Through the looking glass

[watchguy123]

Comparison of Jason fox jack o lantern lepto

This is from October (4-5 months ago)

And a week ago

 

[cMan5]

Nice lepto man! Is that a 3" disc??

 

[watchguy123]

Woke up this morning and just felt like snapping some pics. Enjoy

you do not get to see purple monsters with polyp extension very often

pearl of the pacific

tyree orange setosa with crazy growth pattern

Stingers out, armed and loaded

 

[Chelle's Ocean]

Beautiful shots :)

 

[WillKatt]

Woke up this morning and just felt like snapping some pics. Enjoy

Is this a micro musa?

 

[watchguy123]

Woke up this morning and just felt like snapping some pics. Enjoy

Is this a micro musa?

yup! It is the UFO micromussa

 

[Jettin]

watchguy, not sure if you've mentioned it somewhere else but could you post up your setup? What are you dosing?

Thanks

 

[watchguy123]

watchguy, not sure if you've mentioned it somewhere else but could you post up your setup? What are you dosing?

Thanks

I use a calcium reactor for alk and ca. I don't dose anything else. I feed the fish both flakes and pellets; the coral get all the fish poo that they can.

 

[shellynjason]

Comparison of Jason fox jack o lantern lepto

This is from October (4-5 months ago)

And a week ago

Great growth progression picture! I am trying to figure out the best placement for my new frag ... does it do better in a shady area? My sandbed is 200 par and I don't want to burn it or bleach it if it's not a high light lover.

 

[Reef Pets]

Wow!! Beautiful reef

 

[watchguy123]

Well I have been busy with so many things that I have not posted pics late so I am correcting that issue this morning. I just upgraded my lights. bought a gorgeous used geismann fixture from a very cool reefer. Its a few years old but looks almost new. I am now using 3 x250 mh radium 20ks and four t5's 80 watts. The improvement in reflectors is resulting in this fantastic spread of light.

caveat on today's pictures, these were all with t5's only and no metal halide. i color corrected to 20 k in photoshop elements but the blue effect of the t5's lingers without having the metal halides fired up. I never shoot without metal halides on because it feels a little like cheating but its just too early in the day for the mh's to come on.

space invader pectinia


rhs del sol


reef tek starburst


red dragon (the t5's without the metal halides made this look much more purple than it is)


pink smoothie digitata



no namer chalice


couple more chalices


granulosa


couple more chalices


Carolinia ( it glows but the t5s gave it a peculiar green blue tint and it really is much more yellowish))


bloody mary palawanesi ( and yes it really has blue polyps)

 

[watchguy123]

Just updated my lighting and not quite accustomed yet to the change in photo conditions but working on it

 

[Mr. Microscope]

Holy crap! Beautiful shots! Great pieces you've got in there. Can't wait to see more.