Yeah, my mother is a good pink at 450 par. I need to move her soon! 150-200 par got me that grafted look... Keep looking for a good spot Bubba! You'll get that grafted look again!
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Yeah, my mother is a good pink at 450 par. I need to move her soon! 150-200 par got me that grafted look... Keep looking for a good spot Bubba! You'll get that grafted look again!
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My TSA Daydream has lost it's pink and turned solid red with little blue in the base. I am wondering if it needs lower par to show the pink and blue.
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Bubba that’s a cool looking frag
I wonder why some of the polops are blue and some pink/red
I wonder why some of the polops are blue and some pink/red
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I have no idea. The original frag I got looked like their colony pic but over time it for sure has changed color. I don't even see the red polyps on their colony pic. Hopefully overtime I will get the blue body again with pink around the corallites.
This is their pic.
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Just saw your pic of aquatic man. It's growing fast man!!! It looks great
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Thanks! It is looking great lately and growth is taking off.
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@FarmerTy I can't seem to get away from this thing! Pops up everywhere!I got this RCA Baton Rouge from @FarmerTy a couple months ago. I am really sad to see I am losing the green streaks that made it look grafted. The color is a shade of red I haven't seen before and I am really liking it.
I want these green streaks back!!
How high is your T5 fixture, above the waterline? I am always undecided about whether I am cooking away the colors of my acros with my 8 bulb fixture.
Blame the fixture for bad colors, always!
Blame the fixture for bad colors, always!
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That frag is in my frag tank under the t5's. The coral is in about 8" of water but the t5's are 20" off the water.How high is your T5 fixture, above the waterline? I am always undecided about whether I am cooking away the colors of my acros with my 8 bulb fixture.
Blame the fixture for bad colors, always!
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Woah, that is a lot of light! On my 24" deep tank I have the 8 bulb t5 fixture 11" off the water and I still get 325 par on the sand.
Wish I had a par meter to get real numbers! Okay, just raised it from 5” above the waterline to 9” above the water line.
No wonder most of my acros have stunted growth tips. Duh. I feel stupid ✌
Here is 9” above water line. Before. The light was 4” above the rim, or ~5.5 above water line.
I’ll keep it at this height for a couple months and see if I get growth again, and better color.
Edit: no wonder my plating montipora always grew DOWN
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Nice tank!! It looks like you are getting good growth. You would be amazed by how much par an 8 bulb ati fixture puts out. I think 9" is a good start and see how things react.Wish I had a par meter to get real numbers! Okay, just raised it from 5” above the waterline to 9” above the water line.
No wonder most of my acros have stunted growth tips. Duh. I feel stupid ✌
Here is 9” above water line. Before. The light was 4” above the rim, or ~5.5 above water line.
I’ll keep it at this height for a couple months and see if I get growth again, and better color.
Edit: no wonder my plating montipora always grew DOWN
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I remember the BRS video recommended 9" off the water with a 6 bulb fixture on a 120 gallon tank. You were cooking them with an 8 bulb that close.
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RRC Pink Caddy has to be one of the fastest growing corals I have ever had. Due to bad coral placement I decided to remove it and a PC rainbow that was growing in that side of my tank to give room to some others.
I turned my colony into large frags, lol.
I turned my colony into large frags, lol.
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Same! It's such a fast grower.. Even if you start with a 1/2" nub. That's a pretty field of Caddy there sir!RRC Pink Caddy has to be one of the fastest growing corals I have ever had. Due to bad coral placement I decided to remove it and a PC rainbow that I had duplicates of that was growing in that side of my tank to give room to some others.
I turned my colony into large frags, lol.
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I added my first nub a couple weeks ago. We'll see what happens
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Not with my incredible prices, lol!
You will have a colony in no time! I started with a small frag in February and it turned into a nice sized colony pretty fast. I even cut mine a few times since I had it.
