A Splash of Color

[biggles]

Very interesting your analysis of colouration Andrew, but following this analysis ,I can not explain the amazing colouration of sustainable reef frags, growing under just sun light , at their shallow vats. Can you help me understand how their frags can have such intense pigmentation, growing under so high nm levels? If you also consider that the poly carbonates, they use to cover their vats ,filter probable , most of the sun light UV radiation, makes even harder to explain their frags amazing colouration...

Hey Greg, they dose heavy metals big time to aid with growth and colors and whilst their frags come in looking beautiful and colorful they usually double or triple in saturation within a week of hitting my tank. They also use LED's to supplement the sun i believe but i have no idea exactly where they have the frags growing in readiness for sale.
In short, the frags change from a pastel zeo look to the opposite in my tank so there's a very big difference between the two levels of pigment coverage than you might think.

Porn time......

The last pic didn't really demonstrate the differences in pigments between the frag and mother colony but this one does..............

Bottom left is Bulent's Bliss which is my favorite red with the frag left of it. Beside it is Sustainable Reef's Red Devil. Center far right is the original Firetruck i got from Dom ages ago.

In short, i am so confident that none of you can match the non rusty red pigment tone that Bulent's Bliss sports i will have a bet with you.
If anyone can beat the sheer clarity and all over pigment of that acro - Bulent will run naked past Buckingham Palace shouting ' my reds suck '.

I give you Bulent's word on that :beer:

 

[biggles]

Before i go to bed i meant to add that the pastel blue acro beside the milli is the same one behind it in the second pic - i can't pull pastels to save myself.

The red frag top right is the one from Sam btw, intense little guy. The ugly thing below it is doing it's ugly duckling into a swan thing - it's another red from top to bottom when it colors up although it will have a tiny bit of green at the very edge of the encrusting base. The monti is trying to escape through the gap between the rocks....... better stick a frag in there to cut him off at the pass......:smokin:

 

[sparker1663]

The red frag top right is the one from Sam btw, intense little guy. The ugly thing below it is doing it's ugly duckling into a swan thing - it's another red from top to bottom when it colors up although it will have a tiny bit of green at the very edge of the encrusting base.

Was going to ask how that was going. Mine seem to get a toxic green marble through them, it certainly is intense!

How about the sandy yellow strange shaped thing, that coming along? Tis a slow grower but interesting and offers nice distinction from others

 

[sparker1663]

This was the pic I was meant to comment on:

 

[sparker1663]

ah forget it, it's the other pic......

 

[biggles]

Was going to ask how that was going. Mine seem to get a toxic green marble through them, it certainly is intense!

How about the sandy yellow strange shaped thing, that coming along? Tis a slow grower but interesting and offers nice distinction from others

Hey Sam, i love the hue of your frag because like the Bulent's Bliss thing it's not based on the commoner rusty type reds i also have. It has a tiny hint of green at the encrusting base but it's sulking and not growing at all right now. Still looks cherry red though

I'm not too sure how that 'thing' you gave me is going tbh mate, it's hard to get a clear look at it without placing an extension ladder against my neighbor's wall and climbing onto his roof. Since it's winter and raining and he has moss covered tiles i'm going to pass on giving you an update sorry.
Once summer rocks around i'll get an updated pic for you though i promise :beer:

 

[sparker1663]

hahahaha fair enough, "the thing" didn't make the cut...

I know you've got plenty of cherry reds, but would you like one like I gave Dom? I have another frag here ready with your name on it. Colour is similar but it has a more rounded, bulbous growth to it. All technical terms of course

 

[biggles]

I know you've got plenty of cherry reds, but would you like one like I gave Dom? I have another frag here ready with your name on it. Colour is similar but it has a more rounded, bulbous growth to it. All technical terms of course

I would love a bulbous red frag Sam, nothing wrong with a red dominant reef......... :beer:

Just a little friendly FYI Sam, don't ever give Dom cool acro frags before me again mate......... :mad2:

 

[sparker1663]

hahaha you got plenty! I'll get one of these to you in the next week or so though

 

[biggles]

hahaha you got plenty! I'll get one of these to you in the next week or so though

Thanks heaps Sam, i will swap you for a piece of the stag bottom right. You will like that one i'm sure.

