Growth Pictures!

[FlamesFan]

I thought it would be cool for people to post some growth pictures. I think everyone has that coral they purchased forever ago and it doesn't even look like it has grown one bit, but there's always one or two in our tanks that grow like a weed. For me it's defiantly my green slimer SPS but I have a few others that grow pretty good too. 4 months ago was when I felt comfortable adding SPS to this system which is now almost a year old. Here's my pics taken with my walmart camera:

Blue tip green slimer purchased September 24/08 from RC:
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/6472/slimer1oe8.jpg

4 months later, this one has also been fragged 3 times and traded to a couple people on this board:
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/3167/slimer2yq3.jpg

Acro purchased September 24/08 from RC:
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/1142/acro1hb2.jpg

4 months later, also got it's color back:
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/8225/acro2py9.jpg

Unknown SPS purchased September 24/08 from RC:
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/4226/sps1xx1.jpg

4 months later, has darkened and shimmers a metallic green:
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/1198/sps2cy3.jpg

Long Hair Ric purchased September 24th/08 from RC:
http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/7059/mushroom1vu0.jpg

4 months later, lots of splits not including 2 frags traded has also become the home for 2 cinnamon clowns:
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/4743/mushroom2ig6.jpg

[Carmen]

WOW!!! That's awesome growth for 4 months! Impressive!

[lobsterboy]

Heres mine, its only a birdnest:

taken dec 11, 08
http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/birdnest1.jpg

taken feb 11, 08
http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2783-1.jpg

[marie]

I can never resist a growth pic thread :lol:
pic taken dec 5
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/mariesnell/misc010.jpg

pic taken today
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/mariesnell/feb909010.jpg

Pic taken oct 12th
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/mariesnell/oct1208015.jpg

pic taken today

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/mariesnell/feb909008.jpg

pic taken oct 12
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/mariesnell/oct1208003.jpg

pic taken today
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/mariesnell/feb909009.jpg

[Lance]

Nice growth Marie. Them bugs ain't slowing you down!

[michika]

Birdsnest from Doug (Fishytime) on Nov 30th, 2008
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b286/michika/DSC_0222.jpg

Feb 10th
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b286/michika/DSC_0911.jpg

Tri-Colour from the 11th of January
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b286/michika/DSC_0746-1.jpg

Feb 10th
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b286/michika/DSC_0903-1.jpg

December 13th
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b286/michika/DSC_0388.jpg

Jan 11th
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b286/michika/DSC_0771-1.jpg

Jan 17th
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b286/michika/DSC_0817-1.jpg

January 11th
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b286/michika/DSC_0875.jpg

Feb 10th
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b286/michika/DSC_0905-1.jpg

[Lance]

Terific growth Catherine. Nice to see things going your way now, eh?

[FlamesFan]

oh cool people are posting in this thread. Sweet stuff, anyone have any zoa growth? How about some LPS's

[michika]

I can show you some anti-growth, e.g. the intevitable die off of anything that isn't SPS or a clam in my tank....

[FlamesFan]

Doh! I was going to take some pictures today of my green slimer 1 month progression but yesterday I dosed spur2 so he's a little on the pale side. Couple weeks and i'll post. About 1" growth on all tips since the 29th of last month.

In an attempt to revive this thread id like to see some more SPS growth shots or even shots of SPS that were brown and have now gotten their color back.

[michika]

Spur2?

[digital-audiophile]

Zeospur2 :)

I've been too afraid to try it myself, overdoasing can wipe you out pretty fast.

From my understanding it encourages corals to shed some of their excess zooxanthellae to increase colour.

[lobsterboy]

zeospur2, extremely dangerous, when used improper.

but when used in the right amount. its awesome. lightings the corals up, like alot of german style tanks. to get that pastel color.

[Ghost]

Impressive growth rates!

flamesfan - Do you direct feed your corals?

I had a hitch hiker coral when I bought my live rock and thought it was a long hair ric (looks similar to your first pic) but had since been told it's likely a furry mushroom because it will sometimes curl inwards into a pumpkin shape (a trait of mushroom corals I'm told). Anyways, he's been about the same size since I got him months ago.

[FlamesFan]

zeospur2, extremely dangerous, when used improper.

but when used in the right amount. its awesome. lightings the corals up, like alot of german style tanks. to get that pastel color.

Exactly. Takes a lot of the browns out of SPS. But yeh if your params aren't exact to the ZEOvit guidelines especially your Alk you can have serious side effects from Zeospur2 including rapid death of everything in your tank. On the other hand if your experienced enough with your testing and can maintain good params, ZEOspur2 is an amazing product.

[FlamesFan]

Impressive growth rates!

flamesfan - Do you direct feed your corals?

I had a hitch hiker coral when I bought my live rock and thought it was a long hair ric (looks similar to your first pic) but had since been told it's likely a furry mushroom because it will sometimes curl inwards into a pumpkin shape (a trait of mushroom corals I'm told). Anyways, he's been about the same size since I got him months ago.

I only direct feed once a month with reef chili. Its a product sold out of bulkreefsupply. Weather it contributes to stuff like the mushrooms splitting I dont know. Other than that my tank gets a shot of ocean nutrition formula 1 and 2 and clyopl-eeze daily. Mysis once a week.

As far as fish I have a coral beauty, yellow tang, mandrin, paired cinnamon clowns, lawn mower blenny, and a diamond gobby. Only 4 of them actually eat food I feed the tank so the corals have a lot to snag for themselves. I let the skimmer take care of the rest.

[fishytime]

Heres an oldie.

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=38640

[FlamesFan]

Nice Doug. Haven't seen to many frag to colonie pics. I have a blue diji frag I got from John a couple months ago thats branched a few times and has grown great but im not sure he will reach colonie size in 4 more months.

[FlamesFan]

Ok so he isn't so pale anymore so I figured id post a 1 month growth shot!

Update on an issue I was having with a small amount of Pink Cotton Candy (http://www.melevsreef.com/id/pink_cotton_algae.html) algae too. You can see it in the first picture, I battled with it for a couple months sucking it up when it would regrow but it has now completely removed itself from my tank. I was worried it was going to spread.

Taken 2/5/09
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/3167/slimer2yq3.jpg

Today 3/9/09
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/1323/slimer.jpg

[lobsterboy]

looking good sean