yesterday front and side

Parameteres tested today
PH 8.1
Alk 8.5 dKH on a kalk Stirrer
CA 420
Mag 1320
SP 1.024
temp 78.5
Phosphate 0.06
Use Scripps Water

 

[bustayanky]

Here's my update:

3/6/11
I'll test water parameters later tonight.

 

[travisw30]

I changed out my sump today. The temp dropped 3-4 degrees. My frag lost it's tissue on the bottom half. Must have pissed it off.

 

[zigginit]

I changed out my sump today. The temp dropped 3-4 degrees. My frag lost it's tissue on the bottom half. Must have pissed it off.

wow that sucks. maybe your stired up nitrates while doing that. my temp changes all the time, more then 3-4 degrees almost every day. it seems like at night its 76 and at mid day its like 80+ if its hot out.

 

[zigginit]

got a digital ph monitor today, and my ph is 8.2 but after adding 2 part alk it went up to 8.5, now that its night it dropped to 8.4