GROW-OUT CONTEST: Alveopora - Growth Tracking

[Klems]

Got over a 7" stretch today...

 

[NanoCrazed]

Got over a 7" stretch today...View attachment 14965

Are you keeping it in a low PAR area?

 

[Klems]

Are you keeping it in a low PAR area?

No, it is under medium light. AI Prime 16 50% power, 12" under light

 

[Flagg37]

This is a hard coral to judge with so many heads. I guess if one more person dq’s then we won’t have to judge since there will only be two people left.

 

[NanoCrazed]

My alve is getting way too big. Starting to shade out my WD.... time to move it!

 

[Twisted]

My alve is getting way too big. Starting to shade out my WD.... time to move it!
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It’s so interesting how yours looks so different

 

[Klems]

I know what you mean about getting too big...

 

[Flamingolegs]

I know what you mean about getting too big...

How big is that tank?

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[Klems]

How big is that tank?

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Just a 10 gallon I got from Petco and built an AIO out of it.

 

[Twisted]

Just a 10 gallon I got from Petco and built an AIO out of it.

That’s so funny. It’s taking up your entire tank

 

[Klems]

Here are my pics for this month...it is getting harder to get the polyps to retract enough to get a great count. When fully open it is stretching over 7" wide and polyp "fingers" open large enough to surround my thumb.

Included untouched pics and ones with dots / counts
92+98+103= 293

 

[Twisted]

Any tips on how to make it close all the way without hurting the coral? Also would a picture be ok and just do a full count on the last month ?

 

[Twisted]

I’ll

Super hard to get it closed up since it has skeleton stuck to the rack. Definitely see a bunch of new baby heads

 

[Flamingolegs]

Definitely atleast twice as big as when I got the frag now. It was about the size of the goniopora next to it. Going to have to move it soon! By my count I have atleast 230 polyps now.

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[NanoCrazed]

Any tips on how to make it close all the way without hurting the coral? Also would a picture be ok and just do a full count on the last month ?

you lift it briefly out of the water...

 

[NanoCrazed]

267... so +72

Have to take a top pic now since piece grew a lot and can't capture all side with just a front and back shot.

 

[Alexx]

wow it is so cool seeing how it grew over the passing months Kinda hard to count the heads I bet

 

[NanoCrazed]

wow it is so cool seeing hot it grew over the passing months Kinda hard to count the heads I bet

Yeah... it gets to be very much best effort... i am sure I actually have more growth than i reported but got tired of counting. Lol.

Probably last alve challenge i do...unless there's a better way to evaluate growth . Oy

 

[Klems]

Here are my pics this for this month. Captured three sides and top views:
97+94+108+55= 354

Also posted current golf ball size and original size frag (1/4)

 

[Klems]

A pic of it all open...