Walt Disney Acropora

mtraylor · Feb 25, 2017

I have been looking on the internet for this coral for about 9 months. Looking for deal that is. I have seen frags from 120 to 300. Most of the pictures I have seen are from actinic lighting. The pictures I see from daylight pics, the coral doesn't have that pow, that lured me in.

For those that have purchased this coral. does it look like most of the actinic pics on the net, or is it more subdue? Just trying to figure out if I wan to purchase one.

Thanks

Kershaw · Feb 25, 2017

I have the same wondering. Except I am waiting price to drop if it ever dose

Clayalaleona · Feb 25, 2017

If you want a looker you need a home wrecker. That thing is hot no matter what light.
Walt is nice under super high light otherwise it turns green
Heres one of my frags... it hasn't taken off yet but I have three now... maybe one day

mkutsch · Feb 25, 2017

In my experience, it's a bit more subtle, but it depends on what light you run. If you mean "daylight" as LEDs, my daylight is mostly blues and violets and greens and almost no whites. I've never seen em under halides, though.

Mel_Amoranto · Feb 26, 2017

Heres mine under ati led powermodule. Mine grew from a 1/4 nub. About 1 year growth.

Macdaddynick1 · Feb 26, 2017

Blues vs whites

Lonny · Feb 26, 2017

I've had mine for four months now. It's under t5's. It came from the underside of the mother colony and was pretty green when I got it. It's got more color now and I'm really hoping it keeps going.

this was it when I got it

has anyone got one like this and got the full color back? Just want to know if I need to be doing something in particular to get full color.

mkutsch · Feb 26, 2017

IME, if it looks healthy, I would wait it out. I have more experience with LPS and softies, but the premise is most likely the same for high light acros such as this. That said, there are products for color enhancing zoanthids, but there might be something similar for SPS.

ptpablo · Feb 26, 2017

My favorite by far! I know this is a pretty blue pic but I think this is a must have no matter blues or whites!

Sabellafella · Feb 26, 2017

mtraylor said:
I have been looking on the internet for this coral for about 9 months. Looking for deal that is. I have seen frags from 120 to 300. Most of the pictures I have seen are from actinic lighting. The pictures I see from daylight pics, the coral doesn't have that pow, that lured me in.

For those that have purchased this coral. does it look like most of the actinic pics on the net, or is it more subdue? Just trying to figure out if I wan to purchase one.

Thanks

This is as white as you will see. I take my videos and photos in 12k

mtraylor · Feb 27, 2017

Yeah that is exactly what I mean by actinics is basically all blue lighting. Most of the ones I have seen are under like 420nm and that is it. Almost Every coral looks good under that light.
First and far most. Thank you everyone for all the coral pictures. Yeah I think its a little subdue. I have all LED fixtures, so I wonder what it would look like under 400k Radium.

alten78 · Feb 28, 2017

mtraylor said:
Yeah that is exactly what I mean by actinics is basically all blue lighting. Most of the ones I have seen are under like 420nm and that is it. Almost Every coral looks good under that light.
First and far most. Thank you everyone for all the coral pictures. Yeah I think its a little subdue. I have all LED fixtures, so I wonder what it would look like under 400k Radium.

Exactly! Since when and why has it been acceptable to only show a coral under blues only? I've been burned with this before I knew what to look for because I ran Radium's or Phoenix's only. Now running T5's, my blues only (ATI Blue+) are on for 15 minutes at the end of each day strictly for the fish, not for viewing coral.

Not to take anything away from the WD or HW but the daylight pictures are few and far between so who knows what it would look like in my tank 96.875% of the time.

BigJim · Feb 28, 2017

Here is mine under pretty white lighting. It looks amazing under blues, but I can't get a decent picture under blues. It's still a nice acro under any light.

Dunki · Feb 28, 2017

Daniel@R2R · Mar 1, 2017

Clayalaleona said:
If you want a looker you need a home wrecker. That thing is hot no matter what light.
Walt is nice under super high light otherwise it turns green
Heres one of my frags... it hasn't taken off yet but I have three now... maybe one day

+1 to this! Homewrecker is everything the WD is hyped to be (and more).

reefaboo · Mar 1, 2017

Dunki said:

this is nice ..what lighting is this under ?

Triston · Mar 27, 2017

Props to all you guys with your nice pics. This one was taken with my phone and I didn't turn off the pumps, tweak the lights or use a filter so the quality is not stellar. It is for sale this homewrecker would wreck almost any home though so don't even ask about buying it unless you have liquid cash.

mtraylor · Mar 28, 2017

BigJim said:
Here is mine under pretty white lighting. It looks amazing under blues, but I can't get a decent picture under blues. It's still a nice acro under any light.

Interesting that it has purple hue.

luke33 · Mar 28, 2017

I purchased one at the recent frag swap here. It was grown under ati T5 and is all yellow under daylight with a bit of blue/purple in the tip. Its a nice looking acro under daylight but doesn't blow your mind. I'm interested in seeing it a month or two down the road. Its not nearly as nice as the RR orange passion currently. But its growing right next to it so will make for a nice pic eventually : )