Pink Lemonade

mrtian97 · Nov 10, 2017

This is my favorite coral in my tank, grew it from 1” frag, took about 18 months to reach this size.
Pls provide input if the color is good for a Pink Lemonade

My parameter: Alk 9.0; Ca 400; pH 8.3; Nitrate and Phosphate close to 0. I am always worry that my Nitrate and PO4 are too low but I have algae growth on the glass that I clean every couple days so may not be too low. I use salifert to test and my sps corals growth are mostly fine except several pieces STN for no reasons

thanks

Tahoe61 · Nov 10, 2017

Love this acropora, they show fantastic pe and great growth, with nice coloration.

I got my colony from Battlecorals, and can not wait to get another.

pingzing47 · Nov 14, 2017

Tahoe61 said:
Love this acropora, they show fantastic pe and great growth, with nice coloration.

I got my colony from Battlecorals, and can not wait to get another.

I have one that grew from a tiny piece about 18 months ago. Dragging a couple pieces now. Love it

Caseyoidae · Nov 14, 2017

I got this frag from battle corals and it just started growing well for me. ( had it a year lol) is this pink lemonade? It's that yellow color like yours with pink tips

pingzing47 · Nov 14, 2017

Caseyoidae said:
I got this frag from battle corals and it just started growing well for me. ( had it a year lol) is this pink lemonade? It's that yellow color like yours with pink tips

It doesn't look like pink lemonade to me, but I might be wrong. Hard to tell from the picture.

Caseyoidae · Nov 14, 2017

Ya I tried for about 10 minutes to get a better one. Here's another, it's more pink than purple as seen . Didn't mean to hijack but you guys seemed like the right group to ask lol, thanks

Big E · Nov 14, 2017

mrtian97 said:
This is my favorite coral in my tank, grew it from 1” frag, took about 18 months to reach this size.
Pls provide input if the color is good for a Pink Lemonade

That certainly looks very healthy,nice job...........it's hard to tell from the quality of the pic if the colors are good.

This is one of the few corals that actually is yellow. added to the pink polyps, hence the popular name.

If your coral has this type of yellow and light pink polyps than your colors look good. I don't have the great polyp extension you do to really show off the pink polyps.

pink lemonade by Big E 52, on Flickr

Evan West · Nov 14, 2017

Big E said:
That certainly looks very healthy,nice job...........it's hard to tell from the quality of the pic if the colors are good.

This is one of the few corals that actually is yellow. added to the pink polyps, hence the popular name.

If your coral has this type of yellow and light pink polyps than your colors look good. I don't have the great polyp extension you do to really show off the pink polyps.

pink lemonade by Big E 52, on Flickr

Mine is nowhere near this level of color or PE, what sort of light/flow is this in and what all do you dose?

pingzing47 · Nov 14, 2017

pingzing47 said:
It doesn't look like pink lemonade to me, but I might be wrong. Hard to tell from the picture.

This is my pink lemonade after close to 2 years. Started with a very, very tiny piece. Somewhat green/yellow color with pink polyps.

BigJim · Nov 14, 2017

It's hard to gauge the color from the pic, but the polyp extension is great. Here is a picture of mine. Sometimes it is yellow and sometimes there is a hint of green in the yellow.

pink lemonade 110417 by Big Jim, on Flickr

pingzing47 · Nov 14, 2017

BigJim said:
It's hard to gauge the color from the pic, but the polyp extension is great. Here is a picture of mine. Sometimes it is yellow and sometimes there is a hint of green in the yellow.

pink lemonade 110417 by Big Jim, on Flickr

Very nice piece

mrtian97 · Nov 14, 2017

I use Radion LED, my pink polyp is light pink, the yellow body has greenish tinr

Kainic · Nov 15, 2017

Nowhere near your amazing colonies, but color is coming on my frag and it looks really promising.

DSC_0095.jpg by Sergi Florit, en Flickr

Big E · Nov 15, 2017

Evan West said:
Mine is nowhere near this level of color or PE, what sort of light/flow is this in and what all do you dose?

It's near the top and centered directly under may bank of T5 bulbs.

I only dose for alk and calcium.

BigJim · Nov 15, 2017

Kainic said:
Nowhere near your amazing colonies, but color is coming on my frag and it looks really promising.

DSC_0095.jpg by Sergi Florit, en Flickr

They grow really fast once they are settled in. You will have a colony in not time.