Spicy Lemon Favia Contest - Hard Luck Prize with a creative twist

[Cook]

Sometimes corals just don't appreciate their new homes and move on to that sparkling blue ocean in the great beyond. I hope that this doesn't happen to anyone, but if it does, this is the place to enter for a chance to receive a $50 Gift card to a local fish store of your choice.

Details: Members must have an entry in the 2025 Spicy Lemon Favia Grow Out Contest to be eligible, yes this means even if your coral has already given up the ghost.

Post a current picture of your deceased spicy lemon favia frag in this thread to enter. Entries will be accepted from now until December 1st. Include in your post your best literary work as to what happened that your Spicy Lemon Favia frag just couldn't live another day. The most creative heart breaking story of how your spicy lemon favia frag met it's end will be selected for our hard luck prize awarded at the Holiday party in December. Please, no deliberate killing of frags.


Contest FAQ's

 

[siege]

No losses so far! Even the tiny little chip I brought home seems to be doing well!

 

[childers]

I decided to pass on a frag when we had the swap because I had a colony. Well I tried GFO a couple of weeks ago and killed it, space invader pectina, two candy canes and something else. Only ran it for 4 hours and it stripped my phosphate down. Is that heartbreaking? Lol

 

[wellrn2002]

I decided to pass on a frag when we had the swap because I had a colony. Well I tried GFO a couple of weeks ago and killed it, space invader pectina, two candy canes and something else. Only ran it for 4 hours and it stripped my phosphate down. Is that heartbreaking? Lol

I am thinking of trying some SPS in my mixed reef tank, but I hear SPS are the most sensitive to the correct levels of phos. I’ve got mine consistently 0.05-1 ppm now and stable running GFO. My LPS are loving it. I guess I’ll try to start with something I will not cry over losing. I do have plans to fire up a 50G SPS only tank soon so a little experiment sounds fun. I’ve seen some pristine tanks out there and always assumed some people dose phos in a tightly controlled way with a push pull to maintain the balance. I’m always careful to stay consistent on feeding and the amount and type of GFO I use. So far so good. Now I only test phos weekly. In fact, I can’t wait for the Maven to release so I can take much of that off of my to-do list.