Blue Milli not blue

[jackson6745]

If I had a milli in my tank with that color I would give it more light. Keep in mind I run halides and T5's on my tanks. It does look more healthy than when you first bought.

 

[sahin]

the color of the algae film on the glass is important?

Maybe. Although I am not sure what the colour means. In one of my previous setups, after the tank was fairly mature, I used to get a green film of algae - almost like calcium based as it was hard to scrub off. In other tanks it usually a dirty brown film. I think the dirty brown film means high organics. But I am completely guessing here.

In my current tank I am getting a light brown film or dusting on the glass appear after two days or so. Its slowly getting better though as the tank is maturing.

I am beginning to see some of the brown frags starting to colour up as well.

I think in another 3 months time, all being well, the frags should exhibit nice coluration.

 

[labiris]

thanks a lot
i notice in my tank after dosing AA a film on the glass white/grey.
this film was created in ten minuts

 

[brad65ford]

Im positive I have pics of the blue one under the different lighting types - I will try to dig some up when I get home from work

Sounds great! Look forward to this. :bounce1:

 

[brad65ford]

Decided to lower the light intensity on the Radion and also lower the white and increase the blues. I believe it was just to bright, the tips were turning white. Seems to be doing a little better in terms of color.

 

[CUNAReefer]

This is great advice! This is exactly how I judge my own nutrient level. I keep my nitrates at .2 and phophates at .02-.03 (hanna). I know when I am not feeding enough when I do not get a thin coating of algae every 2-3 days. When my glass stays cleaner, I can test and know that my nitrate and phosphate will be lower than I normally keep it at. Usually due to a water change, flow through my zeovit reactor, too much carbon, etc. I can then up my feeding or lower my filtration methods.

Depending on how often one has to clean/wipe the algae film off their glass; is a good general indicator of the nutrient levels in the tank. Generally, if you only need to wipe the glass once a week, then I would say your nutrient levels are very low etc. Hope that makes sense. Its like a visual clue as to the health of your tank, without actually looking at test kit results etc.



I dont have a blue Milli at the moment, still trying to track one down.

However, I will tell you this:

It looks like from the photo that your Blue Millepora is a Maricultured colony. It looks in far better condition then when you first got it. It does look like it has browned up a little; maybe its the photo, but thats what it looks like to me.

I can tell you that I had Blue Millepora in my tank before, under my T5/LED light and the coral was completely blue from tip to base.

Generally, wild or maricultured pieces can take MONTHS - like 6 months or more to settle in and colour up. I did have a blue frag that was aquacultured. And another that was a maricultured frag. The aquacultured frag started to colour up within a few weeks, but the maricultred piece took more than 6 months to colour up.

Having said that, it really depends on the coral. I have a maricultured Lokani that is colouring at faster than any other piece.

 

[turtlespd]

Decided to lower the light intensity on the Radion and also lower the white and increase the blues. I believe it was just to bright, the tips were turning white. Seems to be doing a little better in terms of color.

U want the tips to be white like ur pic. That is exploding grown and tells u the coral is happy. I recommend u leave it be so it can acclimate to your LEDs. After a time frame say a month or so and it still looks like that just move it up a bit and see how it reacts then. Sometimes a blue coral wont ever be blue again, thats why I like to buy frags from locals. They keep their colors and u kow what to expect.

 

[karsseboom]

With maricultured I think its really important to give it high light and low nutrients right from the start or it will brown out and can take forever to gain that color back. I have seen many many maricultured corals look great from the whole sale and remain nice and colorful. It all depends on the tank its going into. If i'm dropping in maricultured colonies in my tank and they hold there color I know my system is in top condition.

 

[biggles]

With maricultured I think its really important to give it high light and low nutrients right from the start or it will brown out and can take forever to gain that color back. I have seen many many maricultured corals look great from the whole sale and remain nice and colorful. It all depends on the tank its going into. If i'm dropping in maricultured colonies in my tank and they hold there color I know my system is in top condition.

Excellent advice, same goes for wild stock which is all but the same. The sooner you stop any browning the better. Don't treat them like aquacultured frags and do a slow light acclimation :thumbsup: I have a blue milli branch that has hairy brown polyps so when it's happy it looks rather crappy btw Brad - are you sure you're not looking at a similar thing mate.

 

[brad65ford]

Excellent advice, same goes for wild stock which is all but the same. The sooner you stop any browning the better. Don't treat them like aquacultured frags and do a slow light acclimation :thumbsup: I have a blue milli branch that has hairy brown polyps so when it's happy it looks rather crappy btw Brad - are you sure you're not looking at a similar thing mate.

my apologizes, since I don't follow you on your question?

I looked up maricultured corals since I didn't much about this process. Seems companys own or rent a piece of the ocean to grow corals. Wonder the process in which we see them, meaning I wonder how long the process in which they are from their site to our tanks or if they go into a holding tank? By the way I purchase from Live aquaria.

 

[biggles]

On my milli the blue branches are mostly blocked from view by the hairy brown polyps present so i was asking if you thought the same thing was going on with your colony to any extent. If you annoy the colony and force it to withdraw its polyps do you see more coloration that is normally obscured by the polyps which are not colorful.

 

[DogueDeBordeaux]

U want the tips to be white like ur pic. That is exploding grown and tells u the coral is happy. I recommend u leave it be so it can acclimate to your LEDs. After a time frame say a month or so and it still looks like that just move it up a bit and see how it reacts then. Sometimes a blue coral wont ever be blue again, thats why I like to buy frags from locals. They keep their colors and u kow what to expect.

I agree. When my ATL SoF growth took off, it had several white tips. I first thought the same thing, burnt tips. Then I thought, this corals looks happy with a lot of PE.