Fair warning, keeping one alive past a year is rare, and they require a tip top stable mature tank. And they will change color on you.I've always wanted to try a Spath out -- Maybe it's time.
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Fair warning, keeping one alive past a year is rare, and they require a tip top stable mature tank. And they will change color on you.I've always wanted to try a Spath out -- Maybe it's time.
Fair warning, keeping one alive past a year is rare, and they require a tip top stable mature tank. And they will change color on you.
Ive had this spath for about two yrs now. This is what it looked like after about a year, crappy pic under blue led.
Now it's a reddish pink with blue tips on all the new growth. I'd say it's easily 3/4" thick. The trick like most sps is keep it in consistent conditions and don't move it once it's there.
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Very impressive!Close to 2.5 years or so on these
BumpIve had this spath for about two yrs now. This is what it looked like after about a year, crappy pic under blue led.
Now it's a reddish pink with blue tips on all the new growth. I'd say it's easily 3/4" thick. The trick like most sps is keep it in consistent conditions and don't move it once it's there.
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I agree that that’s what I’ve been seeing. This was more peach in the store. I have it in the highest point of rockwork close to a mp40Yea that looks like a spath. I have not seen any colorful ones coming into the us recently, anyone else notice this? Seems like they are all green with pink tips at best. I miss the blue and purples and what not that we used to see a lot.
I have had a green and pink tip one for a while but it’s been mistreated recently so not pic worthy. I believe they need high light when coming into our tanks but can be acclimated to normal lighting eventually, I think getting them past the transition phase of a few months is key and lots of people fail there. Once they are growing I see no reason they would be different from other corals, other than maybe flow needing to be right with the thick branches it needs.
One of my Spaths was like yours in the store, peach colour.
But after 3-4 months the colour was the green with pink tips.
Very nice Acro and for me, easy to keep.
Thanks for you words.
I am sure yours will be like mine or better.
They only need flow, light, more flow, more light and after this, more flow and light, lol.
And may be, a light spectrum more white than tipical in USA. Here in Europe we work with less blue and the aussie Acros love it.