Not to hijack the thread but I own Aquaholics, and can provide insight here. Number one, I only use photoshop to remove the blue cast by halides and to put the names on them, I DO NOT enhance color in the photos!! Many people locally and nationaly have purchased frags from me and can attest to the coloration. I now visit frag shows with frags of the very same offerings, displayed in a tank with a full 400watts of XM 20k power, I offer on the site and they can attest to the coloration.
As for the Tommy Knockers, that piece was imported in 2008, and LOOKED PRECISELY AS IT DOES IN THE PHOTO. Due to the downturn in the economy and a negligent error on my part vodka dosing (eg crashing a system), I shut down late that year. When I opened back up, I reacquired the peice from someone who had grown a frag into another mother, but it did not have the characteristic blacktips at the time I reaquired it. I started vodka dosing approximately 6 months ago, and have successfully gotten one tip to go black on the mother. Others locally who vodka dose or carbon dose ALSO report dark blue to black tips depending on light. The tips are SOLELY determined by phosphate levels and light intensity, ultra low phosphate equals black tips.
Also note that my site states what I just stated here, I tell all customers the same, and since it is sold without the black tips currently , I have been selling it for $35 a frag and not the $89 listed on the site in the interim. Bottom line, the pics on my site are representative of the frags I sell, I DO NOT enhance or falsify color as word spreads quickly in this industry as this thread is a testiment to. Please dont take my response here as being hostile, but I do take my livestock seriously, and have absolutely NOTHING to gain by misrepresenting my product
Any questions please feel free to contact me
Tom
