Walt Disney Acro Help

[EasyReef87]

I am an intermediate reefer that is considering getting into some higher end SPS. One of the SPS that catch my eye is the Walt Disney Acro. The problem I am having is that on any selling forum the colors of the Acro seem to differ from seller to seller. Before I buy a frag from someone, can anyone help me with what the mother colonies "officially" look like? The last thing I want would be for my 1st high-end SPS experience to be with a "faulty" coral. Appreciate the help and pics wanted.

 

[Anirban]

Sorry to disappoint you but there is no official look for acros. They behave completely different tanks. Their colour completely depends on water chemistry, lighting and nutrient levels. But just buy it from a reputable seller and put it under good condition. Its more of a blue light coral. It looks nice under blue light but under daylight its just ordinary. If you want to get a nice coral under both lighting then get a sexy coral orange passion.

 

[Oscaror]

I am an intermediate reefer that is considering getting into some higher end SPS. One of the SPS that catch my eye is the Walt Disney Acro. The problem I am having is that on any selling forum the colors of the Acro seem to differ from seller to seller. Before I buy a frag from someone, can anyone help me with what the mother colonies "officially" look like? The last thing I want would be for my 1st high-end SPS experience to be with a "faulty" coral. Appreciate the help and pics wanted.

Welcome to R2R!

 

[Tom Blevins]

I believe this is where it started, could be wrong..

 

[WWIII]

Here's worldwidecorals pic of it from their website under "blues" and "daylight" for comparison sake...

 

[EasyReef87]

Thanks, Oscaror. Hail Yeezus

I understand nothing is official, but just knowing what to look for from people that have had experience with this particular Acro is a ton of help.

 

[Epic Aquaculture]

There's a very good chance it would come in looking much more like this than Oscaror's picture above:

With good lighting and water conditions, it can turn into a very beautiful coral. While mine looks better under blues as all of them do, it still looks great under my daylight setting. this pic is not mine. I just Googled Walt Disney Acro under daylight. Do that and you'll see some good representations of what a frag will look like without an orange filter and blue lights...

 

[Epic Aquaculture]

Here's my frag received on 6/12/2018

Here it is today. Still getting more color every day.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Welcome to R2R!

Is this in your tank?

 

[Oscaror]

Is this in your tank?

I WISH

 

[Epic Aquaculture]

Welcome to R2R!

Just a note on this photo for the OP. While it's certainly gorgeous, please realize that this picture was clearly taken under only blue lights with either an orange filter, or some post processing or, more than likely, both. The rock work to the right of the coral is all blue which means it had to be taken under only blue lights. There's nothing wrong with that and some people do only run their tanks with blue lights, but do not, for a minute, think that a WD will ever look like this under normal day light settings that most people use. The picture I posted was under the 18K setting on my Radions which is what my daylight is.

 

[jda]

You picked one of the corals with the most contrast between greasy photos and reality. This one really can shine with filters, RB-only LEDs and photoshop, but look like a green tenuis with brown polyps in some tanks. Post #5 does a good job of showing the daylight colors in the first photograph. If you have RB LEDs, then you can get color more like some and it looks better... but the ones that you really see pop are usually edited. WD needs tricks to look great.

There are nicer looking corals in all-condition lighting. The suggestion above about the Sexy Corals Orange Passion is a good one.

 

[Bob Weigant]

Best advice I can give you is find someone you can trust. If your in a club that makes it easier. A local club member turned me on to great sps guy and Ive been buying from him ever since. Beware of photo shop corals

 

[Oscaror]

Just a note on this photo for the OP. While it's certainly gorgeous, please realize that this picture was clearly taken under only blue lights with either an orange filter, or some post processing or, more than likely, both. The rock work to the right of the coral is all blue which means it had to be taken under only blue lights. There's nothing wrong with that and some people do only run their tanks with blue lights, but do not, for a minute, think that a WD will ever look like this under normal day light settings that most people use. The picture I posted was under the 18K setting on my Radions which is what my daylight is.

Yes this is important. Its clearly taken under blues and wont look as good under white lights

 

[EasyReef87]

All the feedback is much appreciated! Yea I understand that most picture will be taken under R/B LEDS and that makes a big difference, and frankly, I will be running R/B myself so the daylight view isn't as important. I am definitely looking into some orange passion acro now as well.

 

[WillH]

Mine is very yellow. It’s small so I assume I’ll see more colors soon! I believe I have it at about 400 par

 

[Coastie Reefer]

Realistic representation of a WD frag under a heavy blue “daylight” spectrum. To pull out the crazy color you have to blast it with light. That’s my experience though.

 

[EasyReef87]

Mine is very yellow. It’s small so I assume I’ll see more colors soon! I believe I have it at about 400 par

Isn’t 400 about as high as you can reasonably get?

 

[Epic Aquaculture]

Isn’t 400 about as high as you can reasonably get?

Many people are going up to 700-800 PAR in their tanks. I'm at over 500 and slowly working up. You just need to acclimate slowly as you raise the intensity.

 

[Dilan Patel]

I think My walt disney is around 600 par.