palmers blue milli
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Chelsey
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I've got the Palmer's blue mille, and so does Chad. In my tank it looked similar to the ORA blue (under T5s) but in Chad's tank under MH it looks amazing. I don't have any pics because it's on a frag rack relatively close to the surface and he's got a tsunami going on in his tank!
I too have both the ora and palmer's. They look almost identical so I mounted them side by side in the tank to let the encrusting growth run into each other. This collision happened a few months ago. They aren't killing each other but there definitely is a delineation between them. Now I'm not sure what this proves though. My thinking was that if they were the same thing they would grow together. I don't know enough about biology to make any comments about this experiment.
I got to see Mike's colony today, and it is VERY blue! Since it is a mille, it always has polyp extension, and the polyps are silvery, which hides a bit of the blue underneath. In the reefready picture, I think most of the polyps were retracted, so the blue is really evident. Also, the resolution doesn't appear to be very high, so that would tend to blend the colors. Nevertheless, it is an incredible coral. Unfortunately, I didn't get to speak to Mr. Palmer directly to get the history, and his roommate was not a coral afficinado. Mike has an incredible tank, but as twon points out, he does run RF10k 400W bulbs on (I believe) HQI ballasts. Most of my other milles also like high light to bring out the color to its fullest, so I'm sure this coral is no exception. Also, under standard interior lighting, the frag is also very blue when out of the water.
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The blue mili I have have silver/white polyps.
This is how mine looks also. I got my blue mille from Maximus over at RC. When I first got it the polyps were blue and silver but now all the polyps look white/silver.
that is where mine came from as well.
i'll try and find the original thread about the palmer's
BigBadZoaDaddy
Orange ya gonna Frag it!
250 watt HQI 10K Ushios, no name just my blue millie?
This is suposed to be Tyree something or another, PU from Scooby Doo. (Gonna be Frag Farmer?)
Bottom left and some kinda blue stag top right.
This one was a PU from a local in MI, and even now that the first has grown out and actually has branches the 2cd is still WAY!! Better!!! It is actually now more purple than blue at the base?
This is suposed to be Tyree something or another, PU from Scooby Doo. (Gonna be Frag Farmer?)
Bottom left and some kinda blue stag top right.
This one was a PU from a local in MI, and even now that the first has grown out and actually has branches the 2cd is still WAY!! Better!!! It is actually now more purple than blue at the base?
