Blue tort--before and after

[Crit21]

Here's the BEFORE (Jan 2006)

 

[Crit21]

crud. i wanted to paste a pic in here.

 

[racer69]

Dan, you need to load it to your gallery in reef central and then post it in your thread. If you need more info maybe I can help in the morning.

 

[Crit21]

What I'd really like to do is post a larger pic in a thread.

 

[Crit21]

Let's see if this works.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=78654&thumb=1

 

[Crit21]

It worked. Thanks Todd. Too bad about the detail or pic size though. Anyway, that's the growth between the end of January (I think) and the end of May--just 4 months! I got this one from COreefer.

 

[jdieck]

What lighting are you using?

 

[Freed]

So what color is an actual blue tort supposed to be? I have seen completely deep blue, green and deep blue, light blue, blue with green polyps, etc., etc...

 

[FishnWishn]

I'll give you a hand with the pics. I tried to enlarge them but they were just a bit blurry.

 

[normanviking]

Nice growth. I picked up a Cali blue tort last week, but my lights melted it. I need to come up with a better light acclimation process.

 

[Freed]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7461721#post7461721 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Freed
So what color is an actual blue tort supposed to be? I have seen completely deep blue, green and deep blue, light blue, blue with green polyps, etc., etc...

 

[COreefer]

ORA torts as that is can be purple, blue, blue green...it all depends on the conditions in the tank. There are a variety of torts, ORA, califorina tort, Oregon tort, etc...

BTW Dan...nice color and growth rate on that one.

 

[Crit21]

Lighting is 3-175W 10,000K over a 125G tank. No Actinics. XM's are on the ends and an Aqualine in the center. I've read that the lower Kelvin rated bulbs have a better spectrum for growth, so I'm sticking with these for now.

I'm using the 3-part home-recipe for B-Ionic (Ca, Alk and Mg) and once a week supplement with Kent Coral-Vite.

I'm not sure which is helping the most, but I'm definitely sticking with it. It's cheap and effective.

Hey FishnWishn, how did you get the images in the post?

 

[Deuce67]

Really nice growth. Much faster than mine. What kind of flow is it recieving?

 

[Crit21]

Not much flow at all where it's sitting. I'd say moderate to low.

Hey Russ, that digi frag you gave me turned out to be the same type as one I got from Robert. Are they from the same source originally?

 

[Deuce67]

Not sure Dan. The original frag I got was from COreefer so it could be.

 

[racer69]

You gotta love that homemade 3 part recipe. I think the coral growth (explosion) in my tank, can be contributed to this type of dosing. I don't know if it is the ingredients, or the steady dosing, but it sure seems to stimulate great growth.

 

[murfman]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7463082#post7463082 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Freed

My Oregon is purple and green under actinics and more blue and grey under the MH.

 

[Crit21]

Todd, you sure can't beat the cost.

 

[Leopard Wrasse]

Looks good Dan.