May see pics of your candle light coral?

Karl tried to send you another PM. Mailbox full. I had your # from the last time we talked but erased the thread with dates to look it up on my phone. Would you pm it to me again?
 
Hi Karl,

My piece is up high, does that explain the lighter coloration? I better move it down some...
 
Inbox is cleared, Warren.

Mike - It would look like that under 10k (or equivalent lighting). The first two pics I posted are under the 250W Phoenix 14k (which is pretty much a 20k look). The last two were under the 400W Ushio 14k (which is a lot whiter).
 
Here's another pic of mine, I finally made it home today from work before the lights went off.
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karl did you bring some of your candlelight acro to the bar swap a few months back? i got a piece of candlelight in the swap but i don't remember who it was from.
 
Mike - It must be getting a ton of flow! Growth formation is really tight;)

Josh - I didn't make it to the last BAR Swap, but I know some of it was entered for the rare category.

Yesterday, the owner of Marine Flora came by and was surprised that the tips were really as bright as the pics suggest. Even if I had a photoshop program, I don't think I'm creative enough to do embellish that without making all the other colors look whack.
 
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Yes, it receives a lot of flow, so if I lessen flow in my tank then SPS should grow "less tight" with more branching?
 
dont let these be confused. alot of the pics posted are of chesterfieldensis. I've seen a frag of the candlelight next to a chesterfield, the candlelight is nuclear green compared to the bright yellowish green of then chesterfield. the coral have a similiar growth structure so they're easily confused, the chesterfield is the faster grower. just my .02. I always thought I was cool and thought my chester was a candlelight, but then I seen a real one, it's mind blowing.
 
Originally posted by notenoughtanks
the candlelight is nuclear green
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That's a good description;)

They are a bit different. There was a time when I had the two together. The chester was not as bright, but it was yellow all over. They're sexy, nonetheless.
 
IF anyones interested, I saw frags in Sacramento at Jo Jo's Aquariums. They also had colonies of Papaya clove polyps
 
notenoughtanks said:
dont let these be confused. alot of the pics posted are of chesterfieldensis. I've seen a frag of the candlelight next to a chesterfield, the candlelight is nuclear green compared to the bright yellowish green of then chesterfield. the coral have a similiar growth structure so they're easily confused, the chesterfield is the faster grower. just my .02. I always thought I was cool and thought my chester was a candlelight, but then I seen a real one, it's mind blowing.
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If we are talking the original karls candlelight acro it is indeed bright green to yellow with even some brown in the center. The brown contrasts the bright green/yellow tips hence how it got the name candlelight. Karls candlelight didnt get distributed that much so true lineaged pieces are hard to find....and impossible for people from canada like you and me. How ever similar ones have been discovered.

If you are talking about a solid nuclear green piece its probably an australian aculus. Ive seen this one called the hulk acro...but these names are names are only for fun.
 
i have a beautiful mini colony of the karls candlelight its front and center in my tank. i grew it out from a 1/2 in frag to a 4x4 mini colony. Ive had it about 1 year now
 
Here is a picture of the same coral, different angle, and far MH still on, rest of the lights are off. Night time photo time :)


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