As stated earlier all this thing had done is encrust like crazy . It has maybe grown 1/4 inch in height .
I am under the weather n not feeling too well but here is my pic to keep the thread up to date .
Encrusting has covered the plug, initial branch has grown a little and now is showing signs of nubs
Unfortunatley I have lost some color, I believe it is placed too high (~5" below the water surface) Jason told me high light, but I think this is too much. Will be moving it to mid level over the weekend and hope to see color return.
Sorry . I pop in and out of this forum . Not an everyday thing .
I think Anthony is right . If u look at the start of the thread u can see my pic's n get a general idea . I have lowered my frag last week to try to get it to grow upwards now . It sits on the opposite side of a MP40 cranked up to 70 % maybe a lil lower than the Vortech .
I only have a IM 40 Fusion Tank . HTH
Mine was getting too much light (even on the bottom directly under the T5s) and I moved it into a shaded area... It gets like 300 par for 3 hours a day and then 200 par under 6 blue + the rest of the day.
The plug is encrusted and the coral is still spreading. Not alot of visible growth but I am seeing alot of yellow coming in on the piece so I am assuming perhaps those areas will start to grow outward soon?
Here is an update on mine. I put it in my frag rack the day I got it behind a big tort colony and kind of forgot about it. When I went to move ot to take the picture it had already started to encrust on the egg crate! You can see the pieces sticking off on the top down pic. It has really not done well in color tho at all a brown turd atm...
Looks good Jimmy . Did it come in looking that way ? I know mine did something similar then shifted to a bluish color n then went green to red . So it may very well be normal for this coral . I know when I got mine it had yellow tips n was brown . Not red HTH
Looks good Jimmy . Did it come in looking that way ? I know mine did something similar then shifted to a bluish color n then went green to red . So it may very well be normal for this coral . I know when I got mine it had yellow tips n was brown . Not red HTH
It came in about the same color. It did have a hint of the flame at the tip but barely. There is a pic earlier that showed it. Hoping it is just getting adjusted to my tank and eventually gets better.
So the key word here is changes lol. I have recently made some changes to my lighting schedule, and settings. I also moved the frag down another 6-8" I now have it @ approx 1/4 up. I believe it's still getting too much light. While it has colored up some, it's far from that intense red it's supposed to be. I may have to move it again, but I am going to give it another month under these new conditions to see how she does first.
It looks like it's getting more branches . I guess I am a lil late with the update .
I popped off the nubs growing on the side of the plug . Saltwateraddict n I want to see if the nubs turn into anything .
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