fishmanstan
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I bought this as ORA red planet...whys it green w/brownish polyps?
ORA red planet -green?
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I bought this as ORA red planet...whys it green w/brownish polyps?
Nano sapiens
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Yeah, that is a green one, alright 
If it is a 'Red Planet', then lower lighting tends to produce predominantly green pigment. In lower light, the green will typically still have a nice bright florescence to it and the polyps will be brownish. Higher light tends to bring out the pink/red coloration.
If it is a 'Red Planet', then lower lighting tends to produce predominantly green pigment. In lower light, the green will typically still have a nice bright florescence to it and the polyps will be brownish. Higher light tends to bring out the pink/red coloration.
fishmanstan
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I have radion gen 2's. It is at least medium in my tank, probably a little higher than medium.
tmulrney
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IMO if it is a red planet it is green because it is encrusting. Once it started to grow vertically you will see the red. I have Radions also and I've fragged the reddest pieces of my colony and placed them in a frag plug right next to mother colony ( ie same flow, light etc) and the frag will turn from red to green as it encrusts. Once vertical growth starts it will begin to turn red.
fishmanstan
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Tmurlney, I hope you're right! The radions DEFINITELY are not to weak to grow acros ss my growth has been better than when I had halides. The mother colony I bought from looked almost identical to the one I have.
fishmanstan
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Breathtaking tank! There is little to no red in it. The polyps are light brown, so maybe they could be dark dark red?
Reefnation.Jon
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Top Notch tank Mark.
Red Planet
Green = low light
Red = med/high light
Pink = high light (LED)
Red Planet
Green = low light
Red = med/high light
Pink = high light (LED)
Nano sapiens
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Comes down to light intensity, spectrum and photo period duration.
The problem with PAR readings, especially with LEDs, is in obtaining a true result. The most common Apogee quantum sensors have a real issue accurately reading near monochromatic light put out by LEDs, especially at the far ends of the visible light spectrum.
There is an archived thread on RC where around 220-250 PAR from T5s or MH were fine for a RP, but the same coloration in the coral was obtained with LEDs with around 150 PAR. This shows that getting accurate PAR readings can be a real challenge for different light sources/wavelengths and is why people sometimes have problems with their corals when switching to LEDs even though the respective quantum sensor PAR readings might be similar.
The problem with PAR readings, especially with LEDs, is in obtaining a true result. The most common Apogee quantum sensors have a real issue accurately reading near monochromatic light put out by LEDs, especially at the far ends of the visible light spectrum.
There is an archived thread on RC where around 220-250 PAR from T5s or MH were fine for a RP, but the same coloration in the coral was obtained with LEDs with around 150 PAR. This shows that getting accurate PAR readings can be a real challenge for different light sources/wavelengths and is why people sometimes have problems with their corals when switching to LEDs even though the respective quantum sensor PAR readings might be similar.
bobssecrtsn
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Had the same problem with my red planet, it wouldn't grow at all but would stay green with brown polyps until I changed to t5 it took off like a weed on a stick, did I tell you I was running ai nano? I certainly blamed the LEDs they are not ment for tanks!
bobssecrtsn
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Here's mine after I switched
And this is before
Nano sapiens
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This coral is very picky about it's environment. I have multiple mini-frags located in various locations in my tank under LEDs and they all look very different.
In my case, my humble mixed reef nano tank's corals are actually doing better under LEDs than they were under T5s. A lot depends on the quality of the respective systems.
Nice to see your RP doing so well under the T5s.
Thanks, i shall be moving mines up in the morning lol
low riderr
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if your red planet is green it is getting to much light. do not move it up whatever you do. move it or shade it. i had the same problem when i switched to leds.mine went from red to sour apple green.i shaded the colony and a few weeks later it was turning back to red,it did take a while but its back.
