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GB BLACK HORNET, similar to Ktar Black Hornet

GB TROPIC PRISM

RAINBOW CAR MORPH

GB BLUEBERRY JAWBREAKER

GB EMPEROR GOLD

GB NIGHT OWL

PRINCESS TOADSTOOL

GB COSMIC FIRE

GB GOLD MAUL

GB JADE MOON

GB QUEEN KRAKATOA MORPH

EMERALD CHAOS

Welcome!!!

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GB HOT FIRE MILLI

TRICOLOR

GB GREEN TIP PURPLE LOKANI

GB FLAME POLYP MILLI

GB SUNSHINE FIRE

GB FULL SPECTRUM

GB SUGAR COATED

GB RAINBOW STARLIGHT

GB PATRIOT

GB TROPIC SUN

GB FLAMING CANDELABRA

GB SUGAR BABY

Bingo Andy, am with the coral god....lol Now you have excuse to come visitnto get your free frag.

Another hint:

Snowing here in spring now at 40 deg

Hint: Dont look at my handsome face look at the background...lol

Nice try Andy.

Fixed

Adam please fix the picture so we can see it. I just load up frm my phone.

First to give correct answer wins an sps frag

I think your shroom got tumor, let me cure it!

I am in

Look at your light fixture lay out. If you have about twice more blue & violet vs white then you may want to add 30% from your reading to get close to true par reading.

If you want to increase power you need to rearrange the sps position, low light species going down and light hungry species going up.

Yes you will burn the dragon type acropora if you have it up top.

How high off the water do you run the onyx?

15" - 20" above water

Usually when I see something like that, it is either light bleaching or something bad in my tank happened. Keep in mind, mine are much smaller. :P

 

I just had a feeling it may have been something else. Intensive transport would make sense, or the shock to new lighting.

 

How long did you have that piece before you threw it under LED's?

It was under radium led hybrid for a week at 270par before moving it to higher par led.

I'm curious. What do you think was the original cause of lack of color?

 

It looks beautiful.

Acropora generally is very finicky. Removed it from comfortable environment such as mariculture bed will make the acropora stress out.

Plus long shipping duration added to the stress factor. Rapid changes in lighting condition from mariculture bed to exporter holding tank will shock the zooxanthellae algae also.

Sometimes a simple situation just moving to diff spot in the same tank can trigger color down. Once settled down in the new place it will color back up.

Color is the from of adaptability of  zooxanthellae algae to absorb or deflect available light spectrum for photosynthesis.

So some may have green or blue that is dominant color and some may have red that is dominant instead base on available light spectrum in each tank.

Lighting is only one of many variables to color up sps.

Just don't be discourage when you received color down acro, it will bounce back.

Some will take more time to color up.

Picture at March 11 2016

Picture at March 21 2016, color up and some new growth tip on pic

Under Onyx LED at 100% all channels

It is about time Jared, Welcome!

Welcome buddy!

Looking forward for your killer sps.

Hello this is ME! Thanks for welcoming to your forum!

Welcome and nice to see you in this forum Mark.

We need your knowledge about reef tank additives here.

Nice! What did that one look like before you cooked it?

I don't have a before picture.

I have this one that I am coloring it up, I'll update later on this one. Not sure how it will color up.

It is under DIY Led.