Walt Disney Acropora

[WWIII]

Here's kinda an interesting comparison between "daylight" and "blues" I saw on a great vendors site this weekend...

 

[spartanman22]

When I first got it:

Today, two years later. This is a very fast grower for me. The reason it’s not huge is because I’ve been through three Tank moves in the past 2 years since acquiring this piece. Most of its growth has occurred in the last six months since settling down. Color could still use some improvement but part of that is a result of the crummy iPhone photo.

 

[Ghxst]

Mine is hardly starting to get any other color than blue, yellow and green. It’s been a year but has survived a lot.

 

[Lonny]

Had mine for about a year and a half now. Good grower but I still can't get the color you see on line out of it.

 

[cpark645]

Here's mine under actinics with orange filter, definitely looks better under actinics than in white.

 

[ycnibrc]

Had mine for about a year and a half now. Good grower but I still can't get the color you see on line out of it.

Lol cause on line photo mostly photoshop

 

[BAUCE]

Lol cause on line photo mostly photoshop

that has nothing to do with why he's not pulling better color out of his.

 

[vic5hands]

Have use checked your trace colors?
Red Sea Trace Colors

 

[ycnibrc]

that has nothing to do with why he's not pulling better color out of his.

He is trying to duplicate the color that he saw on line however that might not be true cause of photo shop. His WD color look fine.

 

[BAUCE]

He is trying to duplicate the color that he saw on line however that might not be true cause of photo shop. His WD color look fine.

Sure it looks fine but is no where near its potential. Photoshop is not required to pull the other colors out of the WD.

 

[ycnibrc]

Well I just give him my honest opinion Sps color is very deceptive. It might look good in WWC tank but not in others. As far as those tenius color most only look good in blue light . I can be sure that I watch most reef/Coral video in the wild from great barrier reef to indo on YouTube and never I have seen a rainbow color acropora on video why is that? I don't think the photographer prefer green and brown Coral pictures over a nice rainbow one.

 

[29bonsaireef]

@Lonny if you want those nice pink/orange colors to come through you really have to cook this piece, it will take A LOT of light.

 

[Paul Howard]

@Lonny if you want those nice pink/orange colors to come through you really have to cook this piece, it will take A LOT of light.

Yes it will!

 

[Lonny]

@Lonny if you want those nice pink/orange colors to come through you really have to cook this piece, it will take A LOT of light.

Sorry got busy and forgot about this post lol. Explain cook please. Right now it's under an 8 bulb sunpower.

 

[29bonsaireef]

Sorry got busy and forgot about this post lol. Explain cook please. Right now it's under an 8 bulb sunpower.

Give it lots of light. It will get the pinks/orange colors under high lighting. I keep mine right at the surface under T5s

 

[Sgolden]

T5/ with hydra 26 LEDs high flow as well.

I'm setting up 4 t5s with 4 hydra 26. Would like to know your set up.

 

[Lonny]

Give it lots of light. It will get the pinks/orange colors under high lighting. I keep mine right at the surface under T5s

It's about 5 inches below the surface but I can lowerthe light. I'll give it a shot thanks!

 

[WWIII]

Updated pics 7 months from nub to these. Getting a little more color from top down, growing well though!

 

[mtraylor]

Ok. Well after 5months of growth my walt Disney acro is finally big enough to take a picture of it. I got it back in January. It was about the size of the end of a bic pen. Very slow grower for me, but it has fattened up and grown a base so far.

 

[BAUCE]

Well I just give him my honest opinion Sps color is very deceptive. It might look good in WWC tank but not in others. As far as those tenius color most only look good in blue light . I can be sure that I watch most reef/Coral video in the wild from great barrier reef to indo on YouTube and never I have seen a rainbow color acropora on video why is that? I don't think the photographer prefer green and brown Coral pictures over a nice rainbow one.

only look good in blue light....so almost every reef aquarium? How many have you watched where the photographer/videographer is going coral by coral doing macro shots? The ocean isn't full of these multi colored sticks, hence why they are hard to come by.