SPS - Eye Candy

Macdaddynick1 · Apr 8, 2017

sawdonkey said:
Thanks. This is just one branch off of a decent sized colony. It seems to be pretty hardy. I'm a little lose with my parameters, but generally run my alk at 7-8, cal at 450, Mag at 1350, PO4 is usually close to 0, nitrates < 5. All LED for the last few years, but just added T5 a couple of days ago.

I need to give this piece a try , how much Par is it under and do you give it a lot of flow?

rinckemd · Apr 9, 2017

This is my fav right now. I got as a cut to order from unique a while back, but only know is it picking up color. The pic doesn't really do the polyps themselves justice, they appear kind of electric blue IRL.

N4sty T4te · Apr 12, 2017

So not full colonies, but definitely think these fit the eye candy bill. Photographed under mostly Royal Blue LED's with a little T5 in the Mix. Walt Disney and JF Alter Ego.

Donovan Joannes · Apr 12, 2017

Top view pictures...

gacolt · Apr 16, 2017

some acro's I got from the arc expo

the mariculture are from divers den

gacolt · Apr 16, 2017

Bronc · Apr 16, 2017

Love that milli!

happyhourhero · Apr 17, 2017

rinckemd · Apr 17, 2017

gacolt said:
some acro's I got from the arc expo

the mariculture are from divers den

Love the anacropora! I tried to get a detailed shot of mine yesterday too.

mpsteve · Apr 17, 2017

rlman41299 said:
Just started venturing to sps corals and so far I am having some great success with them.

Top coral is Walt Disney? And what's the bottom one?

gacolt · Apr 17, 2017

rinckemd said:
Love the anacropora! I tried to get a detailed shot of mine yesterday too.

yeah the anacropora and the cb maleficent are the two I like the most cant wait to see them as large colonies.has yours been a good grower?

revhtree · Apr 17, 2017

Hopefully soon I'll be able to finally really contribute to this thread!

N4sty T4te · Apr 17, 2017

Couple Royal Blue LED shots:

rinckemd · Apr 18, 2017

gacolt said:
yeah the anacropora and the cb maleficent are the two I like the most cant wait to see them as large colonies.has yours been a good grower?

Yeah, mine grows like a weed. It gets maybe 300 par under a radion g4 running ab+. I've had it 2 years, it's, I dunno, maybe 10x6in at least. It's just a crazy mess of branches going every which way. It's not as nice and orderly like acros. It doesn't encrust, I think I could just lift the whole colony out. I've broken it every time I've fiddled with it. I've never seen it re-grow over stung/dead spots. Just keeps growing outwards.

rlman41299 · Apr 18, 2017

mpsteve said:
Top coral is Walt Disney? And what's the bottom one?

Top one is walt disney and the bottom one was called gold digger by the seller. Never heard of a gold digger acro but it looks nice

najer · Apr 18, 2017

New cultured frag in yesterday, fingers crossed. :)

DSC06819 by sshipuk, on Flickr

Flyingbulldog · Apr 18, 2017

rlman41299 said:
Just started venturing to sps corals and so far I am having some great success with them.

What lights are you using? Beautiful corals!

Brad Johnson · Apr 18, 2017

happyhourhero said:

What is the name of the blue monti???? And where can i get me a start lol

happyhourhero · Apr 18, 2017

Brad Johnson said:
What is the name of the blue monti???? And where can i get me a start lol

That is a flower petal monti cap. I picked mine up locally in the browned out about to die bin. I saw a hint of blue and got it to see what i could get out of it. Glad I did.

Brad Johnson · Apr 18, 2017

happyhourhero said:
That is a flower petal monti cap. I picked mine up locally in the browned out about to die bin. I saw a hint of blue and got it to see what i could get out of it. Glad I did.

So is the base blue or just the polyps? Seems like its really good polyp extension on it