garf bonsai
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aquavista99
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Like most acropora corals, the Garf bonsai prefers high, indirect flow and high light reef tanks. I no longer have the Garf in my reef and replaced it with the Copps's bonsai, which also grows well in high light and high flow reefs.
MikeandNicole
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I have mine at the top of the tank under T5s and it is a nice purple color.
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MammothReefer
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Mines mid tank good flow, seems to be purple to me in real life..photo looks a bit off. Haven't had it to long though.
MammothReefer
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here is a better shot, it's in the back right corner.
aquavista99
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Here is a picture of my copps bonsai. In addition to high flow and high light, the Garf, like most other acropora corals will really color up in low nutrient systems.
my copps bonsai
LifeAquatic
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Ive had a Garf for about 1 month. Its in Med light and Med flow. I recieved it completely brown with green polyps. Its just starting to turn light purple on the new growth. I cant seem to get this coral to color up. Any suggestions?
Mines mid tank good flow, seems to be purple to me in real life..photo looks a bit off. Haven't had it to long though.
I thought garf bonsai is growing out branch ..yours is more like encrusted...confused
Here is a picture of my copps bonsai. In addition to high flow and high light, the Garf, like most other acropora corals will really color up in low nutrient systems.
my copps bonsai
wooo! Those are pretty!!!
MammothReefer
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It does, I picked that piece up from Atlantis when I took a trip out to the bay area last month they cut it off there main colony for me. It was easiest just to slice a piece from the corner where it had encrusted. It should start to branch eventually.
kduen
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From my little exp. with the GARF Bonsai it really needs low light. You all may think i'm crazy but when i got mine it was way more intense purple then the copps pictured above. I placed just like everyone else up high and it turned pinkish tan. I asked my LFS about it and they showed me their colony that was sitting on the bottom of a 300Gal 30 inch high tank with 400W radiums. And was just as intense purple as my piece used to be. I have since moved it down to the bottom and after 5 months am just starting to get the purple back. The LFS is Fins n Critters in Santa Maria CA, they have a website with a picture of their colony.
cshutchinson
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Here is a picture of my copps bonsai. In addition to high flow and high light, the Garf, like most other acropora corals will really color up in low nutrient systems.
my copps bonsai
Beautiful! Thanks for posting this! :beer:
dvanacker
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If you want the color like GARF it would make sense that you need lower light as GARF used all VHO if I'm not mistaken.
I find that all my tricolors take on a light body from my powerfull 400w MH. I too beleive if you want a tricolor with a deeper color'd body it needs lower light.
I find that all my tricolors take on a light body from my powerfull 400w MH. I too beleive if you want a tricolor with a deeper color'd body it needs lower light.
hmm, I wonder how much of this is true. Mine is 6" from the surface of a 250w and it's just a light purple. I'd love to try your theory and move it down lower if it will really turn darker purple. can you share some pictures of yours.
