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A Splash of Color
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biggles
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I was just reading an article that said three bunnies drowned last year when they hopped into holes cut in the ice by Canadians trying to catch fish on frozen lakes...... apparently they were weighed down by their balls of steel......
Dom was over yesterday and i pointed out how remarkably zeo like some of my acros were becoming in regards to 'pastelling'. It looks rather nice on this colony
I have been using Replenish for the last 8 days and it works just fine as long as you use half the dose compared to trace hard. 1.0 ml to 0.05 ml koralcolor daily for my 600 litre system. At 2.0 ml the hair algae went nuts on the pumps in 3 days - too much iron with manganese makes it plant fertilizer dosing.
biggles
Premium Member
Ouch!
Those corals hurt my eyes, should have warned us so we can put on some shades
Awesomely delicious spank you in the face eye popping beauty mate!
Thanks guys, your colors are just as cool - i'm just better at making porn.....:smokin:
Case in point........
Worried i might not have enough color contrast on that little island tbh..............
M007
Acro Whore
I was just reading an article that said three bunnies drowned last year when they hopped into holes cut in the ice by Canadians trying to catch fish on frozen lakes...... apparently they were weighed down by their balls of steel......
Dom was over yesterday and i pointed out how remarkably zeo like some of my acros were becoming in regards to 'pastelling'. It looks rather nice on this colony
I have been using Replenish for the last 8 days and it works just fine as long as you use half the dose compared to trace hard. 1.0 ml to 0.05 ml koralcolor daily for my 600 litre system. At 2.0 ml the hair algae went nuts on the pumps in 3 days - too much iron with manganese makes it plant fertilizer dosing.
It will be interesting to see if the blue migrates down the branches or remains only on the tips.
Johnyman
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Hi Andrew, i don´t know if you know the Seachem Reef Trace, it looks like a great product for your experience once it have manganese and has no iron in the ingredients:
Amounts per 1 gram :
Boron (B) 0.028 mg
Cobalt (Co) 0.0003 mg
Copper (Cu) 0.032 mg
Manganese (Mn) 0.085 mg
Molybdenum (Mo) 0.003 mg
Zinc (Zn) 0.169 mg
Rubidium (Rb) 0.00008 mg
Nickel (Ni) 0.00003 mg
Vanadium (V) 0.00002 mg
By the way... WOW awesome acroporas you have there!!!
Amounts per 1 gram :
Boron (B) 0.028 mg
Cobalt (Co) 0.0003 mg
Copper (Cu) 0.032 mg
Manganese (Mn) 0.085 mg
Molybdenum (Mo) 0.003 mg
Zinc (Zn) 0.169 mg
Rubidium (Rb) 0.00008 mg
Nickel (Ni) 0.00003 mg
Vanadium (V) 0.00002 mg
By the way... WOW awesome acroporas you have there!!!
biggles
Premium Member
It's definitely a teal/green color on the lower portions of the branches Mike, it used to look the same but much darker overall. The blue is running down but only where the highest light hits it.
It's in a bugger of a spot to get pics from above due to the center brace.
Thanks for that mate, that has much more manganese in relation to the other elements than is normally present in NSW. Copper for instance is about twice the level as manganese normally but in that little bottle it is only about one third the level of manganese - pretty sure that would work a treat if used the right way........
biggles
Premium Member
Since i only put the pink frag up so high to see how it handled the light and it was too close to the small colony on the left i used the chisel to pop it off the top of the left island right under the 400W bulb. I asked Dom if he thought his little Firetruck frag would handle a lot of light while he was visiting yesterday and he said go for it.
Firetruck on the right and the pink frag now on a disc on the left of the small two acro island. Since i was in the mood to tinker i carried out an extremely complex scaping technique which is best left to those of us who were lego masters as children :twitch:
After about 45 mins of hard slog i was able to pry both the acros off the rock without disturbing a single bit of encrusting tissue, it was a delicate operation can i tell you.
I then re attached them both on opposite sides taking care to mold their base tissue back onto the rock with a seemless attachment technique that would be way to complicated to explain to you lot. Might just as well try convincing a bunch of monkeys at the zoo to stop scratching their bums.
So in total i spent about 2 hours carrying out the move but you have to admit when you look at the after pic that it's as if i spun the rock around 180 degrees - i'm that good :smokin:
Firetruck on the right and the pink frag now on a disc on the left of the small two acro island. Since i was in the mood to tinker i carried out an extremely complex scaping technique which is best left to those of us who were lego masters as children :twitch:
After about 45 mins of hard slog i was able to pry both the acros off the rock without disturbing a single bit of encrusting tissue, it was a delicate operation can i tell you.
I then re attached them both on opposite sides taking care to mold their base tissue back onto the rock with a seemless attachment technique that would be way to complicated to explain to you lot. Might just as well try convincing a bunch of monkeys at the zoo to stop scratching their bums.
