Florida or Sarmentosa?

[SteezySPS]

Thought this was a Sarmentosa. I think I may be wrong again, not sure. Maybe someone with a Sarmentosa or Florida can chime in?
When I first got it:

Now:

 

[darryl_v]

Firstly....super sweat. I think I have the same one. Is yours from Aussie? I have 2 similar corals...one I believe is a.sarmentosa and one I believe is a.florida. They do look so much a like though. This I think is a.florida but its real hard to say for sure.

I don't have a picture of the one I believe is a.florida because I just got it a few weeks ago but here is what I believe is my a.sarmentosa...

 

[SteezySPS]

I read veron's description but when I see photos, I'm at a loss. Mine came with a fiji shipment. I think it's same species but different type? Yours has red polyps!

 

[darryl_v]

Here is the new one I got....its also from australia. This one looks more similar to yours...

a.florida or a.sarmentosa??

 

[cmcneil]

the first three pics look like sarmentosas to me,and nice ones at that ;)

 

[SteezySPS]

Darryl~ That's super nice. I think it may be the same one as well. wish mine had reddish polyps like all of yours.
Cmcneil~ I think you're right. I just got a new colony and this one looks more like the Florida but I could be wrong. I'll take a daylight shot later

 

[Troylee]

Nice pieces!!!! I got a super big show size colony of that I have to off since it won't fit in my new cube...:( I have no clue what it is but I like it.... I got the same color also... I think it's Bali thou

 

[SteezySPS]

Body is more yellow-gold color with bright polyps and the red is much darker

 

[SteezySPS]

post a pic TL, PLS :)

 

[Troylee]

Sorry crappy phone shot I can't take pics under those LEDs...:( you can see the size thou it's like a 8" circle..

 

[SteezySPS]

yeah Ive seen led tanks at my lfs and they are super bright. phone cameras are great but practically junk for tank shots. here's a daylight shot of new sarmentosa.

 

[SteezySPS]

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[SteezySPS]

 

[SteezySPS]

Hopefully this one doesnt get too hairy like my other one

 

[AcroholicReefer]

Here is my Sarmentosa frag that is coloring up from propagation. Yours looks like a Sarmentosa as well.

 

[spartanomega21]

sorry to get a little off topic. but was stunned by your pictures! and couldnt find specs. anywhere. mind posting info?

 

[SteezySPS]

hey thanks man. No worries about going off topic, I ain't a reefcentral moderator that'll penalize you for it. I'm using a Canon T2i with a Canon 100mm L series macro. how do I find the specs like exposure and stuff? I'm a photo newb

 

[spartanomega21]

im sorry, i meant the specs on your tank. i dont know anything about cameras either though. thanks

 

[SteezySPS]

Here is my Sarmentosa frag that is coloring up from propagation. Yours looks like a Sarmentosa as well.

thanks for your input Acroholic Reefer

 

[SteezySPS]

im sorry, i meant the specs on your tank. i dont know anything about cameras either though. thanks

LOL. A 50 gallon 24x24x20 cube. Kinda missing the rectangular tanks but its easier to control the flow for cubes. I'm dosing esv b-ionic alk and cal with a bubble magus doser 8 times a day every 3 hours and add magnesium 1ml/gallon when i do a 10% weekly waterchange. Skimmer heavy bio-load is double the size of my tank and i skim wet and use chaeto for phosphates. I believe you can never have enough flow therefore my rockwork is lower so I can blast the tank with as much flow as possible above the corals. I have 92x turnover but i want more flow. I also add a poly pro filter because my water tds level is 8 or 9. thats it pretty much it. No gfo or bio pellets or any additional supplements or coral food.
Alk is low 9 high 8, cal is 450 and magnesium is 1450. Ime after raising the mag, my chaeto started dying off and my chalices started doing better. maybe a coincidence but i did read lps like high mag. hope that helps