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Villanova won, but that was a month ago.

Is that Aiptasia, Tom? ????

I saw a whole bunch of nice red goniopora frags from colonies like Cherany's at The Premium Aquarium in Salem a few weeks ago.

Is there an entry fee? Thanks for doing this Bret and Adam. The frags look great!

Stumptown is Mattv, so you are quite familiar with his stock.

This is great! Thanks for organizing this, Rudy.

What's this one, Troy? (Second pic from first post) I think I have it too. I got it from Jeff at Cuttlefish, and it has really colored up well for me under OR t247 LEDs. Nice looking frags, by the way!

Very cool! I need to check it out.

Disqualified. Buh-bye.

Are you going to be babysitting some fish, Jeff?

Mine's in my home RSM 250 (66 gallon) display tank. Flow: Mp10 and Maxspect Gyre 130. Lighting: Phillips Luxeon LEDs via Steve's LEDs retrofit kit. Stock skimmer and Santa Monica Filtration Drop 1.4x algae scrubber for nutrient control. One 10% water change weekly. Triton Elementz dosing via a Kamoer 4 channel dosing pump. Phosphate: .07 Nitrate: 4 ppm KH: 8.0 Mg: 1350 Ca 460 Alveopora and Goniopora fed twice weekly with Two Little Fishies Goniopower. The growout Goniopora frag is placed on the sandbed. Full tank shot: Top view: it's about 15/16 of an inch at the longest Front view Back view Thanks for running another grow-out, Robert!

I think I need the full spectrum!

Yup, I might try a skimmer cleaner on my frag tank. My two display tanks are in areas with limited footprints (my office and dining room), so I have had to stick with 66 gallon Red Sea Max AIO tanks that have a skimmer built into the back sump compartment, and room underneath for a chiller. The AIO skimmer limits what you can do, so these are the tanks that are trickier for me with nutrients. The oversized skimmer on my frag tank makes the nutrient control a breeze, relatively speaking. Thanks for the info on the supplement!

Slightly pink is around 1-2 ppm NO3 with the Red Sea Pro kit. Your nutrients are a little lower than mine, then. I've settled into a sweet spot of Phosphates around .07, and Nitrates around 6 ppm. I might give the ME stuff a try if it doesn't raise my nutrients too much.

Interesting! Brad, what do you usually run for NO3 and PO4? Are your nutrients pretty low, or do you believe that Acropower and/or ME Polyp Extension is providing something different? Now that I have figured out how to keep my nutrients under control in my RSM tanks, I might try one of these amino acid additives again.

Yeah, what is that???

Fernando told me that it is called Danik's Goblin and Peter Pan Tenuis.

With a submersible chainsaw. LOL.

I recently posted a thread in TPA forum about an Acro that I am calling the "Giant Green Slimer." http://www.pnwmas.org/topic/37450-giant-green-acro/#entry375577 Then I saw this article on Reefbuilders today. WOW. https://reefbuilders.com/2016/04/19/unseen-corals-acropora-pinguis-might-be-the-thickest-branching-staghorn-coral/ I want one of those!

When you turn them back on after turning them off, they dump all the water in the line. So, I avoid turning them off as much as possible.

I've had all three of these. JBJ lasted about 5 months and pooped out on me. I have two Tunzes, and they work well and are going strong after 2+ years. My only complaint about the Tunzes is that they dump all of the water out of the hose every time that you turn them on and off. This results in extra RO water in the tank after you make an adjustment, etc... This is more of an issue with a smaller reef tank, however, since it is easy for me to have my water level go a little too high after a water change if I don't replace slightly less water than I take out. Probably not an issue if you are running 150 gallons. My Hydor is working really well, and it doesn't have the issue I mentioned with the Tunze.

That looks pretty cool. If only I was closer.....

Woo-hoo! I think it was pretty close between Robert and me, growth-wise. I have seen frags that I give him grow tremendous amounts in a few months in the same tank that Robert had his grow-out frag in, so I am really surprised that I came out on top. I think I had an advantage at the outset over some of the others, including Robert, because my frag had a few branches, and this coral seems to like to be sufficiently spread out before it starts growing skyward. Thanks a bunch to Robert and Jeff for making this grow-out happen. I had a blast, and I can't wait to sign up for the next one! My 8-yr-old suggested that I post the following in honor of our C&C Melted Snowman Tenuis https://youtu.be/DESSyqNvDY4?t=31s

Mine looks like a "CnC Melted Snowman Tenuis"

Tube worm tube?