ugly ducklings to beautiful swans...post them

[MIKE NY]

this is what is fun about SPS...you never know what you will get......post up some of those diamonds from coal frags......here are a couple of mine

 

[coker98]

i had one that was brown at the lfs that was infested with redbugs. i treated the redbugs and the polyps turned bright green and it is turning purple and blue and growing very fast. no pic though sorry

 

[arconom]

I plan on doing the same lighting as you except VHO actinics for the 420 Nm.

I would love to see pictures of the interior of your hood.

 

[MIKE NY]

When I built my hood I had PCs already so I used them, but I rather have VHOs or T5s, anyway here you go Arconom.......the 460s are in the back(left side in pic) and the 420s are in the front

 

[clkwrk]

#1

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#2

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[Ti]

nice stuff

 

[atzak]

 

[atzak]

oops

 

[rklutt]

Un-known acro

Before

After

 

[arconom]

MIKE NY

Awesome, thanks for the picture.

 

[MIKE NY]

your welcome.......nice pics everyone .....keep'em coming.....

 

[jsweir]

 

[waterfaller1]

5 weeks later.

 

[tnyr5]

clkwrk your #2 pic doesn't count, it was beautiful to begin with lol

 

[Ti]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7349375#post7349375 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by waterfaller1

5 weeks later.

Nice
Did you give it high lighting or med?

 

[smariner]

WOW! Those are great! What do you contribute the color shifts from?

cb

 

[Horace]

Before

After

Before

After

The color shift on mine were mostly due to upgrading from a single reflector over 6 T5s to individual reflectors. Huge HUGE difference! As you can see they have grown substantially as well.

 

[cwegescheide]

OH WATERFALL... What is that coral and where did you get it??? That is one nice looking piece you got there.. I'm in Tampa btw...

 

[waterfaller1]

It is a Hoeksami. I have it midway in a 75 gal w/ 250 10 K Ushio's{440 wts of actinic VHO} it is near the center of the tank. I attribute the color to simply the fact that most delicate and Blue,purple type sps corals tend to lose alot of their color w/ shipping....and spot on parameters. I got it and this Plana from Atlantis. It has intensified in color too. Will take a new pic of it today.