Any JKR rainbow colonies?
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Daniel@R2R
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I'm thinking that I've seen several of those colonies around, but not sure who has them. Hopefully someone will chime in. Maybe some of our #SPSExperts know of some. Let's see those pics!
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bubbaque
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I think it does. The JKR Rainbow is a very underrated coral IMO. It was one of the first corals I fragged from my display and started to grow another in my frag tank just because I liked it so much.
This is the one in my display
This is the one I started to grow in my frag tank and I believe it looks much better than the one in my display. It gets way more par than the display one. The polyps are actually that red.
JKR Rainbow is a great coral that never has needed any tricks to look great.
There is a JKR Rainbow 2.0 that is really nice too - heard, although not confirmed, that it was a graft of the two original corals as the OG JKR Rainbow, but this time the tips are blue.
There is a JKR Rainbow 2.0 that is really nice too - heard, although not confirmed, that it was a graft of the two original corals as the OG JKR Rainbow, but this time the tips are blue.
Huff747
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I think it does. The JKR Rainbow is a very underrated coral IMO. It was one of the first corals I fragged from my display and started to grow another in my frag tank just because I liked it so much.
This is the one in my display
This is the one I started to grow in my frag tank and I believe it looks much better than the one in my display. It gets way more par than the display one. The polyps are actually that red.
Feel free to frag that one for my next order
Trevor40
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I think it does. The JKR Rainbow is a very underrated coral IMO. It was one of the first corals I fragged from my display and started to grow another in my frag tank just because I liked it so much.
This is the one in my display
This is the one I started to grow in my frag tank and I believe it looks much better than the one in my display. It gets way more par than the display one. The polyps are actually that red.
WOW! Excellent! I have a small frag that I am waiting to grow into a mini colony. I have mine at the top of the tank in the center so hopefully it does well. I have notices it seems more hardy than some other acros as I got some burnt tips on others and it remains unaffected. Here is what I started with a little over a months ago. It's now encrusting the whole plug.
This one needs some size before it starts to shine, IME. It will start to look good at real colony size of 3-4 inches like the ones shown in the photos.
Mine does better with lots of light.
Mine does better with lots of light.
Trevor40
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Yes, I am hoping it starts to shine once it starts taking off. It is getting about 400 PAR under T5 for 7 hours with lots of random flow. I can't wait to see how it looks in 1 year.
Mouse84
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skittles taste the rainbowI think it does. The JKR Rainbow is a very underrated coral IMO. It was one of the first corals I fragged from my display and started to grow another in my frag tank just because I liked it so much.
This is the one in my display
This is the one I started to grow in my frag tank and I believe it looks much better than the one in my display. It gets way more par than the display one. The polyps are actually that red.
Just like a graft with any kind of plant or creature... putting two different kinds together tissue together to see if they will take forms from each other. Some work and some do not.
The second photo down shows a graft:
http://www.reeffarmers.com/limitedjoesrainbowacropora.htm
The second photo down shows a graft:
http://www.reeffarmers.com/limitedjoesrainbowacropora.htm
