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09/15/2017, 12:07 PM | #976 |
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Man o man those are happy corals.
Just superb. That Pink Floyd is just amazing. The true yellow and red polyps, with that pe- it's just incredible. Your buddy's piece also looks fantastic.
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Awesome update =).. Thanks for sharing always look forward to the notification for you and a few others threads cause I know I get to drool..
I didn't Google it yet but where are the "Z's" corals from? A distributor or store? Your thread is the first I've heard of them and man they are some fricken stunners..
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Z is his secret weapon
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I am curious how the coral you showed in post #844 looks now. Any recent pics?
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A coral doing pretty well right now. It is interesting how over the course of time, you'll notice one coral not exactly unhappy but just not as colorful as you remember. This coral went through a browning out stage to some extent but has really come back nicely. And a little chalice under some blue light, it looks good under white but this is with a little help from blue leds. On a side note, me kessil refugium light failed after two years plus. It would overheat then turn off and then later turn back on. It was an H150 magenta. Well Kessil, although it was out of warranty and no longer manufactured, kindly allowed me to upgrade to an H350 deep purple at a very nominal cost. Pretty wonderful customer service at Kessil. Glad I kept the invoice from my original purchase though. I switched from the magenta to purple because I understand that may be the best choice for chaeto growth. Just replaced it last night so I will see how it does. |
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My monti, Z's Dream Monti, is starting to overgrow the D-D epoxy that I placed it on and starting to just attach to my rock work. I don't want it on my rock work because they can be aggressive. Check out the stinging to the acro on the far left. Z's Dream Monti |
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As always, corals are looking amazing Mark!
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09/25/2017, 10:41 PM | #987 |
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Wow!
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09/26/2017, 10:56 PM | #988 |
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Thanks, guys.
I took a bunch of pictures today. I want to make sure I can both track the progress of my sps as well as memorialize them photographically. I probably have 90-100 frags to mini-colonies in the tank but it seems I keep taking some of the same sps over and over again. They are obviously the brightest and most colorful so it makes it fun. Most of the pictures were taken with just Reefbrite Xhos today. And here is the same mini-colony/frag under metal halides only This is the first time that I have photographed the following sps under Reefbrites. It came out pretty cool. It is a different species from the one that i recently posted. The following is a young frag of RR USA CJ Pinky. It is growing like crazy for a small frag. It is placed high and with lots of flow. I think it is a little pale and may be getting too much light Here is a very similar view of the RR USA CJ Pinky under metal halides only, not quite as colorful but still pretty. Like I said, it may be getting too much light and therefore somewhat pale. Also have to remember, this is still a young frag and undoubtedly will improve with more time in the tank as well as maturity Lastly (for tonite at least), this is a frag that I got a huge chunk of. It was kind of beige/yellow when I got it. I don't know if it was a wild or mari-cultured piece, although likely mari-cultured. I kept it in my frag tank for many months because i was not sure it was worth putting in the display. Well I have a spot that is way up high in the display tank but gets too much flow for almost anything to survive. I thought I could give it a try in a spot where nothing else has been able to survive, so I moved it into the display a some months ago. It is starting to show some crazy colors, well that is if only the reefbrite xho's are on, it doesn't look this good with just metal halides on. Perhaps more time and it will even be better Last edited by watchguy123; 09/26/2017 at 11:14 PM. |
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Love your pics! What ever happened to that red dragon with yellow polyps?
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I am enjoying your new macro lens as well!
Very much.
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Is that some super duper, more ultimate than the ultimate orange passion, orange passion?
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Like always your colors are amazing!
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Stunning!
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Great colors!!!
I missed some FTS shot, yet. Alex
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I get frags and even colonies knocked off rock work by over excited fish. Occasionally, I am around to spot it. Most of the time if something gets knocked off its rock work, it either floats to behind the rock work or I am on vacation and come back to find a white coral in a back corner or laying a top its neighbor. Quote:
Thanks, I don't quite have enough colonies big enough and full enough for a cool FTS. Hopefully, not too far down the road. So here are a couple of pictures under blue leds (it doesn't look this great under metal halides) of the: Reef Raft Canada Ultimate Orange Passion
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Wow, can I get a cut
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It seems every few weeks or so, I get the camera bug and take more pictures. Some are different yet most unfortunately are repetitive views of my corals. But its ok, just like reefing, snapping pictures is also cathartic,
Reef Raft USA Pink Floyd (blue leds)
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