I always see you around the forum but somehow I missed your thread . Your tank is gorgeous and getting pretty filled in. Near the beginning of the video, that crazy blue coral, is it Org Tort? Do you have a pic of your pearlberry?
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I always see you around the forum but somehow I missed your thread . Your tank is gorgeous and getting pretty filled in. Near the beginning of the video, that crazy blue coral, is it Org Tort? Do you have a pic of your pearlberry?
You must have a very patient wife! My wife would let it all die before she sent me videos each day. I know you said it will be a while but whenever you are ready to frag the pearlberry and lokani let me know. Not many people seem to have the lokani.
It looks very nice and has a whole bunch of growth happening! You don't have any issue with your nutrients high? Have you tried to see how corals react at different levels? Sorry for all the questions but I'm catching up on your thread.
Well said!No it's absolutely fine and am honored that you ask so many questions . Honestly I can't say I have tried to run low nutrient due to my crazy work schedule . But with high 10k halides that I run , I almost feel confident of running into lesser issues of STN and RTN and bleaching with higher nutrients . Am happy with the growth and color and not willing to tweak anything .
If it ain't broken why fix it !!! Lol
Well said!
Next time you get the camera out will you take a pic of the SOTR milli? I bought one from WWC a couple months ago but it was as brown as brown could be. They said because it was in low light in one of their lps tanks. It's slowly improving but still so far to go.
With how your tank looks, you will have no issues growing them. Once they start growing, they grow fast, so make sure you only put them where you would want them to generally stay.
I have no idea what the popular zoas are now. I lost interest in them when I started buying high end sps.Thanks @bubbaque . I would like to know top 5-10 Zoas that you would keep and high end ones . I have no clue about them and want some help in selecting .
Regards,
Abhishek
You are making me jealous man that piece looks gorgeous!I normally don't do frequent updates as this but had to share this.
Icefire echinata is one of my all time most favorite acros . Surely not an easy acro to keep and maintain compared to other acropora species like tenuis and torts.
I had many over the years and most of them if kept properly showed nice blues . I even have Tyree Aquascene Original Icefire echinata from Tim and its a beauty in its own rights.
But in my limited 10-12 years of the hobby , nothing has ever come close to the wild icefire I have now . Its the only wild I have in my tank and has been with me for quite sometime. After 6-7 months doing well.
But in the week or 2 seems to have suddenly decided to blind any lookers at it . I know the changes I have done but not sure if it attributes to the color. It surely does give my OG Oregon Tort a run for the money and Oregon Tort is true blue for sure ..
Since moving to calcium reactor, I have been slowly running high alkalinity than am used to. Now my alk runs in 9.5-10 . Couple that with 250 watts of 10K light and you got some crazy blues !!!
Enough of talk .. Enjoy the blue blindness while you can for echinatas can quickly take turn for worse
Regards,
Abhishek
You are making me jealous man that piece looks gorgeous!
That is a beauty! The "ice fire" is also one of my favorites. I tried to keep an Aussie echinata before and it died on me, but the frag was in bad shape to begin with. I got another one from Adam today to give it another try. I believe they look the same. Do you know?I normally don't do frequent updates as this but had to share this.
Icefire echinata is one of my all time most favorite acros . Surely not an easy acro to keep and maintain compared to other acropora species like tenuis and torts.
I had many over the years and most of them if kept properly showed nice blues . I even have Tyree Aquascene Original Icefire echinata from Tim and its a beauty in its own rights.
But in my limited 10-12 years of the hobby , nothing has ever come close to the wild icefire I have now . Its the only wild I have in my tank and has been with me for quite sometime. After 6-7 months doing well.
But in the week or 2 seems to have suddenly decided to blind any lookers at it . I know the changes I have done but not sure if it attributes to the color. It surely does give my OG Oregon Tort a run for the money and Oregon Tort is true blue for sure ..
Since moving to calcium reactor, I have been slowly running high alkalinity than am used to. Now my alk runs in 9.5-10 . Couple that with 250 watts of 10K light and you got some crazy blues !!!
Enough of talk .. Enjoy the blue blindness while you can for echinatas can quickly take turn for worse
Regards,
Abhishek
That is a beauty! The "ice fire" is also one of my favorites. I tried to keep an Aussie echinata before and it died on me, but the frag was in bad shape to begin with. I got another one from Adam today to give it another try. I believe they look the same. Do you know?
You are the second person I seen say that raising alk caused sudden growth for them.
That's a very nice acro Abhishek! I feel like the colors are going to be even more impressive the bigger it gets.Crazy busy with work ! Have been traveling so much that I get it to see the tank only once in 3-4 weeks .
Just a small update about my most favorite acro of all times may be ..
Not a rainbow color but its different - deepest pink / red body with most of the older polyps as green but all newer growth is blinding whitish blue with white polyps . Its difficult to capture the blinding sight with my prehistoric mobile phone camera . Its about 3-4 inches and only encrusting as I have it in crazy flow !
Without much ado - I present to you Gilligan - one of battlecorals finest
Regards,
Abhishek