let's see them PPE's or any PE's...
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twon8
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It's called TPE's, as in twon's pe's, they tend to have white faces adn green skirts, but colors change on them constantly. I've had them over a year and I maybe have added two polyps in that time. They just dont like growing.
here is when they looked their best, more than a year ago.
and here are some more recent shots
jessiesgrrl
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Hey, if they change all the time, you could call 'em Disco Ball People Eaters... or Travoltas for short.
:lol:
Laurie
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Laurie
Reef Junkie
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That is freaky twon!
That is a big change.
What do you think caused them to change?
That is a big change.
What do you think caused them to change?
twon8
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the top pic was under a 15k coralvue bulb that was probably closer to 25k, and a blue+t5, so i think the overload of blue brought that about. the middle pic was when they first went into the 180 under 400w 20k, and vho actinics. I think it is a combination of appearence and lighting, and possibly flow, I didn't have the greatest flow in the top pic. the bottom ones have mad flow, constant current.
surfnvb7
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7739957#post7739957 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RevHtree
Rev, your TPE looks amazing.
mine are on the right in this picture. and is what they look like currently. they have a splotchy center with white, lime green, and a tiny bit of light pink splattered all over the polyp like someone through cans of paint on it. and the skirt is a light lime green along with a lime green slit mouth. i think i've grown 2 polyps since december. as i sarted with 3, and am up to 5 now.
my camera doesnt pick up on light pastel like colors...but they are there. i'll try to get a before and after pic up soon.
redFishblue
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7741547#post7741547 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by twon8
and here are some more recent shots
I've have some that look kinda like this but I can't seem to get a good pic of it.
Here's one recent attempt.
Its not blue at all, its just the camera. But you can see the pinkish speckles like Twon's.
Reef Junkie
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Even though they looked prettier in the first pic, they look so much healthier in the next two.
Maybe it was just a very long transformation period combined with the lighting and flow combo?
Whatever the case, they're sweet.
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gflat65
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7755282#post7755282 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by surfnvb7
please tell me you are going to upgrade your lights to something other than 10k AB's lol
Oh yeah. I can't wait, actually. I have it in budget for the November time frame (unless I can forego some other purchase and work in new bulbs). I'm not sure what I'm going to go with because I run VHO's, too, and like the neon display after MH go out. The 14K Phoenix was too blue with VHO's and I don't know anyone that knows anything about the Helios 12K (and it throughs out even more par than the 10K AB's). The 120 will be more of an LPS/zoa tank, so I'm running (2)-175W probably AB 10K (all reports say SE 10 AB's are more blue...) and VHO's. That should be a bit bluer than the yellow ray storm they get from the current set up.
