Flower pot

[Shell]

My flower pot coral has color on the bottom but the top is more white, is this normal?

 

[Tab28]

Picture will help in answering

 

[Shell]

Sorry if it is not a good picture.

 

[Tab28]

Not really a good photo. Too much blue. It actually looks like it may be an avleapora but would need to better picture. Avleapora have 12 tentacles and gonipora have 24 per polyp. But that is only for id purpose. The color was your worry. But the picture i can only see blue. Can you get one under white day time lights and no flash?

 

[Dtackett]

when taking pics for help its normally best to turn the blues off, or add more white light. most cameras cant compensate for the blue and that's how it turns out.

 

[Shell]

Is this any better?

 

[Tab28]

Yes. It is an avleapora they tend to be a bit more subdued colored than gonipora. Usually light green, tan, or blue. Tan colored body with colored tips with white center disk is not uncommon if that is what you have. A bleached coral will not be tan but a translucent white. the colored tips will have a look like colored plastic light bulb, you can see through it. Not solid color but a translucent color. Also an odd neon glow to it.

I would still keep it in low light and slowly acclimate it to low-medium. It may help brighten up the tips a bit. Gonipora and avleapora should be fed a few times a week with liguid or powder food for filter feeders. Nice long swaying polyps is a sign of a happy flower pot.

 

[Shell]

Thank you. I placed on the sand bed and it seems to be opening a little more.

 

[MrDJeep123]

when taking pics for help its normally best to turn the blues off, or add more white light. most cameras cant compensate for the blue and that's how it turns out.

With a white balance adjustment they can. Just to clarify...

 

[Dtackett]

With a white balance adjustment they can. Just to clarify...

most cameras still cant compensate. the average person doesn't have a dslr or a high end camera. the average person uses their phone or a plain digital camera. and even adjusting the white balance on the cheaper cameras doesn't due much because its not a true "white balance" adjustment. so no, most cameras cant compensate for the blue lights.

 

[MrDJeep123]

most cameras still cant compensate. the average person doesn't have a dslr or a high end camera. the average person uses their phone or a plain digital camera. so no, most cameras cant compensate for the blue lights.

I beg to differ. Even camera phones can do so. Shade, sunlight, cloudy features...those are white balance adjustments.

 

[Dtackett]

true, but even with a phone like mine (note 3 has an amazing camera for a phone) those preset white balances only does so much. they still don't turn out looking anything near right. this is the best pic ive taken with my phone under blues. and yeah its good. it took downloading a different application that allowed me to take a photo in RAW and set the white balance to that of the photo plus use an amber filter. and its still off quite a bit. it takes a lot of effort to get a good pic on a phone or regular digital camera.

 

[MrDJeep123]

I think photos should be worth the effort.

 

[Dtackett]

lol well, we agree on that. but at times you don't have the chance. such as pest ID photos. it might not sit there for 10 minutes for you to find the best way to set the camera up.