I would say the representation to the eye of a camera is fairly accurate. But to the naked eye is a greater difference. Your coral will probably never look like the one in the pictures. But under the right lighting they'll look similar. I'll still buy from aqua SD as I can work to replicate similar coloring under my "viewing" led profiles. Their coral is healthy and has some very unique colorations.Ive always wondered if aquasd corals were accurately represented. Thank you for this post.