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Offline Gary

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Win a $50 gift certificate. Jim Humphrey "Goat Corals" is providing "Pink Rings of Death" zoanthids for a Coral Grow-out Contest!

Please sign-up before March 3, 2020 Midnight if you wish to participate in the Humphrey's "Pink Rings of Death" Coral Grow-out Contest! You must be a Premium Member.  Contestants can pickup their zoanthid frag at the March 8, 2020 club meeting 1-3 PM. Contest Participants must post here the first week (9th to 15th) of each contest month the following:

Frag Photo
Basic Water Parameters
Lighting
Water flow

Contest concludes Midnight EST August 15, 2020.
« Last Edit: March 09, 2020, 02:23:16 by Gary »

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Re: Humphrey's "Pink Rings of Death" Coral Grow-out Contest Sign-up!
« Reply #1 on: February 29, 2020, 00:41:03 »
I’d really like to participate in this, however, I can’t be at the meeting because I have to work. Are there any alternative pickup times or methods?

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I want in on this. I have an idea I want to try out.


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Re: Humphrey's "Pink Rings of Death" Coral Grow-out Contest Sign-up!
« Reply #3 on: February 29, 2020, 09:56:23 »
Ohioreefjr, one us can pickup your coral. Experimentation can be risky. A coral on steroids? LoL

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Re: Humphrey's "Pink Rings of Death" Coral Grow-out Contest Sign-up!
« Reply #4 on: February 29, 2020, 10:26:45 »
I would greatly appreciate that. Then I’d be willing to pick it up from wherever I would need to

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Re: Humphrey's "Pink Rings of Death" Coral Grow-out Contest Sign-up!
« Reply #5 on: February 29, 2020, 18:41:02 »
What “basic water parameters” do we need to provide (i.e. do I have to test my water)?  😉

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Ohioreefjr, one us can pickup your coral. Experimentation can be risky. A coral on steroids? LoL

I just picked up some of the things I’ll need for it. Just gotta order 1 more thing. Hoping this is as successful as someone else claims they were.


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Re: Humphrey's "Pink Rings of Death" Coral Grow-out Contest Sign-up!
« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2020, 08:08:23 »
If you can't make the meeting, you can have someone else pickup your frag as Gary suggested, or you can pickup at my house at an alternative time.  Text 937-287-8104.  Jim

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Re: Humphrey's "Pink Rings of Death" Coral Grow-out Contest Sign-up!
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2020, 22:03:24 »
Basic Water Parameters -Just the parameters that each individual test or tracks on their system. Some people track or test little to nothing. For me basic is temperature, Kh, Ca, Mg, and salinity.


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Re: Humphrey's "Pink Rings of Death" Coral Grow-out Contest Sign-up!
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2020, 01:09:03 »
Sometimes my husbandry skills aren't the best but I do strive for consistency.  Some zoas do well and others just dwindle.

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Re: Humphrey's "Pink Rings of Death" Coral Grow-out Contest Sign-up!
« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2020, 10:16:49 »
did i miss sign up, where is march's meeting?

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Re: Humphrey's "Pink Rings of Death" Coral Grow-out Contest Sign-up!
« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2020, 18:42:43 »
Humphrey's 8 Mar 2020 the sign up is still active! Hope to see you there!

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Re: Humphrey's "Pink Rings of Death" Coral Grow-out Contest Sign-up!
« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2020, 19:02:50 »
I'll be out of town this weekend sorry

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Re: Humphrey's "Pink Rings of Death" Coral Grow-out Contest Sign-up!
« Reply #13 on: March 04, 2020, 19:27:35 »
It doesn’t matter to me on whether someone grabs it for me or I arrange an alternate pickup time. I’ll do whichever is easiest for everyone else

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Re: Humphrey's "Pink Rings of Death" Coral Grow-out Contest Sign-up!
« Reply #14 on: March 04, 2020, 20:17:04 »
I would like to come to the meeting but not be in the contest because I am just starting to look at my water levels

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Re: Humphrey's "Pink Rings of Death" Coral Grow-out Contest Sign-up!
« Reply #15 on: March 04, 2020, 21:44:11 »
so sign up on the meeting thread

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Re: Humphrey's "Pink Rings of Death" Coral Grow-out Contest Sign-up!
« Reply #16 on: March 05, 2020, 10:13:44 »
if anyone is going and coming back to cincinnati id love to grab the frag of this from the meeting.

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Re: Humphrey's "Pink Rings of Death" Coral Grow-out Contest Sign-up!
« Reply #17 on: March 08, 2020, 18:33:31 »
Let's get'um growin!

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When and where are we supposed to post updates on this? How long is the total timeline until a “winner” is determined? I just got mine in their new home finally.


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Re: Humphrey's "Pink Rings of Death" Coral Grow-out Contest Sign-up!
« Reply #19 on: March 09, 2020, 02:28:46 »
Post here the 9th to the 15th of each month. Winner will be announced after 15 August 2020.

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Re: Humphrey's "Pink Rings of Death" Coral Grow-out Contest Sign-up!
« Reply #20 on: March 09, 2020, 17:46:42 »
Tank parameters
Nitrate 20ppm
Alk 9.7
Salinity 1.026
Mag 1300
Mars aqua light at 100% blue
Temp. 80

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Here is the contraption i am using to attempt my grow out. Someone on the FB reef page claims to have really good growth with his “reef jar” so I’m taking a stab at it. It’s 1/2gal currently has a compact fluorescent light on it until the LED shows up. The zoas didn’t open up very well today, so I’m still trying to figure out things.




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Re: Humphrey's "Pink Rings of Death" Coral Grow-out Contest Sign-up!
« Reply #22 on: March 09, 2020, 18:56:45 »
Using my AIO frag tank consisting of filter floss, a bag of carbon and weekly water changes. I use water from the main system or freshly mixed saltwater depending on my nutrient levels.

Alk 5.1. (Opps, going to need to work on that one)
Nitrate 3-5
Salinity 1.025
Lighting is a kessil A360WE at 100% blue 100% intensity and a kessil A150 sky blue.

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Re: Humphrey's "Pink Rings of Death" Coral Grow-out Contest Sign-up!
« Reply #23 on: March 11, 2020, 19:16:29 »
3/10/2020    Parameters

Alkalinity        164ppm---9.2dKH
Calcium          400ppm
Nitrate            4.0ppm
Phosphorus     38ppb---.115ppm phosphate
Temperature   76.8
Salinity           1.025
Magnesium     1300ppm

Kessil LED lighting
MP40 and Maxspect Gyre XF350

Dosing Calcium Chloride and Sodium Bicarbonate
Running GFO and Chaetomorpha.
Dosing Nitrate as needed.
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Did a water change on my jar, but Mine still don’t want to open up, the GSP I put in there is nice and fluffy though! I got my new LED light for it today, hopefully the zoa’s just aren’t happy with the lighting




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