I have become addicted to collecting torches and I see all these wonderful indo / Aussie golds for sale. I get that photos never do it justice vs real life, but see a lot of true golds out there that look stunning. I picked up an Aussie gold, dragon soul, and indo gold torch but my coloration is no where near what I expected and was wondering if folks had tips on bringing that out, or if it comes down to lineage and less about conditions.
Parameters
Salinity: 35ppt
Calcium: 470
Alk: 8.5
Mg: 1350
Nitrate: 10
Phosphate: .03
Temp: 78.5
pH: 8.1-8.2
PAR: ~150, 40% blues, 20% whites, REEFLED 90W
Examples:
Dragon soul torch
Bought at LFS, was not super colorful, but it was $125 a head ($250 total) so I figured to give it a try. This is it now, taken with flip-kick orange filter. Been upping the par and seeing a bit more coloration near the tips, but not deep.
This is it when I bought it, as you can tell, not very colorful.
Aussie gold torch & hammer
Coloration has stayed about the same since I got it. The gold is brighter under more blues. Also tentacles are half gold and half purple, so I'm guessing this is different than a 24K gold torch, or is that condition induced?
Here is the stock photo when I purchased it. Pretty gold.
Indo gold
This one I bought from black friday, so it's been in my QT for 2 weeks. You can see the tinge of gold at the tips from the top and also a bit more gold from the side. The orange filter brings it out, but no way as bright under my lighting.
Unfortunately, it doesn't look as good as the stock photo when I purchased it.
I guess what I'm trying to figure out is 1) did I pay the pretty dollar on torches that are supposedly gold, but to a much lesser extent than you'd see in staple photos, and therefore, should look to buy the really gold ones or 2) do I have something I can work with and get it to color up more?
Parameters
Salinity: 35ppt
Calcium: 470
Alk: 8.5
Mg: 1350
Nitrate: 10
Phosphate: .03
Temp: 78.5
pH: 8.1-8.2
PAR: ~150, 40% blues, 20% whites, REEFLED 90W
Examples:
Dragon soul torch
Bought at LFS, was not super colorful, but it was $125 a head ($250 total) so I figured to give it a try. This is it now, taken with flip-kick orange filter. Been upping the par and seeing a bit more coloration near the tips, but not deep.
This is it when I bought it, as you can tell, not very colorful.
Aussie gold torch & hammer
Coloration has stayed about the same since I got it. The gold is brighter under more blues. Also tentacles are half gold and half purple, so I'm guessing this is different than a 24K gold torch, or is that condition induced?
Here is the stock photo when I purchased it. Pretty gold.
Indo gold
This one I bought from black friday, so it's been in my QT for 2 weeks. You can see the tinge of gold at the tips from the top and also a bit more gold from the side. The orange filter brings it out, but no way as bright under my lighting.
Unfortunately, it doesn't look as good as the stock photo when I purchased it.
I guess what I'm trying to figure out is 1) did I pay the pretty dollar on torches that are supposedly gold, but to a much lesser extent than you'd see in staple photos, and therefore, should look to buy the really gold ones or 2) do I have something I can work with and get it to color up more?
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