2 and 4 would probably be my picksNice thread topic mate, i will get things going.
These are frags from frags from wild collected branches. They original pieces came out of the ocean about 18 months before these were released for sale. They are grown under shaded sun in outdoor tubs in Cairns Qld with large NSW water changes often - they are basically wild colored but proven tank hardy to a large degree. From experience i know some will remain similar colored but some will alter drastically just as occurs frequently with fresh collected wild acros.
Two of the circled frags are stunners after they settle for a couple of months. Two are just nice at best. One you would never touch unless you have rocks in your head. I have two of these acros but from a shipment a month earlier than the one pictured.
I'm giving you the $65- to go to the store and buy yourself the same frag as this one - just don't screw it up because i will go right off the deep end if you bring back magic green acro beans instead of the insane blue frag i asked for...............
Just picked this one up a few weeks ago. Its my first maricultured colony. Hopefully it develops into something cool. Wish this thread was around before going to look. He had about 30 mini colonies and it was really hard to choose. It is a slightly pink with hints of blue and green growth tips with white polyps
Wow! Now to be patient and let it develop. Thanks!The pink is pale red and will be purple once your lighting brings out the blue pigments. It is the same base color that fireworks has and is as good as it gets for a clean purple. By clean i mean not dirty purple which is what all tri color purples are, it will look wax crayon purple. The tips will be very blue with fluoro green axial tips and fluor0 green polyps - think tri color polyps.
I know this because i white balanced your pic and then ramped up the saturation etc so you can see the colors that are so faded and pale they won't be visible to your eyes yet. I recognize all the pigments in your piece but i've never seen them together like on your colony. You picked out something much prettier than you thought you did - i'm very jealous
Just picked this one up a few weeks ago. Its my first maricultured colony. Hopefully it develops into something cool. Wish this thread was around before going to look. He had about 30 mini colonies and it was really hard to choose. It is a slightly pink with hints of blue and green growth tips with white polyps
The pink is pale red and will be purple once your lighting brings out the blue pigments. It is the same base color that fireworks has and is as good as it gets for a clean purple. By clean i mean not dirty purple which is what all tri color purples are, it will look wax crayon purple. The tips will be very blue with fluoro green axial tips and fluor0 green polyps - think tri color polyps.
I know this because i white balanced your pic and then ramped up the saturation etc so you can see the colors that are so faded and pale they won't be visible to your eyes yet. I recognize all the pigments in your piece but i've never seen them together like on your colony. You picked out something much prettier than you thought you did - i'm very jealous
You have to have a pretty strict QT process for them. I have a totally separate system that maricultured and wild pieces go into and are dipped multiple times over 2-3 weeks, and inspected daily for things like eggs, pests, etc.
So I got reds from a Mari and now the rack all has em. Not my 3 other racks so I take they only crawl and if I were 2 remove em and QT with interceptor. Will removing them and 3 day QT kill all eggs or any here n a corner rack and not touching rocks. And don't want interceptor my tank for pods and all. Thx
Thank you!! Mine came with 2 acro crabs, removed them, dipped the colony and put them back on and into the display. Hopefully i don't get burned but i'm thinking the crabs will keep it clean. I also have a melanurus wrasse for help with pest control.
Fair enough, i will leave with a few tips just on say echi's.
If it looks like the one bottom right in the pic above it is classic white/blue icefire, if you want that classic look then the branch skin should look tan brown if it's really poopy but that will go fast under your lighting. Most icefire echis are actually tan brown and blue in the ocean. If you look at the echi branch and instead of a clear tan/brown hue you see a rusty reddish hue then you are looking at an echi that will likely turn solid blue or close to it. The rusty browny red pigment is usually dark even when the acro is stressed. The blue will look like it could almost be purple on all blue echi's when fresh collected but it means the blue will be very intense and deep rather than pastel like on the tan branched versions.
If you see any echi that looks teal skinned or green in any way whatsoever on the branch skin buy it above any other blue echi - it will blow away every other echi you've ever laid eyes on trust me.
Hope that helps if you're chasing an echi in the shipment.
The pink is pale red and will be purple once your lighting brings out the blue pigments. It is the same base color that fireworks has and is as good as it gets for a clean purple. By clean i mean not dirty purple which is what all tri color purples are, it will look wax crayon purple. The tips will be very blue with fluoro green axial tips and fluor0 green polyps - think tri color polyps.
I know this because i white balanced your pic and then ramped up the saturation etc so you can see the colors that are so faded and pale they won't be visible to your eyes yet. I recognize all the pigments in your piece but i've never seen them together like on your colony. You picked out something much prettier than you thought you did - i'm very jealous
I have wholesalers that sell browned frags on the cheap.
