Vivid's rainbow acro

jackson6745 · Mar 26, 2016

Sawdonkey, your colors are on point. Very nice!

sawdonkey · Mar 26, 2016

jackson6745 said:
Sawdonkey, your colors are on point. Very nice!

Thanks, yeah not bad since this is what it looked like just a year ago:

Smite · Mar 27, 2016

I picked up a super browned out frag of this, but I trust the shop so I think its legit. After dipping and dripping I thought I lost it. After 2 weeks I started seeing polyps form. Now it has hints of pigment after another week or two. Hopefully in a 6months to a year I'll have something to look at.

I was told to blast it with par and flow, would you guys agree?

sawdonkey · Mar 27, 2016

Smite said:
I picked up a super browned out frag of this, but I trust the shop so I think its legit. After dipping and dripping I thought I lost it. After 2 weeks I started seeing polyps form. Now it has hints of pigment after another week or two. Hopefully in a 6months to a year I'll have something to look at.

I was told to blast it with par and flow, would you guys agree?

Yes, high light high flow. The coral is notorious for being browned out for a while. Be patient and take care of it. It will be a gem in six months. It won't get full colored until it's mini colony or better sized.

DaveRaz · Mar 27, 2016

sawdonkey said:
Yes, high light high flow. The coral is notorious for being browned out for a while. Be patient and take care of it. It will be a gem in six months. It won't get full colored until it's mini colony or better sized.

Yep. It took months for mine to color up.

sawdonkey · Jun 8, 2016

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Apisto · Jun 8, 2016

Good growth and really nice color! But, you look like you're as bad as I am at spacing corals for future growth[emoji1]

sawdonkey · Jun 8, 2016

Apisto said:
Good growth and really nice color! But, you look like you're as bad as I am at spacing corals for future growth[emoji1]

Ha! This is a particular bad spot for me. I had no idea these two would be such fast growers. The one to the right is lower so it's not a problem. I recently drew a line one the bases of these two with kalk paste to slow the fighting. I'll also be fragging both pretty frequently to keep them off of each other.

Smite · Jun 11, 2016

Man that thing is really growing for ya! Well done.

Robink · Jun 13, 2016

Looks great!! I have one that was colored up and than I messed with my lighting so it browned on me again. It's a little over a year.
Put the lighting back where it was. Hopefully it will color back up again.

Robink · Jun 13, 2016

Sorry for the cell pics. I have a camera and cannot take a good pic to save my life.

watchguy123 · Jun 15, 2016

My vivid rainbow is just starting to really show its potential. I believe it has been in my tank about 10 months, it started as a decent size frag directly from Vivid's aquarium.

Metal halide and t5 shot

Reefbrite XHO blues and t5's

sawdonkey · Jun 15, 2016

watchguy123 said:
My vivid rainbow is just starting to really show its potential. I believe it has been in my tank about 10 months, it started as a decent size frag directly from Vivid's aquarium.

Metal halide and t5 shot

Reefbrite XHO blues and t5's

Very nice! I like the greens and blues you're getting. Mine has been more red/pinkish but since turning my LEDs down, it's showing more blue/green.

sawdonkey · Jun 19, 2016

I'm not sure what has happened in my tank, but my Vivid's Rainbow has shifted colors quite a bit. It has gone from mostly white/red to showing much more blue and green. Quite the welcome change!

JBNY · Jun 22, 2016

Mine is growing pretty good. Coloration is nice up close but it sort of blends in with my coralline when you are further away. Nice acro though.

sawdonkey · Nov 21, 2016

I'll bump this up again. My colony has shifted colors quite a bit but it seems so be staying at its current colors now. A lot of the red has gone away and now it's more green/blue. Here's a macro shot that capture pretty much exactly how I see it with my eyes.

DaveRaz · Nov 21, 2016

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JBNY · Nov 21, 2016

Update for this coral.

Daniel@R2R · Nov 22, 2016

JBNY said:
Update for this coral.

That looks like it's getting way too big... It's gotta be unhealthy to have such a huge colony in your tank...and think of all the real estate you're losing to it...send about half of that to me and I'll take care of it for you...