Acropora cerealis

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Jan '01

This small frag was purchased from Waves LFS as a loose frag in Oct '00

400W 10K MH Lighting
400 - 450 Calcium
3.5 - 4.5meq/l Alkalinity
78-83 Temp

Mar '01 This frag continues to be very slow growing and has added about 1 new row of radial corallites since last entry.
Apr '01 Frag growth has picked up some and has added about 1 to 2 rows of corallites in the last month.
Jun '01 Coral has been moved to new tank

Lighting:  400W 10K MH  w/ actinics
Calcium:  450 - 500 
Alkalinity: 3.5 - 4.5meq/l 
Temp:  78 - 80 
pH:  8.0 - 8.25 
High water motion

No obvious growth from last update
Jul '01 Rapid growth and coloration improvements can be seen after only 4 weeks in the new tank.
Sep '01 Growth continues at a pretty rapid pace.  It is in a fairly low current location, but it seems to suit it OK.  Polyps are encrusting around the base, but not causing any apparent problems.
Mar '03 This coral gradually got overrun by the polyps which can be seen in the picture above.  I fragged the remaining branches this month.  Unfortunately, I did not think to get a picture of the coral before I fragged it..  The coral never grew very large and was only about double in size (approx. 5")  from the Sep '01 picture

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