Check out these Florida Hard Corals!

[Brandon McHenry]

Thankful for the opportunity to care for these amazing coral!

 

[lonelyfloat]

Thankful for the opportunity to care for these amazing coral!

Is there even a skeleton under that? :P

 

[lonelyfloat]

double post

 

[Brandon McHenry]

Is there even a skeleton under that? :p

Which one in particular? Lol

 

[lonelyfloat]

Which one in particular? Lol

The second to last one!

 

[Brandon McHenry]

The second to last one!

I thought so. That stag is always wide open. It’s a very bushy coral and it looks super fuzzy as the current blows through.

 

[ReeferNtraining]

My friend on the East side, Brandon.... I want to thank you so much for your enthusiasm, your passion and your dedication to the preservation of Caribbean/Floridian coral reefs. I envy your position and look forward to the day when I can venture south and persue something similar! Thank you Brandon! Keep this thread going!

 

[Brandon McHenry]

My friend on the East side, Brandon.... I want to thank you so much for your enthusiasm, your passion and your dedication to the preservation of Caribbean/Floridian coral reefs. I envy your position and look forward to the day when I can venture south and persue something similar! Thank you Brandon! Keep this thread going!

Thank you for the kind words! I’m glad that you are enjoying what I’m sharing here. It’s nice to be able to show off and talk about the tanks I keep with the people who love the hobby as much as I do!

 

[Brandon McHenry]

New stags for my Acro garden! :D

 

[SeaDweller]

You're running radions, right? if so... I'd like to see what those "brown" corals look like under some blues, or are you hiding something magical (probably not) from us? Or are they just brown?

 

[Brandon McHenry]

You're running radions, right? if so... I'd like to see what those "brown" corals look like under some blues, or are you hiding something magical (probably not) from us? Or are they just brown?

Yes I run 100% all channels and supplement with 4x80w 6500k T5 bulbs. I don’t think there is any magic with all blues, they kind of just disappear. The Elkhorn and the Porites on page one have green fluorescence to them but that’s about it. I think the real magic for these coral are their daylight colors (which is brown :p).

 

[SeaDweller]

Yes I run 100% all channels and supplement with 4x80w 6500k T5 bulbs. I don’t think there is any magic with all blues, they kind of just disappear. The Elkhorn and the Porites on page one have green fluorescence to them but that’s about it. I think the real magic for these coral are their daylight colors (which is brown :p).

How high are the lights off your tank?

 

[Brandon McHenry]

How high are the lights off your tank?

The Radions are 15” above and the T5s are 20”.

 

[SmokenFunny]

looks great!

 

[Brandon McHenry]

looks great!

Thanks! I’m glad you like it!

 

[Graffiti Spot]

Let’s not start calling brown acros rainbows just because another color shows up under blues. :)

Why are the t5 so high?

 

[Brandon McHenry]

Let’s not start calling brown acros rainbows just because another color shows up under blues. :)

Why are the t5 so high?

Now that you mention it I was actually thinking of calling this one the Caribbean Rainbow Taboo Staghorn :p. Thoughts?

T5s are retrofit mounted to the top of a tall canopy.

 

[Malifry97]

This is SO cool

 

[Brandon McHenry]

This is SO cool

It really means a lot when people get excited about the tanks I keep at work, especially the ones that aren’t Indo-Pacific reef tanks. So thank you! :D

 

[Malifry97]

It really means a lot when people get excited about the tanks I keep at work, especially the ones that aren’t Indo-Pacific reef tanks. So thank you! :D

Yeah no problem! Keep the pics coming!