ORA Strawberry Shortcake Pic/growth thread

[jerl77]

 

[kutcha]

Jerl yours looks like a jason fox

 

[jerl77]

Nope Ora for sure still on the Ora plug

 

[gacolt]

above view

 

[Acro]

January 29

May 29

 

[Paolissimo]

This is the progression from my previous posting. It has spread a little bit more over the ORA plug. The color is soo much better then the pic i took.

This is the link to the previous pictures
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/ge...hortcake-pic-growth-thread-5.html#post1857245

 

[Acro]

This is the progression from my previous posting. It has spread a little bit more over the ORA plug. The color is soo much better then the pic i took.
This is the link to the previous pictures
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/ge...hortcake-pic-growth-thread-5.html#post1857245

Are you happy with the growth and color right now? I'm surprised you do not have an polyp extension

 

[Paolissimo]

Are you happy with the growth and color right now? I'm surprised you do not have an polyp extension

These are two bad android pics, I used a filter to take the pics or else they would have been too blue. I have a good polyp extension, you can see it in my original pics, the polyps are always extended. I have tried other "versions" of the strawberry shortcake and i never had any luck. The ORA seems to be doing much better, I have had it for about a month and I am very happy with the color and growth rate.

 

[Acro]

These are two bad android pics, I used a filter to take the pics or else they would have been too blue. I have a good polyp extension, you can see it in my original pics, the polyps are always extended. I have tried other "versions" of the strawberry shortcake and i never had any luck. The ORA seems to be doing much better, I have had it for about a month and I am very happy with the color and growth rate.

Gotcha! Mine really started to take off after a month, and finally is encrusting over the rock. I'm looking forward to your growth!

 

[Mercurio]

Here are some pics now that mine has colored up some.

Full Spectrum

Blues Only

 

[Acro]

Here are some pics now that mine has colored up some.

Full Spectrum

Blues Only

I guess yuu have yours pretty high in the tank?

 

[labas39]

This was mine back in January of 2014

 

[Mercurio]

I guess yuu have yours pretty high in the tank?

It's about 3/4 of the way up. Not the very top but it does get a lot of light and flow. The color I've gotten from the LEDs vs T5s on my old tank has been amazing. Growth is great as well. I just wish I had a better camera than my galaxy phone .

 

[Acro]

It's about 3/4 of the way up. Not the very top but it does get a lot of light and flow. The color I've gotten from the LEDs vs T5s on my old tank has been amazing. Growth is great as well. I just wish I had a better camera than my galaxy phone .

I agree. Once I finally got the schedule where my tank liked it everything was so much Better. Next step is for me to borrow a par meter from someone to figure where I'm at.

Do your lights have UV in it?

 

[Mercurio]

Yes. I'm running 3 of the DM-155e from Reef Radiance which I believe have 4 violet per light.

 

[Acro]

Yes. I'm running 3 of the DM-155e from Reef Radiance which I believe have 4 violet per light.

I've seen that people who have the UV or known as "violet", have better colors. I'm thinking of upgrading my pucks

 

[labas39]

This was mine back in January of 2014

This is it today.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Nice!

 

[Paolissimo]

I guess yuu have yours pretty high in the tank?

I have found that mine doesn't like very strong light, It does like strong current. I'll try to take some better pics to show off the color, mine is very similar to mercurio but the tips are much more pink.

 

[hybridazn]

Update on my shortcake acro from ORA.

It's encrusting nicely and is getting,some decent vertical growth as well. Overall I'm pretty happy with the growth rate. I've had it since Feb.