Walt Disney Tenuis Grow-Out Thread

ReefMadScientist · Oct 1, 2015

Bokevince said:
Any picture?
Thanks

Will get some after work, thx.

hatfielj · Oct 2, 2015

Sorry, if I missed this already, but do you have any pics of these gorgeous WD corals under your daylight lighting? It would be helpful for reference.

Aquanaut said:
This is royal blue light.

Will you guys all get same color, absolutely not. Will different lighting/intensity and water parameter change the color? Yes! This is not a digitada. So if you are not on your SPS A game, reconsider the challenge.

Can 95% of people take a picture under royal blue lighting. No! So, all those crappy pics you see, there is a reason for it.

Can many of people take a pic in T-5, yes. That is not how this coral looks best.

Enjoy

Feel free to ask me questions. I have grown this 4 years now.

NU2REEFIN · Oct 2, 2015

I was lucky enough to win one of Mikes Facebook raffles and received my frag a few weeks ago with 0 problems. It is about 1/2" tall and has started to encrust. Right now it is a blue body with bright yellow polyps. I can absolutely see the potential with this one!!!! I have it under a 6 bulb 36" ATI with reefbrites to supplement.

watchguy123 · Oct 2, 2015

Bokevince said:
Any picture?
Thanks

ReefMadScientist said:
Will get some after work, thx.

Its been well over a month, where are those pictures?!!! Can't wait to see them. This is an exciting thread to follow.

It would be cool to see your frag under different lighting schemes. If you can do that and share, it would be very, very informative. Looking forward to your pics!!!

And thanks for going through the process of documenting your frags growth and coloration.

cb684 · Oct 2, 2015

Yes, there are pictures out there on daylight lighting (just need to spend time looking for them). No they don't look as good as the gorgeous WD pictures under royal blue light color. This is likely not a coral one that don't have royal blues in their tank would want to invest on.
As far as most of we know there is nobody with a colony that looks like the original.
With that out of the way let's talk update: it has been about 2 weeks that I have my frag in my tank. I usually keep the frags on low light and gradually bring them up (2 inches weekly). The blue tip faded a little and the coral is more green. The polyps continue orange, and the tip one vibrant fluorescent green (but I usually only see it after lights are gone). I am not too concerned about the blue or the green (those I am pretty sure my system can bring up), is the pink that I am more unsure about (although I do have some vibrant reds in my tank).

ReefMadScientist · Oct 2, 2015

cb684 said:
Yes, there are pictures out there on daylight lighting (just need to spend time looking for them). No they don't look as good as the gorgeous WD pictures under royal blue light color. This is likely not a coral one that don't have royal blues in their tank would want to invest on.
As far as most of we know there is nobody with a colony that looks like the original.
With that out of the way let's talk update: it has been about 2 weeks that I have my frag in my tank. I usually keep the frags on low light and gradually bring them up (2 inches weekly). The blue tip faded a little and the coral is more green. The polyps continue orange, and the tip one vibrant fluorescent green (but I usually only see it after lights are gone). I am not too concerned about the blue or the green (those I am pretty sure my system can bring up), is the pink that I am more unsure about (although I do have some vibrant reds in my tank).

Here is to the truth. Nobody's will ever look like the original photoshopped picture.

But as to yours, sorry to hear about the color change. The tip of mine remains vibrant blue and the polyps are a mixture of orange and yellow. It is very similar to my Orange Passions but the top polyp is almost a bright green or yellow.

watchguy123 said:
Its been well over a month, where are those pictures?!!! Can't wait to see them. This is an exciting thread to follow.

It would be cool to see your frag under different lighting schemes. If you can do that and share, it would be very, very informative. Looking forward to your pics!!!

And thanks for going through the process of documenting your frags growth and coloration.

Sorry lol. I have been busy but will get on it right now. Gonna make a few frags from my other frags so I will take a few, hopefully, good shots.

Diesel · Oct 2, 2015

cb684 · Oct 2, 2015

ReefMadScientist said:
But as to yours, sorry to hear about the color change. The tip of mine remains vibrant blue and the polyps are a mixture of orange and yellow. It is very similar to my Orange Passions but the top polyp is almost a bright green or yellow.

That is fine, IME some frags get more green with low light and more blue as they go up. Although I run two 8x54W, my tank is 31" high, and the frag is about 4 inches from the bottom. So, there is still a few weeks to go until it is getting descent light.
If you have time take a look at the PM I sent you a few days ago. Thanks.

ReefMadScientist · Oct 2, 2015

Picture Update.

Here is my WD Frag in blue with white lighting and an all blue lighting. As you can see, I am JUST about to get some encrusting on the plug. The frag grew nicely upwards over the last few weeks with new polys on the very top rim and in the lower rim in which you can barely see in the pictures. The opposite side of the frag is where the encrusting is just about to touch.

Approximate size 7/8th's of an inch.

tonyespinoza1 · Oct 2, 2015

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Only has been in my tank two weeks, can't wait to see it grow into a colony.

kschweer · Oct 2, 2015

ReefMadScientist said:
Picture Update.

Here is my WD Frag in blue with white lighting and an all blue lighting. As you can see, I am JUST about to get some encrusting on the plug. The frag grew nicely upwards over the last few weeks with new polys on the very top rim and in the lower rim in which you can barely see in the pictures. The opposite side of the frag is where the encrusting is just about to touch.

Approximate size 7/8th's of an inch.

Looks good man. I'm sure you already said it and I missed it but what lighting are you running?

ReefMadScientist · Oct 3, 2015

kschweer said:
Looks good man. I'm sure you already said it and I missed it but what lighting are you running?

Thanks! I actually do not think I ever mentioned my lightning lol.

I run a Elos E-Lite Blue with two AI Hydra's connected through a Manta Ray bracket.

So let me explain. I had the Elos metal halides (E-Powers) connected to each end of the Manta Ray. I was worried because my corals were already used to my AI Hydras. So when moving tanks I ended up swapping over my AI Hydras.

I started with black AI Hydra's and painted them to match the bracket coloration. I then went to Ace Hardware and fabricated some fitting to fit the bracket.

Here was the mini-project.