XSive's grow-out progress

[XSiVE]

This is my grow out thread!

my showcase can be found here: http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/dto_showcase.php?do=editvehicle&g=1335

[XSiVE]

Display: 120g 4x2x2

Lighting: Home-built LED units. 150-200 PAR available to all frags.

Flow: 2 MP40wES on tidal swell, genx pcx40 closed loop, half of a mag9 return pump.

Position: All 8 frags are on the sand bed in the front right corner of my display. They will not be moved until this contest is over.

Dosing: Daily Vodka additions, no bacteria additions.


All have been in the display since about 6pm All are open, purple deaths and lunar eclipse are being a little more sluggish on opening up but they are well on their way to be fully open :)

[XSiVE]

images!
Zoo's in the tank:
http://ryanensminger.com/gallery/d/5050-1/xsive11-9-image.jpg

cropped closeups + date-stamped counts (yes I know this image is ugly & tacky but Im having fun with it):
http://ryanensminger.com/gallery/d/5046-1/xsive11-9.jpg

[XSiVE]

http://ryanensminger.com/gallery/d/5054-2/xsive11-30-image.jpg

2 keds are closed right now after a favie fell on them =(

total polyp count: 39

[jolson10450]

lookin good ryan gettin some good growth! those gobstoppers are kickin off good for you, mines still at 1 polyp, i got tons of babies on all mine but i cant see their full color yet so i havent counted them yet. gonna be a tight race thats for sure!

[Wy Renegade]

Very nice - excellent growth. Glad to see the Eye of Rah taking off for somebody.

[XSiVE]

Thanks for the comments.. I didn't want to change anything in the tank during this contest but the idea of a turf scrubber for nutrient export & pod growth piqued my interest so I recently converted my fuge into one, we'll see if that has any positive or negative effects.

[jolson10450]

those turf scrubbers are amazing, you can almost not even run a skimmer with those, i know people that run them with no skimmer. good luck with it!

[Wy Renegade]

Thanks for the comments.. I didn't want to change anything in the tank during this contest but the idea of a turf scrubber for nutrient export & pod growth piqued my interest so I recently converted my fuge into one, we'll see if that has any positive or negative effects.

Did you happen to do a build thread? I would be curious to see how you did it.

[XSiVE]

sorry no build thread on the scrubber it's just something I threw together in one night. It's run off the old feed line to my fuge, the water level in the tank is at about 4".. two screens parallel to one another each tee'd off the line hang from the top of the tank, only two lights... it's not optimal but we'll see how it goes.

I'll probably update my main tank thread with some pics of it.

[XSiVE]

I can try to get a pic of them all closed up since I had to disturb them to count.. havent really had time lately with a new baby in the house and the holidays coming but here is my updated polyp count

Gobstoppers: 4
Devil's Armor: 7
Lunar Eclipse: 2
Better than Keds: 8
Purple Death: 4
Eye of Rah:16
Greenbay Packers:11
Skyhigh Zoo's:16

Total Polyp Count: 68

[vittleking]

nice job Ryan!!! Your on fire brother!!!

[jolson10450]

dang man i thought i was winning! i was wondering where ya been, glad to see though everything is fine! looks like us DIY led people are on the top of the growth list so far.

[cg5071]

Man, you can grow skyhighs too! what is wrong with me? lol

[Sir Patrick]

68???? Sweet!!!!

[Wy Renegade]

Wow, couple of those have really taken off for you! Nice growth

[XSiVE]

new pic:
http://ryanensminger.com/gallery/d/5086-2/xsive1-6-image.jpg

and counts:
Keds: 11
Devil's Armor: 11
Purple Death: 7
Gobstoppers: 5
Greenbay Packers: 11
Skyhigh's: 17
Lunar Eclipse: 2 =(
Eye of Rah: 19

Total count: 83

[XSiVE]

Im going to need a frag station to put these on they are growing off the plugs!

[jolson10450]

dang ryan you are on fire!! my lunars are not doing so good either! im going to put an update up this weekend. i dont think i have as much as you but im pretty close!

[XSiVE]

dang ryan you are on fire!! my lunars are not doing so good either! im going to put an update up this weekend. i dont think i have as much as you but im pretty close!

i hope you are close, it'd be pretty cool to come down to a few polyps in the end :)

[jolson10450]

i hope you are close, it'd be pretty cool to come down to a few polyps in the end :)

yeah thats for sure! yours are under LEDs right? its nice knowing that we are at the top of the list with our LED tanks, makes for a good proof that they grow better under than and may possibly in the future help the market of them/drive the cost down haha

[cg5071]

My lunars have also stayed at 2 1/2 polyps. I wish the baby would open already!

[EMUreef]

man i might as well throw in the towel. im at 63 right now...

[XSiVE]

man i might as well throw in the towel. im at 63 right now...

I wouldnt do that if I were you.. something could happen that me or justin has some serious polyp recession, you never know.

[XSiVE]

new polyp count for the second january numbers

Keds: 11
Devil's Armor: 13
Purple Death: 7
Gobstoppers: 6
Greenbay Packers: 16
Skyhigh's: 17
Lunar Eclipse: 2 =(
Eye of Rah: 20

Total polyps: 92

[demonclownfish]

DAMMM bro. growin them things like crazy

[jimsflies]

Ryan is kicking some tail here! Got a new count for us...maybe some pics? :)

[XSiVE]

Pics to follow but here's today's count

Keds: 15
Devil's Armor: 14
Purple Death: 9
Gobstoppers: 6
Greenbay Packers: 16
Skyhigh's: 20
Lunar Eclipse: 2 =(
Eye of Rah: 23

Total: 105

[jolson10450]

Pics to follow but here's today's count

Keds: 15
Devil's Armor: 14
Purple Death: 9
Gobstoppers: 6
Greenbay Packers: 16
Skyhigh's: 20
Lunar Eclipse: 2 =(
Eye of Rah: 23

Total: 105

man! slow down a bit you are making all of us look bad lol!

[EMUreef]

man! slow down a bit you are making all of us look bad lol!

seriously!

[XSiVE]

seriously!

if it makes you guys feel any better ive got some acro's that are STNing right now due to my lack of time for the tank =(

[EMUreef]

if it makes you guys feel any better ive got some acro's that are STNing right now due to my lack of time for the tank =(

no that actually doesn't make me feel any better at all, i'm even more sad now. Thanks.

[Sir Patrick]

So-Your feeding your polyps shed sps tissue???? That must be the secret!!!

That and the higher nutrients you most likely have in the tank right now.

You will have past my growout 3 times here pretty quick!

[jolson10450]

well... at least if you win you will have a saw to frag the tissue that is left on the acros lol! that stinks though man... i must need to lower my parameters so my frags grow better. no sps in the tank they are in!