So in total i spent about 2 hours carrying out the move but you have to admit when you look at the after pic that it's as if i spun the rock around 180 degrees - i'm that good :smokin:
So everyone can better see what you apparently have access to Bill.........that is as good as it gets Bill, those sort of acros are considered tippy top pieces by those of us in Aus who see lots of fresh wild collected acros.......:thumbsup:
Thank you for that color translation!
The colonies in the picture are quite big. Do you chop them up in pieces in Australia or is it better to go for a whole colony.
biggles
Premium Member
Thank you for that color translation!
The colonies in the picture are quite big. Do you chop them up in pieces in Australia or is it better to go for a whole colony.
Hi Patrik, the colors are over saturated but i did that so you could better see the pigments. In aus we don't generally see such large pieces but rather branches about one third to a quarter the size of those pieces in the pic.
I avoid colonies unless they're small usually like that little peachy green one i placed on the new island.
Bottom row second from the left looks like something i would be all over, along with top row front second from the right.......
Ignore the green and most of the blue stuff no matter how nice when you can pick from a shipment like that. You can always find nice green and blue variants so go for the colors you don't often see when you get the chance.
Great info!
I haven't seen the corals yet. Just the picture. The big moment is on tuesday.
So what would you do if there was a large colony you really really got excited over? The LS seems to be reluctant to chop them up. I'm contemplating to buy one and cut it to more convenient pieces and then sell off some pieces.
What concern me is that I'll kill the coral in the process. Aarghh I really want to buy some of those corals...
Your corals seem unworldly. So crazy colors. AhhohhhAhhh
I haven't seen the corals yet. Just the picture. The big moment is on tuesday.
So what would you do if there was a large colony you really really got excited over? The LS seems to be reluctant to chop them up. I'm contemplating to buy one and cut it to more convenient pieces and then sell off some pieces.
What concern me is that I'll kill the coral in the process. Aarghh I really want to buy some of those corals...
Your corals seem unworldly. So crazy colors. AhhohhhAhhh
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biggles
Premium Member
If i had to buy pieces as large as that to get what i wanted i would buy them and cut them up and return most of the acro to Dave's shop so he could sell it off and actually make some profit for a change.
Cutting up anything in good condition like those pictured is easy and will not cause any issues whatsoever Patrik. They won't RTN or STN etc, they will just react as in nature and heal over the breaks or cuts with the same color tissue that will show on the tips in most cases - if you see stuff that's been in a shop for weeks and well kept look at the ends of the broken off branches where they will have started to slowly heal over. Look for signs of color on that tissue if the tips have faded as it's a great little pigment giveaway.
When you get a chance to buy from primo shipments you should go for broke because you never know when such quality will be available in such a vast array of color choices again Patrik.......... that's my advice mate :beer:
The two frags at the front are from old colonies and all the rest are little bits left over from cutting the new pastel pieces so i could putty and glue them at the angles i wanted. They are as pale as they look in the pic, notice the color of the tissue that is beginning to cover the cuts. Just about every pink/mauve/orange piece i bought has blue highlights as is plainly visible in this example.
Cutting up anything in good condition like those pictured is easy and will not cause any issues whatsoever Patrik. They won't RTN or STN etc, they will just react as in nature and heal over the breaks or cuts with the same color tissue that will show on the tips in most cases - if you see stuff that's been in a shop for weeks and well kept look at the ends of the broken off branches where they will have started to slowly heal over. Look for signs of color on that tissue if the tips have faded as it's a great little pigment giveaway.
When you get a chance to buy from primo shipments you should go for broke because you never know when such quality will be available in such a vast array of color choices again Patrik.......... that's my advice mate :beer:
The two frags at the front are from old colonies and all the rest are little bits left over from cutting the new pastel pieces so i could putty and glue them at the angles i wanted. They are as pale as they look in the pic, notice the color of the tissue that is beginning to cover the cuts. Just about every pink/mauve/orange piece i bought has blue highlights as is plainly visible in this example.
biggles
Premium Member
Look for purple and blue tips that are not on yellow/green branched acros. Look for a nice orangey piece as i can see a couple that look tasty. Dark red/purple polyps on anything or bright blue polyps are always great when they contrast against lighter skin pigments so contrast will always stand out.
Pick one blue stunner, the one that you LOVE and ignore the rest. No all green whatsoever considering the range of colors there.
The bluey looking thing top left on the high rock looks interesting and the piece below it and a bit right i'm betting is a crazy must buy piece.
Just suggestions of course Patrik, you buy what YOU like mate
Pick one blue stunner, the one that you LOVE and ignore the rest. No all green whatsoever considering the range of colors there.
