A few acro color up/progression shots

[twon8]

Wild Aussie Acro

12/22/15



4/28/16


Tabling acro
11/18/15


12/15/15



4/28/16



Aussie tricolor

7/18/15


12/22/2015



Rainbow wild Aussie acro

11/18/2015


4/28/16



And pink lemonade

6/11/2014


7/18/15



12/1/15


12/15/15


4/29/16




Hawkins echinata



12/15/15


4/28/16




Efflo

7/18/15


12/1/15


4/28/16

 

[Scottsquatch]

Nice. I'm digging that efflo. It's Incredible!

 

[mrtian97]

Beautiful results, what do you use for supplements?
Thanks

 

[Adam⚡️Flash]

I'm curious as well.what's your color up technique

 

[twon8]

Nothing special in my husbandry, been doing it the same way for over a decade. I have a lot of fish that I feed heavily, topoff evaporation with kalk saturated water and occasional homemade two part (baking soda and CaCl)usage. I have a big skimmer (regal 300) and lots of flow ( over 20,000+ gph in 300DD).

 

[Adam⚡️Flash]

Do you keep your kalk top off at the same levels as the tank? And I'm somewhere between novice and intermediate can you explain the baking soda process why and how?

 

[Ezeke1]

Thumbs up! The color difference in the aussie colonies is significant.

 

[maroun.c]

I'd be very happy with the color and growth you're getting.
Loving that efflo (one of my favorite corals )

 

[twon8]

Few new pieces that I will try and color up

 

[Russ265]

how did they get pale in the first place?

 

[twon8]

how did they get pale in the first place?

That's how they came in, pics taken a day or two after arriving from California

 

[Russ265]

That's how they came in, pics taken a day or two after arriving from California

great progression shots then!

 

[Aznxgqboyx]

Nice progress man, Hey can you help me with my pink lemonade, mines was a little like yours it was greenish yellow when i got it but then turned blueish purple, i see yours was blueish purple then colored up nicely, is it the stronger lighting? I picked up the pink lemonade under leds, then got it home to 175w metal halides for a week, now i switched everything over to running 8 bulb ati t5 frag tank, about 4 days under t5s now. First row middle is the oink lemonade that turned blue/purple

 

[twon8]

Hard to say but I'd recommend increased flow and lighting. Mine has always looked best under high light and flow.