I've had the branch for 4 long months during which time it has encrusted no more than 1/16". It has remained in the biggles cryogenic sleep cycle the entire time i had it at the far left end of the tank. I moved it to where it is now a month ago and it's still just sitting there doing nothing. Never see PE day or night - like not once in all this time. Dave talked me into it i think and it was a pale salmon tan colored with baby blue tips that looked like it might turn pink or red if all the SPS planets aligned just right. Since either of those colors with baby blue tips sounded bloody nice i decided to give it a shot.

In the last week or so it has finally showed signs of a nice color developing on the branches but the tips remain unchanged and still no signs of bloody life. I stuck the teal stag frag there a few days ago as the color looked good in the middle of the other colors i thought. It looks nice and bright when it's happy and settled with bright blue tips.

It has a long way to go but it is roof safe now that something is happening..... i think.......... :hmm4:

 

[reefmutt]

Hey Andrew, question of the month: what do you use to post photos?
I wish that last piece was in my tank doing something! The light pink and blue at the bottom is awesome. For some reason, it reminds me of a reef raft frag in my tank called fruity pebbles. I think you are familiar.. I think reef raft gets a lot of Aussie stuff and colours it up and names it..
Mine is doing noting except encrust. These were individual frags originally.. what do you think?

 

[biggles]

Hey Andrew, question of the month: what do you use to post photos?
I wish that last piece was in my tank doing something! The light pink and blue at the bottom is awesome. For some reason, it reminds me of a reef raft frag in my tank called fruity pebbles. I think you are familiar.. I think reef raft gets a lot of Aussie stuff and colours it up and names it..
Mine is doing noting except encrust. These were individual frags originally.. what do you think?

Hi Matt, i use the camera phone and then put the images on the lappy and use PS to post process and resize etc. Then i upload the images from the lappy to PB.

If that last piece was in YOUR tank it would be doing something i'm sure, growing most likely........... :spin2:

I don't think i have anything like your fruity pebbles mate, i'm sure you're right about how the named stuff ends up being found though. I'll get a better pic of that weird branch today so you can see the detail a bit closer hopefully.

Where the light blue and pink pigments meet and blend is really pretty in real life

 

[reefmutt]

Hi Matt, i use the camera phone and then put the images on the lappy and use PS to post process and resize etc. Then i upload the images from the lappy to PB.

If that last piece was in YOUR tank it would be doing something i'm sure, growing most likely........... :spin2:

I don't think i have anything like your fruity pebbles mate, i'm sure you're right about how the named stuff ends up being found though. I'll get a better pic of that weird branch today so you can see the detail a bit closer hopefully.

Where the light blue and pink pigments meet and blend is really pretty in real life

Oh man, that piece is nice!
So, you must be a paying PB user.. like me.

 

[biggles]

Oh man, that piece is nice!
So, you must be a paying PB user.. like me.

Yes i've been a paying member for a couple of years otherwise my entire journal would have been ruined with the blackmail thing they recently pulled lol.

Sam's frag is dead center of the pic

Not a good pic but the pink branch when i first got it, the red piece to the right of Sam's frag is the same frag bottom right when i nearly killed it about 6 weeks ago, i actually thought about chucking it into the garden a few times when it looked like it did lol........

 

[jpfishfan09]

Fts?

 

[DiscusHeckel]

Yes i've been a paying member for a couple of years otherwise my entire journal would have been ruined with the blackmail thing they recently pulled lol.

Are you on a borrowed time like me Andrew? Until 31st December 2018 that is.

 

[sparker1663]

Here ya go mate, this will be at Dave's for you from tonight:

 

[biggles]

Fts?

I will take one tomorrow and chuck it up

Are you on a borrowed time like me Andrew? Until 31st December 2018 that is.

I got an email from them yesterday saying my billing info needed updating as payment didn't go through.......... like it has without a problem for 2 years from the same paypal account i use for many things.

I think they're about to you know what me over mate............... you might want to reassess your rather optimistic time frame Bulent...... :reading:

Here ya go mate, this will be at Dave's for you from tonight:

Just to be sure, are you talking about the yellow hoop coral or the red acro frag Sam ? I don't want the yellow hoop thing but i'd love the cherry bomb frag you have it hanging over. If i have to take the hoop coral to get the frag i will....... but i don't like it and the yellow color is obviously photo shopped green.......

Thanks heaps Sam I will stick it next to another one of my greeners :beer:

 

[sparker1663]

Don't worry, yellow hoop will soon dissolve under Daves intense lighting

 

[DiscusHeckel]

I hope Photobucket will not trick me and honour their email they sent me two days ago.