Was I too mean here?

[Justin74]

Thats kinda what I imagined and have seen, not personally like you though friend

Do the collectors go diving with blue lights to help find those more spectacular flourescors(think would be a good idea if they did!)? Just wondering what drives them to pick this coral instead of that coral, does it have anything to do with coloration or just whats on the list of acceptable collection?

-Justin

 

[bookfish]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9241040#post9241040 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Justin74
Thats kinda what I imagined and have seen, not personally like you though friend

Do the collectors go diving with blue lights to help find those more spectacular flourescors(think would be a good idea if they did!)? Just wondering what drives them to pick this coral instead of that coral, does it have anything to do with coloration or just whats on the list of acceptable collection?

-Justin

Although I have heard of some blue light diving, mostly it's a matter of divers knowing that, although they can't see it underwater, certain corals are more colorful and "desireable" than others. Essentially, its a long feedback loop from what is popular among hobbyists to what divers are directed to collect.

 

[tacocat]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9240614#post9240614 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bookfish
Having spent MANY hours underwater, at various depths, I can tell you that most corals in the wild (yes there are exceptions) show very few of the colors we prize in our tanks. Even at 15-20 feet, you'd be lucky to see the blue tips on a mille if you weren't looking very carefully. That said, there are some corals (blue and pink montis particuliarly but some stags also) that show amazing color in the wild. Looking at corals in their natural environment feels like looking at a tank under 6700K!-Jim

You need Starphire goggles.

Even under Iwasakis, corals show more color than they do in the wild. I wonder if it's a byproduct of infinite point source lighting versus single point source lighting in the home.

 

[bookfish]

I had the chance to take wild and maricultured corals in Tonga and bring them over to the Walt Smith operation there (Thx Anna!).
They had banks of a 50/50 mix of T5 actinics and daylights. The corals, which looked only ok in daylight (shallow water, natural sunlight) were suddenly dayglo fantastic!
I still like to look at corals under BOTH types of lighting.
I think tacocat may be right about the diffusion of color due to directionality of light source.