The bluey looking thing top left on the high rock looks interesting and the piece below it and a bit right i'm betting is a crazy must buy piece.
Just suggestions of course Patrik, you buy what YOU like mate
A Splash of Color
Andrew, you feel that too much of the Replenish is causing the hair algae or too much of Koralcolor? I figured you meant the Replenish since you halved it. Just want to make sure. I've been following for awhile and I hope my reboot looks half as good as yours!
Andrew, you feel that too much of the Replenish is causing the hair algae or too much of Koralcolor? I figured you meant the Replenish since you halved it. Just want to make sure. I've been following for awhile and I hope my reboot looks half as good as yours!
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reefmutt
Active member
If i had to buy pieces as large as that to get what i wanted i would buy them and cut them up and return most of the acro to Dave's shop so he could sell it off and actually make some profit for a change.
Cutting up anything in good condition like those pictured is easy and will not cause any issues whatsoever Patrik. They won't RTN or STN etc, they will just react as in nature and heal over the breaks or cuts with the same color tissue that will show on the tips in most cases - if you see stuff that's been in a shop for weeks and well kept look at the ends of the broken off branches where they will have started to slowly heal over. Look for signs of color on that tissue if the tips have faded as it's a great little pigment giveaway.
When you get a chance to buy from primo shipments you should go for broke because you never know when such quality will be available in such a vast array of color choices again Patrik.......... that's my advice mate :beer:
The two frags at the front are from old colonies and all the rest are little bits left over from cutting the new pastel pieces so i could putty and glue them at the angles i wanted. They are as pale as they look in the pic, notice the color of the tissue that is beginning to cover the cuts. Just about every pink/mauve/orange piece i bought has blue highlights as is plainly visible in this example.
Oh!! Me!!! I want that frag pack!!! Send it to me!!
biggles
Premium Member
Hey mate, yes i believe the replenish is very similar to the trace hard but more concentrated. The koralcolor dose is the one that does the damage so to speak.
If you didn't want to keep heaps of media like me you could simply dose regular bacteria as long as it's good quality like the AF stuff.
The less input to your water the more potent the control you have using only two things dosed once a day. If you keep it very simple there is very little left to doubt as to why certain things happen in response to a change in only those two things.
I know many must think it can't be as simple as what i am doing but it really is. There is no other trickery involved so i would find it very surprising if someone followed the same regime for 6-8 weeks and did not see a very obvious change to the overall way your entire system functioned and an overall improvement in every pigment color.
After watching your video you're the one who should be giving me the bloody frag pack Matt ! :crazy1:
Night porn with the flash so you can see the colors on some of the pale stuff.
Hey Bill, i don't have anything colored like the pics of that walt disney thing lol - the vendor pics are beyond ridiculous - you idiots don't need to over saturate and skew the colors on nice stuff to sell it !
A very easy way to know if you are kicking goals in regards to acro colors is this, if the display looks better under actinics only than with full lighting on your colors are sh$tful............. you can take that however you want.
Sale pics under stupid lighting spectrum is a wank aimed at wanker reefers.
- yes i'm in one of those belligerent biggles moods........... all weekend off and nothing planned other than pic posting and ranting about all sorts of reefy things on RC :smokin:
Where was i before you got me sidetracked Bill.......
I would put any tenuis in bright light, not toasted but medium to high light. If you want to see the beautiful rosette growth that makes them so stunning don't give them too much flow. No rosette's means too much flow - very easy sight indicator for that species regardless of colors whether they are real colors or walt disney on a bad acid trip colors......
The bali shortcake looks tasty, don't have any of that because Chrisitan is a lazy arse collector obviously and hasn't got me any..........
That would not be an 'easy' one to color up compared to SCC, if you were getting good colors on that piece you would have great colors on everything.
Hi Andrew ,
Is this the one you looking for if it is Dave, will have some next week
Christian
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Happy Easter to you and all the other Canadians on RC Mike :wave:
It's a little know fact that the easter bunny refuses to deliver eggs in Canada because it's such a cold hole of a country and he'd freeze to death or get trampled by one of those genetic throwback Darwinian goofball mistake of evolution moose things.
I think it would be a nice gesture if you US guys sent Mike and all the other Canadian reefers some eggs.
Don't say i don't do stuff for international relations - i should be a diplomat.
Actually Biggles, evolution has been kind to the easter bunny up here in The Great White North. A wee bit of snow can not stop our candy from being delivered:
BTW thanks for delivering the Saturday morning Eye-Candy!
sahin
Ultimate Reefer
Damn Andrew...seriously mate, I've not know any other person who knows how to colour up acros as well as you do. :thumbsup: My Easter weekend has just been made by coming to your thread and seeing the pics of the acros looking stunning in your tank. Keep up the awesome work. I hope one day I am able to be half as good as you are with acros.
