Aussie Echinata growth pics

[SPStoner]

Got some 4 month growth pics on my Echinata frag. It took a while, but it is really starting to take off!

January 2010

May 2010

 

[mpoletti]

Very nice Tony :)

 

[soccerbag]

REALLY nice. From the pics, it looks like the awesome colors of the ORA Pearlberry but in echinata form - and that would be a nice combo IMO. Nice pickup!

 

[ctxmonitor]

That is a very nice piece. Love the white and hing of purple color on it. I also brought a piece but somehow my turn brown and i haven't seen it color up yet. What kind of system you have it in? Do you use zeo, or dose vodka, etc..?

 

[SaraB]

Sweet Tony!!!

 

[SPStoner]

Thanks, all. That piece is in my frag tank under pretty low lighting. (20K- 150w radium) No zeo, but I do dose the Instant Ocean Nitrate Reducer for the past 2 months, but really I think this one just does best in lower lighting.

 

[Znut Reefer]

Very nice Tony. Looks like you are getting good growth. I think it would be a lower light coral as well.

 

[ctxmonitor]

Yeah, that's what i thought too. I have it on the lower part of the tank.. Were it this color when you got it? Or it slowly took a couple of months to gain the white and light purple/blue tint on it? Does it get alot of flow?

 

[SPStoner]

Thanks, Fonda!

ctx- It was that color when i got it, never lost color at all. The new growth, though, has even brighter colors than the original frag. Flow-wise, i would say moderate to low flow.

I have this close to a frag of the Icefire and honestly, i think I am starting to like this one better.

 

[Maximus]

I think we have the same Aussie echinata and you're absolutely right about the coral preferring lower lights. Mine started to bleach after a couple weeks as it was placed high and I lowered it. It has now regained back all the color after placing it lower.

 

[Hammmerhead]

Great looking Ech. I have had the opposite need for mine though. I started mine with lower light levels only to lose some color. I then centered it directly under my 10K mh and it brought the bright whites and blues back. Its still really not that high in the tank though. I would say the base is a little above the halfway mark in my tank and the tip of the Ech is around 12-14 inches from the bulb itself.

 

[Rickyrooz]

Nice!

 

[drainbamage]

gorgeous frag, extremely nice color.

 

[Dan Rigle]

nice growth tony,the new growth is always prettier than the old branches.

 

[inactive]

Very nice :)

 

[johnanddawn]

wow! thats nice
i have room for a new piece and i've been trying to decide - now i know