DUKE62,JAMES404 and JERL77 grow out challenge

[duke62]

This is the official challenge thread for the 3 contestants doing the LED,MH and T5 challege.I was donated 3 frags of strawberry shortcake from Pets Warehouse and we are getting a blue tipped acro donated from Supremereef.the challenge is to see who gets better coral growth and color in a 6 month period under which set of lights..Iknow there are many factorss here that will go into account with growing and coloring up but this is a guys club challenge so please we dont want to hear how water quality nand parameters play a major factor we know
*******************RULES*************
1=We are getting corals from a single colony
2-After a week of acclimating we will put the corals at the same height in each tank
3-We will post pics on a bi weekly basis
4-No photoshop is to be used
5-we will post our parameters bi-weekly
6-If for any reason anything were to happens to someones tank there will be no winner so no gloating
7-this is for fun so dont bring this thread down.no one wants to here how this isnt conclusive because its in 3 different tanks..LIGHTEN UP
I will post pics of the frags i received.I am dipping the strawberry shortcake as we speak..HAVE FUN :biggrin:

 

[fishman1069]

Sweet! The is going to be so cool! Subscribed

 

[jcdeng]

subbed.

 

[skene]

now out of all curiosity... if all tanks being the same (which unfortunately they are not) how do you compensate for equipment differences (or lack thereof) per say one person doses manually, one doesn't dose, one uses a calcium reactor, etc.
I'm not putting light into an equation as that would open up a whole new can of worms.

I see this as exciting as watching coraline grow.

:lol2:

 

[duke62]

CORALS FOR THE CHAllENGE

We picked 3 of the least colored corals for the challege.Everone agreed they had to look browned out so here they are

 

[duke62]

skene so dont open the thread again

 

[dubs]

This sound like fun I am with guy with The Mh I am not too shore about color but i think they guy with mh will have the bigger growth ..I still a big Mh fan ..and gl on the challenge

 

[skene]

crap... those were the frags I was looking at purchasing

 

[Trainwreck]

Good idea dudes, have fun...so where do we place our bets?

 

[rambler67]

Ill be the bookie. cant wait to see the out come.

 

[Turbovr3six]

Here is my 3. They are waiting for you guys under 250W Radiums.

And the colony they are from under a 150W 14K PHX

 

[INNEED]

Sweet this should be fun..

 

[INNEED]

Can u list what brand of t5's are being used wattage....mh brand and wattage and brand of leds along with wattage....

 

[rookie07]

Are there any rules as to feeding (say limits per day, etc).

 

[Jakef150]

You go girls! Lets go LED!

 

[rookie07]

Are there any rules as to feeding (say limits per day, etc).

From what i have read recently, food is the main cause of growth (light is the main cause for color)

 

[MeanGreenEyes]

Omg...lmao...subscribed...this war is entertaining to say the least...this will be very entertaining...

 

[roc5288]

This is awesome. Can't wait for the results.

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[duke62]

This is going to be fun.i think the type of lights should be mentioned.My lights are the acan A103.Blues turn on at 11:30 then whites at 1230 at 50 percent and blues at 70 percent then 100 percent of both at 230 then off at 830 and 930 all the whites turn off and blues are off at 12

 

[jerl77]

That frag is going to look great in my tank lmfao
and no carbon dosing in any way