coral grow pics

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  1. sans

    sans Plankton

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    Any one have pics of a their coral in different stages of growth? Please post!!
    I have a red monti cap that has been growing for 6 months or so. Check it out!

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  2. jdameli1

    jdameli1 Torch Coral

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    Nice growth! I just got back into corals, but I'll be following along:p
     
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  3. offensetaken

    offensetaken Montipora Digitata

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    Wow! That is very nice growth. What kind of lighting, flow, water params are giving you that kind of growth?
     
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  4. sans

    sans Plankton

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    I have a custom LED setup with 64 3 watt LED's with a color temp of 6500k and 10000k white along with 420nm and 460nm blue 1:1:1:1 ratio. My flow is 600gph rio return pump (dual outlet) and a koralia evo 1400. Water params are somewhere btw 8-11 dkh and 380-450 ca.
     
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  5. steve wright

    steve wright Super Moderator

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    Full tank shot please Sans

    that Monti looks excellent, so I will assume the rest of the tank also looks very good

    Steve
     
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  6. sans

    sans Plankton

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  7. aquariaman

    aquariaman Pajama Cardinal

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    beautiful growth!! great job!
     
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  8. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    Very nice growth shots. Just got myself a frag of the red monti, hopefully is will take off too.

    Beautiful tank!
     
    Corailline, Jan 6, 2011
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  9. Dingo

    Dingo Giant Squid

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    thats some real nice tabling on that monti :)

    I put this one in a little over 2 months ago
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  10. jdameli1

    jdameli1 Torch Coral

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    Now I have to go buy myself one... after seeing all the great shots, I have always overlooked them in the LFS
     
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