Hallucination Coloration

djbetterly · Dec 7, 2016

About a year ago I bought a single hallucination, I now have a dozen or more. The coloration is OK, but not as vibrant as some of the photos I've seen online (presuming the photos are to some degree enhanced).

What have other care takers of hallucinations found is good placement for them?

rock_lobster · Dec 7, 2016

Show some pics

mine do well low flow low/Med light with T5s but they are not as vibrant as some pictures online.

Pola0502ds · Dec 7, 2016

Are there any additives to brighten zoas up in general?

djbetterly · Dec 7, 2016

I broadcast feed reed roids and add selcon and garlic.

What additives have you found to work well?

djbetterly · Dec 7, 2016

Did I get suckered or does it work?

Pola0502ds · Dec 7, 2016

djbetterly said:
I broadcast feed reed roids and add selcon and garlic.

What additives have you found to work well?

I make my own food and added a mixture of coral food and selcon to it so every time I feed my fish I broadcast feed my coral. I direct feed my zoas with the Fuana Marin Zoanthid food mixed with Fauna Marin Min D twice a week and dose Vitamin C daily. I don't dose anything specifically for coloration which is why I asked the question.

djbetterly · Dec 7, 2016

Here you go...straight iPhone photo...I cropped it and thats it.

Sir Chris · Dec 7, 2016

I find feeding zoas a waist of extra nutes. I used 2 feed and couldn't tell if they were reacting from water or food but I use coral frenzy crushed up and soaked in my amino acid and others complet similar 2 Red Sea at 1/3 or the price and my colors exploded and even my polyps are greener on my red digi. Anyways I drop he food from 6inchs above so they fall on the zoa and they will suck it in with here mucus but stopped feeding and the growth hasn't stopped I also dose ms gs oyster and sps max. And have 2 Pom Pom crabs that feed on filtering. I was goin 2 buy the abcd kit by red but bright does the job perfectly and not paying for a name

TheEngineer · Dec 7, 2016

It might be the vitamin c. That's a carbon source and it will make your water really clean. Have you tested your nutrients?

djbetterly · Dec 7, 2016

Doing a fresh test right now...I also have enough chaeto in my fuge to clean north korea.

tristanfish · Dec 7, 2016

djbetterly · Dec 7, 2016

talk to me @tristanfish .....

tristanfish · Dec 7, 2016

djbetterly said:
talk to me @tristanfish .....

How old is your tank? These are under t5, with reef brites. Can look thru my thread and see specifics

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/a-collection-picture-journal.264984/

djbetterly · Dec 7, 2016

Tank is coming up on three years.

I'm running 2 x Radion G3 XR15. Recent parameters, as of minutes ago.
Nitrates are undetectable (need to change that...)
P04 .09
Calcium 435
Alk 8.5

tristanfish · Dec 7, 2016

I feed my tank well, and it's a mixed reef. I don't do any testings really except cal, alk, mag. I dose these three things.

medusala · Dec 7, 2016

Are you sure those are hallucinations..?

tristanfish · Dec 7, 2016

medusala said:
Are you sure those are hallucinations..?

Are you referring to mine?

medusala · Dec 7, 2016

tristanfish said:
Are you referring to mine?

No, yours are for sure. djbetterly's dont look like hallucinations....

djbetterly · Dec 7, 2016

I bought it at a frag swap, Jason Fox was right next to this vendor and is responsible for encouraging me to buy it....so I'm pretty sure they are. Also they have kind of morphed. There are others that have a more vibrant ring that you can't see in the photo.