ORA pearlberry

[rigleautomotive]

could be a nasuta or desalwii

 

[ct_vol]

Not the pearlberry, but super nice none the less...

 

[SERVO]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15158133#post15158133 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by PUGroyale
^ it can really look quite different based on the lighting... looks really healthy though :0

and stable alkalinity. I dialed in a few things and increased the frequency of my water changes and mine looks incredible. Before it was average at best.

 

[Johnny C]

Mine is still pretty small but growing quick... it's definatly one of my favorites!

 

[justin23]

Very cool shot J.C. I like the negative space you created. Submit it here if you want it added to the site:

http://www.oracorals.com/submit-your-ora-corals-photos/

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15511030#post15511030 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by CaliDreaminjC
Mine is still pretty small but growing quick... it's definatly one of my favorites!

 

[reefkeepa14]

some are showing great colors. i have yet to get me a frag!

 

[SnookSlayer08]

I just got a frag of pearlberry last night, here's a pic of it

(flash)

 

[sondaar]

Mine needs help! Been in the tank since mid June. Here is a picture from July 13th, after this shot I moved it to the bottom of the tank. At this time it had very little polyp extension and a slight bleaching.

Here is a shot from today. I just moved it off the bottom for the picture. I havent seen any polyp extension for a week and it looks more bleached to me.

Ammonia 0
Nitrates undetectable
Phosphates undetectable
Mag 1380
Calcium 430
Temp 79.6
Salinity 1.026 refractometer
Alk. 7.8 dkh

All other SPS looks fine and growing. I dose vodka/mb7 is why the Alk is lower end. Reef Crystals for salt with 10g weekly water changes. Also 1 drop of Lugols daily. Is this coral dead? Any help or advise would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Mike

 

[john90009]

Here is mine, iv had mine for about 6 months now and it has barley grown and bursted with growth like everyone elses that i know. All my other corals are growing and im not a noob with parameters but do you think that the coral tried encrusting straight down it lost all its energy because going straight down doesn't get alot of light?

 

[john90009]

Any ideas?

 

[melev]

If that coral is under only a 20,000K bulb, that could be why. Not much PAR available for the coral to grow. However, the encrusting is a good sign. Perhaps the colony will bust out soon.

 

[justin23]

John,

sometimes it just takes a while.. Your colony looks great, you're getting growth with good polyp extension. I think this coral will reach a tipping point soon and start really growing. Keep up the good work.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15614353#post15614353 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by john90009
Here is mine, iv had mine for about 6 months now and it has barley grown and bursted with growth like everyone elses that i know. All my other corals are growing and im not a noob with parameters but do you think that the coral tried encrusting straight down it lost all its energy because going straight down doesn't get alot of light?

 

[aquariumclown]

Finally got a chance to snap a shot of mine yesterday. Purple tips are really pronounced over the last 3 weeks

 

[john90009]

Veryyy nice i wish ora pumped out nice corals like the pearlberry every month.

 

[Reef Bass]

Nice color there aquariumclown.

If I may suggest, you could increase your shutterspeed and decrease your aperature / increase your fstop number to get a larger depth of field and more of your purple pearlberry in focus at once. Handholding with a 50mm you could probably go as slow as 1/30th-1/60 and certainly 1/100th.

 

[john90009]

Thanks i was also wondering what to change to fix that problem thanks.

 

[aquariumclown]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15645068#post15645068 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reef Bass
Nice color there aquariumclown.

If I may suggest, you could increase your shutterspeed and decrease your aperature / increase your fstop number to get a larger depth of field and more of your purple pearlberry in focus at once. Handholding with a 50mm you could probably go as slow as 1/30th-1/60 and certainly 1/100th.

Thanks, and for those who might question the color, that is the color as I see it with my naked eye, it's an amazing coral.

I had a tripod on this shot and I shot it at F3.2, yes it's a bit shallow, but I wasn't trying to capture the whole coral, it's more of the same 4 inches back where it blurred out anyway. But next time i set it up I'll try for a deeper dof.

From looking through this thread I wonder if I might have the biggest pearlberry to date. it's 4 inches plus. And growing at a nice pace.

 

[john90009]

ughh theres a pearlberry in a fish store by me thats like a foot by a foot wide, but nice try though hah its a nice colony for sure.

 

[aquariumclown]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15645246#post15645246 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by john90009
ughh theres a pearlberry in a fish store by me thats like a foot by a foot wide, but nice try though hah its a nice colony for sure.

Show me a pic! haha

 

[rigleautomotive]

this one is a little over 6 inches at its biggest branch

and a older pic