Bali Blue growth shots (duec22 look here)

[duec22]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7561079#post7561079 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 10810
I have just received a 35 pieces package that came from Bali.

Nice...I bet theres some great stuff in there...looking forward to some pics...

 

[10810]

Yes some very nice stuff, probably to many blue’s though, but hay I shouldn’t complain hay.
Will post pics as soon as the camera arrives.

 

[CalvinC4S]

Nice looking coral!

 

[thereefgeek]

Yeah David, the only frags I've passed along in the last couple years were to Rob (Jus Reefin), you, and one on the table at the last BAR Swap. I believe Rob's perished unexplainedly sometime last year, but someone in BAR probably ended up with one.

It definately loves flow, and the curvature of the branches are a result of 3800 gph from the closed loop pounding it 24/7. Conversely it seems to dislike direct MH lighting, and the best blue comes from the "shady" parts of the tank.

A few years ago before I set up my new 200, I was running a VHO/PC tank. I had to keep my SPS up high, but it seemed to give the corals a much richer, vibrant color. The sure grew slower than under MH, but then the tank was an 8 year old plenum system with plenty of nutrients available . Maybe all you T-5 guys are on to something...

 

[thereefgeek]

Here's a picture shot with an 8 Mp camera. You can see the inverted structure and the coralites a little better, but it's still really compressed.

 

[thebicyclecafe]

Nice coral!

 

[mr. pluto]

this coral looks the same, a bali aq.
i thought it was a loisetteae

 

[10810]

Wow that looks awesome. :eek2:
It defiantly looks that same, I’m still thinking insignis though but loisetteae is not far off.

 

[jay24k]

I personally thought it was a loisietta as well. I have the tyree le one and I also have a bali piece that looks exactly like the tyree one. Sometimes it is just hard to find a near exact ID.