Vivid Rainbow Delight

[tnyr5]

A friend of mine has a coral that looks very similar ( it's gorgeous), his does not like high light. he keeps it about 25" away from 400w geisseman 14k halides on the far left where the light is indirect.

 

[racerw]

I have it. Have had it for about 8 mnths still has not colored up. It is a nice looking coral from top down, that is the reason I bought it.

 

[slovan]

Mine is still brown after 6 months. It looks like everyone has the same issue.

 

[PnoyReefeR]

Here is mine

 

[mcliffy2]

This looks to be the same as the A. Nasuta variety called Rainbow Nasuta? If so, I've had it for about 6 months (got a frag at a swap), and just noticed it looking good top down the other day. Color seems to be improving from the side view as well not that growth is starting to take off.

 

[MSHUR]

Dude,
where do u keep urs?.. looks amazing!!


mike[

QUOTE=PnoyReefeR;16257312]Here is mine

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[JMalone81]

That does look good.Is he the only person to ever get this to color up decent?

 

[MSHUR]

Seems this way

 

[Ian]

really? I've never even seen a pic that looks anything close to the one on their site. And from what I've read this coral is one that really only looks good top down. I assume you saw the mother colony in person?

Agreed. Even in their display tank, the tips are beautiful but the body is just tan and that's under 1000w halides...

I have seen some nicely colored frags in their store but none were colored up all the way through...

 

[PnoyReefeR]

Dude,
where do u keep urs?.. looks amazing!!


mike[

QUOTE=PnoyReefeR;16257312]Here is mine

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Thanks Mike it colored up better in T5...It does not look as vibrant when it was on the 400w Radiums.. thanks

 

[bexi20]

I have a frag encrust but still brown pink on the color

 

[gcarroll]

I was just at Vivid a couple weeks ago with Sanjay Joshi and I must say, this coral is definitely on of the nicest if not THE nicest acros I have ever seen in person. The top down view is to die for! They do keep that coral high in the tank and it was under a 400 watt Ushio 20K if I recall.

 

[64Ivy]

This is my piece from the top down. Several months ago, I tried mounting it perpendicularly and it is now tabling, albeit very slowly. It is approximately 16" from my 400W 14K AquaConnects and has the benefit of very good, random flow.

 

[dvanacker]

IVY..that might be the coolest looking acro I have seen. Holy crap. That is magic right there.

 

[Znut Reefer]

Very nice IVY! Hopefully me and the others can get it to color up as sweet as yours.

 

[FelipeRB]

Some acros fragments need grow a couple of inches to start pop the colors!!

i have a Rommel´s red acro since a year, not color, not tip, not grow!!:mad2:

 

[gioNVA]

I think I have an acro that looks very similar to it. It's not the Vivid Rainbow Delight though.

 

[jhawkor]

I got this from the corals description- "It is important to note that the frags of this coral are not as brilliant when they are small. They will color up nicely after 4-8 weeks in your aquarium."

 

[MSHUR]

Ivy,
Looks incredible.. took you a long time to get this color?


mike

 

[64Ivy]

Ivy,
Looks incredible.. took you a long time to get this color?


mike

It always had decent color but the longer I left it alone, the more intense the color became. Right now, we're at the eighth month, same spot.