Walt Disney Acro
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bshow24
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Frag #1 is worth $200 frag #2 it will be hard to get $25. To me that is hype.
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I'm not saying people aren't able to photoshop or adjust images based on contrast or exposure, I'm talking about what I see with my own eyes when I look at the coral. I have a camera and I can take pictures but I don't really care what they look like there, my goal is to be able to see a beautiful coral in my tank. The WD Acro, as far as I can see, will look exactly like the images I have seen, and since by the time I get home from work my lights are closer to 20k, I'm perfectly content with it.
Piper27
I love bengals
Everyone is so used to making this coral like the stupid crazy filtered and led blasted pictures no one is trying anything different. Has anyone acclimated this to high par under halides yet? Like some 400w 12k or something? I bet it would show some actual real bold and beautiful colors. Judging from the colors in actual real untouched daylight photos this coral has good potential to get amazing pinks, greens, yellows and purples.
I do not understand when it became ok to represent coral frags as true colors when taken under all blue leds with crazy filters and heavy Photoshop retouching. Let alone just one of these three would turn me from buying a coral in a heartbeat! Imagine if this was done on all websites and threads with all corals for sale, there would be no way to tell exactly what your buying.
I do not understand when it became ok to represent coral frags as true colors when taken under all blue leds with crazy filters and heavy Photoshop retouching. Let alone just one of these three would turn me from buying a coral in a heartbeat! Imagine if this was done on all websites and threads with all corals for sale, there would be no way to tell exactly what your buying.
I would love to try and put that thing in my 3' cube under my two 400w se, t5s and 60 led setup.
bshow24
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It's funny how this thread started requesting positioning of this coral and has turned to this...I honestly don't care what sellers do to photoshop items and using filters, etc. If the coral looks good in my tank and I get to see all the colors, I'm happy. And yes, it looks as good as advertised.
Now, thanks to answers from some helpful posts, I was able to find a great spot for this coral and it seems happy and has a crazy amount of polyp extension. Can't wait to see it grow and color up!
Now, thanks to answers from some helpful posts, I was able to find a great spot for this coral and it seems happy and has a crazy amount of polyp extension. Can't wait to see it grow and color up!
tigersmith
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Piper27
I love bengals
My point is you may know this coral looks "exactly" like the original pictures that were altered. But now that one of the most popular corals has been represented this way there will be a flood of hobbiest to vendors to wholesalers using this method of picturing coral. How will you know what new pieces look like in your tank? To me it's not worth paying any money to buy a coral that could look compleetly different in my tank. And a lot of people who don't know how to tell the difference between good Photoshop and misleading Photoshop will be mislead and overpay for average coral.
Not trying to go off topic, but I had to say it. Also I wanted to find out who has theirs growing in very high light? Since the topic was positioning, I did try to keep on track.
jbvdhp
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The farmers and suppliers are already over saturating their photos:
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bshow24
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This isn't the first and won't be the last coral that's been photoshopped to look better by vendors but that's also why we have communities like this to show what things look like, plus we have vendors and sellers who communicate on RC as well (where I got it from) who are willing to go the extra yard to provide more pictures to see what it will look like. I knew what I was getting, and I was ok with that. And I'm happy because it looks amazing.
I sincerely apologize for my frustration de railing the thread and ruining it. The coral will turn very pale and hints of yellow in too low nutrient. It responds very well in tanks with medium nutrients in high par areas. Fry this coral in 400-500 par. If coral turns green increase par. High flow. Photographs best in pure blue LEDs and use gel filters to really bring out its color. Usually sells for $20 per polyp lol
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bshow24
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Haha no worries! I can understand frustration. I mean, I took a picture under lights and used light room to make it look like what I see it as in my eyes but is every seller going to do that? Most likely not. I'm happy seeing this in the lights, and if I ever decide to sell a frag I'll just make sure to show the blue light pics
Piper27
I love bengals
Yea I know, the practice is definatly growing among them as well, makes it really hard to know what colors things are going to be when they show up at your store/door. The is for posting the pics thoes are good representations.
SchnitzelReef
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Took this with my iPhone and a gel filter. Lights were only reefbrite xho led. All flow was off, so I got some nice top down shots. Here's my WD. No editing
bshow24
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Well, now that I received my gel filters (thanks to seeing schnitzels pic) I'll post some pictures of the frag. These pictures were both taken under all blues and are completely unedited.
This first picture is using a gel filter on my iphone.
This next picture is with my Nikon D5300. At least this shows a more natural color.
This first picture is using a gel filter on my iphone.
This next picture is with my Nikon D5300. At least this shows a more natural color.
danrobberg
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Those are some of the nicest colors I've seen on this frag. It's regained my interest for sure.
bshow24
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I really like being able to bring out the color. Seeing this thing in person it's a beauty, even in 17k lighting it has a nice bold yellow but obviously the best lighting is he all blues where you can see the yellows, greens, purples, and pinks. Surprisingly in the week and a half I've had it, it's colored up a lot, can't wait to see what it looks like in a month or two.
bshow24
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It's definitely pricey but I will say, it's a nice looking coral. im not the most patient person so it being a small frag sucks, but one day it'll be larger and I'll see even more of a rainbow color pattern.
bshow24
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Been a while since I've taken a picture of this frag, but figured I could update the thread and show the growth/coloration over the last 7 months. So here's what the frag looks like now (sorry, it's a bit blurry. Hands aren't steady enough yet):
The dark purple tips are starting to come in, and I'm just waiting for some growth so I can see a bit less green, but overall I'm happy with it.
The dark purple tips are starting to come in, and I'm just waiting for some growth so I can see a bit less green, but overall I'm happy with it.
