Close up of Aussie Nepthea

[MixedFruitBasket]

I got a fairly good close up under almost all white light. There is a purple plus FHO and one 20K FHO on but everything else is 15K and 10K Kessils on all white.
When it's doing a bit better I'll get some photos under near sunlight conditions. This poor guy laid on his side for six months so he's got some weeks spots and the branches have kind of flattened. The side that was on the ground seems a bit stunted from the lack of light. But he stood today and the polyps are starting to open.
While there is purple to the polyps (much like on my stereonepthya) you can also clearly see the brown especially in the white light. I know the brown completely vanishes on the stereonepthya polyps if there is blue in the light. I can't even see the brown in the Japanese nepthea I have.
I looked up some nepthea species with a similar structure so again I am very confident it's just ordinary nepthea. Here's hoping now that it's in a hospitable environment it will begin to take off and grow better.

 

[reef lover]

Thanks for sharing!

 

[najer]

Very nice. :)

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

Here is a much more flattering shot without the high white lights and just mid level with a tinge of blue.

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

Today he looked really good, so I got some close ups with the cell phone. I'll try again later with the good camera.

 

[najer]

Today he looked really good, so I got some close ups with the cell phone. I'll try again later with the good camera.

That is very pretty. :)

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Looks great!! Thanks for sharing!!