Pc superman spot light!

heathd.hd · Jun 2, 2015

Okay kids show me yours! I have a frag it's not colored and still encrusting but is healthy. Pls throw some info along with pictures.

Placement in tank
Par
Flow
Anything else you think is important for success.

revhtree · Jun 2, 2015

Bump!

heathd.hd · Jun 2, 2015

Lol rev nice bump 3 hrs later! You must be in the same boat wanting some info and pictures on this gem!

RIReefer · Jun 2, 2015

This thread has some great info about pc superman
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/pc-superman-acro-growth-color-tracking.117314/

heathd.hd · Jun 2, 2015

I read through it. It's just old! Figured I would start new! Hahha

hatfielj · Jun 2, 2015

Ok, I'll bite! This is the best pic I could get of mine so far. I'm still learning how to use my camera.
Its under all t5's and reefbrites right now, but I just switched my lighting from radiums yesterday, so I expect this to change a bit over the next few weeks. This is about as close to what it looks like in person as I could get. I bought mine as a frag from CC a few months ago. Its starting to take off now, but my tank is having difficulty at the moment (several acros randomly STN'ing). I think it may have been from lack of feeding and too clean of water, but I'm not sure. So, this coral is not at its peak, but I hope it will be someday when I get my tank back into full health.

heathd.hd · Jun 2, 2015

Nice frag! How much light u think its under now?

jeremy · Jun 2, 2015

I just picked one up about 3 weeks ago. I placed it front and center in my 120. ATI 8 bulb sunpower. About 400 par. It's starting to encrusted good. Just waiting for it to take off. I don't have any pics yet.

hatfielj · Jun 2, 2015

Its high up. Only about 6 " under the surface. I'm running 8 T5's (4 blue plus, 2 actinics, 1 coral, 1 purple all ATI) and 2 Reefbrite blues. It was under 2 X 250 watt radiums, 2 blue plus, and 4 reefbrite blues before yesterday. So, its always gotten pretty high par compared to the rest of the tank. I feel like if I moved it down it would get less green, but who knows. I'm going to leave it alone now that I've changed my lighting and hopefully with the different lighting and improved nutrients from feeding it will grow and color more? We'll see!

heathd.hd · Jun 2, 2015

jeremy said:
I just picked one up about 3 weeks ago. I placed it front and center in my 120. ATI 8 bulb sunpower. About 400 par. It's starting to encrusted good. Just waiting for it to take off. I don't have any pics yet.

I got my piece in December it's encrusted well but still hasn't grown up! Just the frag green so far lol. Looking forward to seeing these grow up

heathd.hd · Jun 3, 2015

bad picture of mine so far

Aquaph8 · Jun 3, 2015

Mine is almost on the sand under hybrid T5/LED Sfiligoi fixture, lots of flow. Sorry not the clearest shot but its the best one I got.

IMG_0010 by Brett Daugherty, on Flickr

CoralClark · Jun 3, 2015

heathd.hd said:
I got my piece in December it's encrusted well but still hasn't grown up! Just the frag green so far lol. Looking forward to seeing these grow up

If ur getting green ur not giving enough light. At least with my experience with it.

Aquaph8 · Jun 3, 2015

Mine was green for quite a while before it started the red and blue colors. It probably is a little low but I'm running out of real estate.

heathd.hd · Jun 3, 2015

Yours does look pretty low in the tank @Aquaph8. Mines actually about as high as I can get it on my rock. it really hasn't grown up at all and is still encrusting.

Aquaph8 · Jun 3, 2015

heathd.hd said:
Yours does look pretty low in the tank @Aquaph8. Mines actually about as high as I can get it on my rock. it really hasn't grown up at all and is still encrusting.

It is really low, just above the sand bed. When it was small I thought about moving it up but now Im pretty happy with the color so I just leave it.

heathd.hd · Jun 3, 2015

I like yours! I may move mine down a bit and live with the bad color until it gets bigger. Mine was a tiny frag when I bought it. I'm actually enjoying buying the tiny stuff and watching them go through all the changes. Plus it fits my budget and high taste! Lol

hatfielj · Jun 3, 2015

Very cool colony! @Aquaph8 That red with blue growing tips is NICE. Mine just started growing new tips so I just started getting the blue. I hope with my new light set up that it will get more of the red though.

Aquaph8 · Jun 3, 2015

Thank you, what I love about this coral is how hardy it is, gonna be one of those ones that's around forever like red planet

duke4130 · Jun 4, 2015

Mine came in brown..... It showing some pink and green now.... the green should turn blue.... It has just been taking forever..... I have it at the top of the tank under 250w DE Phoenix, 2 ATI blue+ and 2 true actinic T5