The Official "Full Spectrum SPS Stunners" Thread/Database

[Perry]

Hi Nate,
This is the truest rendention of PL I have grown personally.

This is 8-10" under 10xt5 with 4xB+, 2xP+, 4xABS and 2xOrphek OR390 Blue Act LED

 

[Mellotang]

Grown under good ol 65k

 

[VintageReefer]

What we need from you!

1) Pics of your favorite (s) SPS that look best under 10k Kelvin or "full spectrum" lighting.

See below

One pic of a frag and one pic of the grown out colony.

Can be someone else's photo but get permission from the creator to post!!

Posted a few pics of my own

2) The genius and species of the coral

Acropora millepora

3) Trade Name & Lineage (ORA, Tyree, Battle Corals, etc). Write out the acronym if you know it!

Sunrise millepora

4) Aliases (some same corals are sold with different trade names. Post those names here, so others know what's what)

You tell me lol I’m looking for another just like this

5) Light + Flow Requirements (hi, med, low)

High light high flow

6) Growth rate (fast, moderate, slow)

For me this was fast

7) Your lighting details for the coral in your photo (be specific!)

In these photos there is 2x250w Phoenix 14k halides + 2 t5 coral+ and 2 t5 blue+
There are no filters, lenses, or editing. In the pre-led days you could just take a picture and it would come out very close to real life

I don’t have pics on this phone of when I first got it but I have some earlier ones and growth shots. It took about a year to go from a frag to the first pic, then over the next 9 months this grew rapidly into a monster colony

October 2012

December 2012

Jan 2013 (blue shot cause why not )

July 2013

This was very green in blue lighting, but in full spectrum under halides only, the yellow base really came out contrasting the green polyps.

 

[naterealbig]

Do you consider T5 Coral+ & Blue plus combo as 10k? 10k as defined by our eyes is more yellow than that combo.

Agreed on all fronts here, thanks for calling this out. The intent to put together a reference for hobbyists who want to obtain corals that look great without trick lighting. My fault for seemingly 'locking' in the 10,000 K color temperature...

Same with running most LED brands at 100% to create full spectrum.

We are aligned... I've kept salt water aquariums since '92 and reefs since '05 so I understand (and have utilized) most pre-LED tech (prior owner of ATI 10-bulb, Giesemann Spectra & Infiniti, Viper, PFO, Son Agro, XM, (and my personal favorite) Sfiligoi XR models) between then and now. Funny how the shift slowly creeps up on you; I run my Radions at all channels 100%, and while I consider this white, it is 12k K at best. (I would run the freshwater Kessils or Radions, but there is no UV or near UV channels on them). Either way; a slight, but definitely not an oversight.

I'm suggesting maybe you should widen that range a bit to 10-14k or so.

Agreed. Although I propose to open it up both ways, as I think this also would miss the corals looking great in the sub-10k K arena (thank you @Mellotang). I've updated the parameter from '10K' to "~ 6.5k - 14k K" which I think gives a better/more realistic spread and still fulfills the original vision.

 

[Sweet Reef Corals Verified Sponsor]

One of the best full spectrum mille’s we have
JF Solar Flare
iPhone pic under Ocean Revives in full spectrum mode. Probably about 14k-16k
275-325 PAR
High Flow

I can’t wait to get some pics of the Solar Flare we are cooking under halides right now. The deep richness on it is just mind blowing!

 

[naterealbig]

Hi Nate,
This is the truest rendention of PL I have grown personally.

Stunning piece Perry, loving the teal you've pulled out of the growth edges and tips. Thank you for sharing brother. This is Tyree, no? Assume this is a "high" for lighting based on your comments - what about flow?

 

[naterealbig]

Grown under good ol 65k

Man, exactly what I would expect to see snorkeling on a real reef! Beautiful.

6,500 Iwasaki? Wattage?

Flow, light?

Snipersps Bubble Gum?

 

[naterealbig]

One of the best full spectrum mille’s we have
JF Solar Flare
iPhone pic under Ocean Revives in full spectrum mode. Probably about 14k-16k
275-325 PAR
High Flow

I can’t wait to get some pics of the Solar Flare we are cooking under halides right now. The deep richness on it is just mind blowing!

Thank you for sharing @Sweet Reef Corals ! Defininitely one of my all-time fav's. Share the halide pic when you've got it ready. What halide brand/model/wattage?

 

[*GAREEF*]

Grown under good ol 65k

I love it!! Awesome picture!!!

 

[naterealbig]

Database entries are up-to-date (as possible)

 

[Perry]

Stunning piece Perry, loving the teal you've pulled out of the growth edges and tips. Thank you for sharing brother. This is Tyree, no? Assume this is a "high" for lighting based on your comments - what about flow?

