I didnt realize those two were connected. Even more impressed with the revival. Especially with the amount of time. Beautiful looking coral. Could be a centerpiece!Small correction, the initial pic is actually from 2017.
So the pictures in my first post are actually the same coral. Basically all the tissue had died except for a small dime-sized patch growing on the side. I cut the living tissue off the main skeleton and glued it to the tile. So it's gone from this in 07/2017:
to this in 09/2020:
In both pictures the colors are pretty true to real life.
How high off the tank do you have the lights? I have the same unit and have heard that 14" is optimal. Plus at what light concentration white and blues?I'm getting good growth under my 300W unit. It's the same as the 165W, just double the size for larger tanks. I'm bad at documenting coral growth with pictures, but I have some good examples of one coral that was on death's doorstep and is making a great recovery.
For a little background, I got this coral as part of a 10 for $99 SPS pack on Ebay. It arrived brown and drab and slowly declined over the course of 2+ years. I was living in an apartment and didn't have much time or space to improve water quality. Eventually it was down to probably six actual polyps still living. I almost wrote it off as a lost cause and tossed it in my sump, but I'm really glad I didn't. After I moved last year and got the water quality better, the thing started growing and encrusting its dead skeleton. A few months ago I transplanted it to a frag tile and it's been growing great ever since. It's developing some really nice blue/purple coloration around the tips. All growth under Viparspectra lights. I can't wait to see how this thing looks when it's grown out.
Here it is on 6/11/2020 right after I glued it to a 3" tile. I cut what living tissue was trying to grow off the mostly dead skeleton. It broke during the cutting process.
Here it is about two months later on 7/29/2020:
Here it is again a month after that on 9/11/2020:
BRS recently did a video on black boxes and 14" was optimum for our boxes!!!
Thanks! I only went with that name because that’s what a reefer called it who I bought it from. It looks like you are right after looking it up! Good to know
Are you suggesting that initial frag (is THAT the dime sized frag on the side?) grew to whats on the tile now, or you saved a few polyps off that frag and grew that onto the tile? If the former, its not much growth after 3 years, and it makes me think these lights aren't great for acros, although they maybe can just sustain them?Small correction, the initial pic is actually from 2017.
So the pictures in my first post are actually the same coral. Basically all the tissue had died except for a small dime-sized patch growing on the side. I cut the living tissue off the main skeleton and glued it to the tile. So it's gone from this in 07/2017:
to this in 09/2020:
In both pictures the colors are pretty true to real life.
interesting. The post I quoted said " So it's gone from this in 07/2017: " to "this in 09/2020"You can't possibly believe the post you quoted is three years of growth. The story of the frag is in my initial post. You should read that before taking a specific response to a specific user out of context.
This is the frag in 06/11/2020 on a 3" tile:
And this is it on 09/11/2020:
ok, lets forget about dates and frags
back to op lights, vps is vipers? do you suggest 3 165, 3 300 if so on other members question on 125 post 29
Small correction, the initial pic is actually from 2017.
So the pictures in my first post are actually the same coral. Basically all the tissue had died except for a small dime-sized patch growing on the side. I cut the living tissue off the main skeleton and glued it to the tile. So it's gone from this in 07/2017:
to this in 09/2020:
In both pictures the colors are pretty true to real life.
How far off the tank do you have the lights?I use Mars Aqua 165W for mine. It’s similar to viparspectra. I just got into SPS a couple of months ago and they are growing fast under my lights!
Here are some of mine:
Greg Hiller's Aqua Delight
TSA Dan Akroyd
CC Voodoo Majick
Walt Disney
