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[adamsfour]

Hello fellow reefer
I have a 115 gallon tank. With no LFS I am left to buying my coral online. I find it very frustrating that vendors post what look like awesome coral using unrealistic lighting. This is a common practice and has, in my case, resulted in being very disappointed when I receive the coral. One recent purchase was so different that I was convinced it wasn’t the same coral. IMO if a vendor, upon request, refuses to provide a picture under true colors then don’t purchase. I am tired of wasting my hard earn money on awful looking coral. Or better let voice your concern and try and push vendors to stop this practice. I did find a vendor who is happy to provide true color photos on request.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Welcome to your new home for saltwater reef aquarium resources and fun! Welcome to the family!

 

[DDenny]

I only have have one LFS and they do have a lot of saltwater stuff which is nice, but I agree with you. I think this is causing some unrealistic ideals on what a coral or corals should look like in peoples tanks. I only buy online from vendors that will send or post under “normal” lighting or will send photos in “normal”. Anyway welcome

 

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[ryanjohn1]

Welcome

 

[adamsfour]

Agree. What online vendors have you found that post with natural light.

 

[CO2TLEY]

 

[vetteguy53081]

 

[56longroof]

Welcome to R2R. I agree with you totally on this. I want to see what the coral will look like under halide lighting not a super saturated blue light that is reminiscent of freshwater glofish. Just a opinion from a old school reefer.

 

[thedon986]

I was very happy with my sunnyside corals order. Pics accurate to what coral actually look like. Also salt critters posts pics under blue and whiter light. A few more do as well. Another good strategy is to google the coral you are looking at on their site and compare it to other pictures you can find to get more of an average of what it looks like under different light spectrums.

Welcome!

 

[Outlaw Corals]

Hello fellow reefer
I have a 115 gallon tank. With no LFS I am left to buying my coral online. I find it very frustrating that vendors post what look like awesome coral using unrealistic lighting. This is a common practice and has, in my case, resulted in being very disappointed when I receive the coral. One recent purchase was so different that I was convinced it wasn’t the same coral. IMO if a vendor, upon request, refuses to provide a picture under true colors then don’t purchase. I am tired of wasting my hard earn money on awful looking coral. Or better let voice your concern and try and push vendors to stop this practice. I did find a vendor who is happy to provide true color photos on request.

I agree with you 100% so many of these vendors saturate their pictures so much that you could tell how unrealistic their pictures are

 

[Bruttall]

welcome to R2R. And you gotta love the way the interwebz have changed the meaning of phrases like AS IS and WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET.

Like most things, you have to do your Due Diligence or you run the risk of getting scammed.

 

[RedReefer]

Welcome to R2R!!! We have many sponsors here, I’m sure they would be more than happy to show you coral under daylight settings.

 

[adamsfour]

Well I would love to hear from sponsor. I can certainly tell you a couple that won’t.

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

Welcome!

 

[RedReefer]

Well I would love to hear from sponsor. I can certainly tell you a couple that won’t.

Dang.

 

[thedon986]

FWIW all my LFS have unnecessarily blue lights on their corals too, so I always have in mind what I am looking for and know what it looks like under my 16.5k lights so I am just looking for a healthy specimen and ignoring the 20k lighting.

 

[kevgib67]

Welcome, glad you are here!

 

[dschuffert]

Welcome! I feel the same way you do. I usually buy WYSIWYG pictures of corals when I want to see exactly what will be shipped. I have also found places like Jason Fox, Tidal Gardens, and others that fairly represent what they are sending.

 

[Reef Wizard]