colour of wild coral

[Brianemone]

for those of you that have been diving on the reefs of the world, how do the colours of the corals in the wild compare to those in tanks??? i dont mean tanks in general but in well looked after healthy reef tanks

[Pies]

Brown is just as common in the wild as it is in our tanks. When diving past about 5m there is no red light, so many colours seen in tanks are not visible without a torch in the wild. Then it comes into the kevin rating of the torch as to what the colour will look. For example many sea urchins are black/brown to the nakid eye but red under a 6000k torch or strobe.

Corals in the wild (particulary SPS) often grow thicker and more robustly than they do in the wild. You will notice that its very rare that a coral you buy grows anything like the way it was when you purchased it.

More pinks and blues in the wild than in our tanks, less greens and purples.

Pies

[Brianemone]

i remember taking a carrot on a deepdive, i watched it the whole way down and i didnt notice the difference untill we turned on the torch.

maybe a question for the importers but how do corals in our tanks compare to how they arrive at the airport??