wasp Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 just thought this was quite cool here's a couple of sps starting to encrust the glass, see how they kill the coraline as they go. BTW the pic appears to have a red hue, but that's just how it is it was not colour adjusted via photoshop or whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 I think it means it's time for a bigger tank Interesting thing is that coral recruits (baby corals from spawning) are preferentially attracted to coralline patches to anchor and grow. Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puttputt Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 nice corals Wasp, impressive. Shows me how far I have to go................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmatix Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 very cool photo again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 COOL I would love to buy a frag of the pink one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 hmm me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 isnt that pink one just the normal browney/orange coloured monti digitata in a very low nutrient tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 yes it goes pink with low nutrients. 6500k and 10k lighting also seems to make it go pink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracker Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 That picture is quite orange compared to how WASP had it before.....It was Bright pink....AWESOME. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 T5 lighting also makes it go pink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted February 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 That picture is quite orange compared to how WASP had it before.....It was Bright pink....AWESOME. Yes the colour varies depending on water quality, and also what phase I'm in with the zeovit dosing. So people wanting frags are welcome, but be warned it is just the common old normally orange monti. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 I'm not convinced they are the same coral, my tank has only been running for a couple of months and I wouldn't call it low nutrient, I have a bright pink monti, blue/purple, and had the orange/brown (until a UV accident killed it) they are all in the same tank at about the same light level but completely different colours. Also the pink and blue came out of my old tank and haven't changed colour at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted February 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 Sounds like your tank's running better than you thought Suphew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 Suphew, do you use t5s.?? I have noticed that the pink montis do go really pink under t5s, i think the t5s do have a lot of UV in them so it tends to give them nice colours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 Currently running 3 x 250w DE 10,000k Mh, and have had 2 x 3foot T5 blue tubes going for the last month or so (over 1680mm long tank), so not a lot of T5 action for the size. On the old tank (~900mm) I had 2 x 250w Mh and 2 x 3 foot blue T5's but again only for the last couple of months it was running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 Sounds like your tank's running better than you thought Suphew Yeah I'll get round to posting some pictures one day, whats blown me away is how much easier the extra water volume makes things (I have double what I had before). Everything is growing a lot faster and looking better, I've been enjoying the fine weather while it lasts so haven't been doing anything much on the tank, just clean/empty skimmer (couple of times a week), feed fish/corals, fill up top up water. I decided I should do some tests on the weekend but only got as far as testing the salinity, which was spot on, last time I tested was when I filled the tank, I guess I should do the full range of tests since I haven't done most since setting up but every thing is doing well, good colour good growth so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted February 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 Look forward to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifty Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 heres mine under t5's, sorry bout the bad photo still trying to figure out close-ups with the new camera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifty Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 camera does take decent photos of moving objects though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 nice pic's drifty, good colour on that monti. what camera? or did i miss that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Gunner Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 suphew - I've got to get over and check out the new setup, sounds aawesome - I'll PM you soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifty Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 canon 350d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeBlog Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 canon 350d Nice! What lens are you using? Did you get any of the Canon macros? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifty Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 using the standard canon EFS 18-55mm that the camera came with. Heres another photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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