Hi Nate,
Correct with Tyree :) Flow was in the high range, this one was when no sand, so certainly in a turbid environment. I find the flow to be an individual thing, and mainly in effort to move sloughing digestive material, slime, messenterial filaments, etc away from the said coral. As long as that is achieved with every coral, the flow is sort of hard to quantify. For example, a smooth coral is quite efficient at the flow moving this slough away, however, the lack of polyps make it difficult to naturally move outside particulate away, due to lack of polyps to create the slime. I find dino strands to particularly stick to smoothies, whereas the millis and tenuis, seem to move these strands away with little effort. That said, I would imagine any of the stony corals to be high flow oriented corals, with smoothies being the sort of exception. Most smoothies I encountered, prefer low structure flow, and random as possible, direct patterns seem to irratate them.

 

[Perry]

This top down, under same lighting, offers a more contrasting colored example.

 

[Perry]

My Red Table, BC BonFire, JF Fox Flame, Top Left to Right
Yellow is BC Mr Neutron, and My Pearlberry colony to right lower(Knock Off)

 

[naterealbig]

Correct with Tyree :)

Ah! Thank you.

Flow was in the high range

Thanks for confirming - I think for these (and most other) SPS it would be fair to assume moderate-high to high light (350 - 450 PAR (ish))

this one was when no sand, so certainly in a turbid environment.

I recall (and follow closely) - certainly my favorite iteration of your system... I have an (unhealthy?) affinity for bare bottom displays...

I find the flow to be an individual thing, and mainly in effort to move sloughing digestive material, slime, messenterial filaments, etc away from the said coral. As long as that is achieved with every coral, the flow is sort of hard to quantify. For example, a smooth coral is quite efficient at the flow moving this slough away, however, the lack of polyps make it difficult to naturally move outside particulate away, due to lack of polyps to create the slime.

All makes sense, and 'fair' with flow being a true challenge to quantify/replicate considering coral species, colony size, etc, etc.

I find dino strands to particularly stick to smoothies, whereas the millis and tenuis, seem to move these strands away with little effort. That said, I would imagine any of the stony corals to be high flow oriented corals, with smoothies being the sort of exception. Most smoothies I encountered, prefer low structure flow, and random as possible, direct patterns seem to irratate them.

Thank you for sharing this - always find something to write down some notes about when you chime in Perry! I appreciate your engagement, and willingness to share your thoughts.

By-the-by, I've got some softies for you (if you still have your small setup, along with the frag racks of yours I've been borrowing for a year or so, and a beer (heh))... I need to find the time to swing by/meet up if you've got the bandwidth...

 

[Perry]

Some other cool ones

 

[Perry]

Ah! Thank you.


Thanks for confirming - I think for these (and most other) SPS it would be fair to assume moderate-high to high light (350 - 450 PAR (ish))


I recall (and follow closely) - certainly my favorite iteration of your system... I have an (unhealthy?) affinity for bare bottom displays...


All makes sense, and 'fair' with flow being a true challenge to quantify/replicate considering coral species, colony size, etc, etc.


Thank you for sharing this - always find something to write down some notes about when you chime in Perry! I appreciate your engagement, and willingness to share your thoughts.

By-the-by, I've got some softies for you (if you still have your small setup, along with the frag racks of yours I've been borrowing for a year or so, and a beer (heh))... I need to find the time to swing by/meet up if you've got the bandwidth...

Of course Nate! You are always welcome, it goes without saying ;)
I still have access to almost all these goodies, but not in my current possession, I got out, then back in on a small scale. I have a small acro system running, with the emphasis on 10-14k under led only in a nano, and ULNS with Hybrid Zeovit. This little system is a crazy little bugger, no cycle and acros thriving in less than a month. Yeah bro, I love breaking rules!

 

[naterealbig]

Lantana?


Bill Murray?

 

[Perry]

Mr Nuetron,
3 years in my care, and backed up locally. One of my personal favorites, a true gem!

 

[Perry]

Lantana?


Bill Murray?

Correct and Correct :)

 

[naterealbig]

Of course Nate! You are always welcome, it goes without saying ;)

I still have access to almost all these goodies, but not in my current possession, I got out

What the

, then back in on a small scale.

Whew, that was close!

I have a small acro system running, with the emphasis on 10-14k under led only in a nano, and ULNS with Hybrid Zeovit.

OK, time to do some thread catch up... will circle back with impending questions...

This little system is a crazy little bugger, no cycle and acros thriving in less than a month. Yeah bro, I love breaking rules!

Man I love this. Will take some time to read through, learn