Walt Disney Tenuis Grow-Out Thread

ajcanale · Jun 30, 2017

Originally grown out under T5 with Reefbrite LED. Moved it to frag tank under radion g2 pro and the pink has intensified. Captured under RB and actinic mode only.
Note: no filters used, only auto white balance adjustment

Macro through portal:

Hard to capture through 1" of acrylic

Ace Ventura · Jun 30, 2017

recent of mine. zero post processing, straight from the camera.

Ghxst · Jun 30, 2017

If I received a colorful and encrusted frag vs a green one will it stay that way or will it also color down to green and then get colorful?

kennedpa · Jun 30, 2017

Ghxst said:
If I received a colorful and encrusted frag vs a green one will it stay that way or will it also color down to green and then get colorful?

Only time will tell.

luke33 · Jul 1, 2017

Mine is 100% yellow under 500 par t5, lineage from mb

Ghxst · Jul 1, 2017

Does this look right for WD?

kennedpa · Jul 1, 2017

Ghxst said:
Does this look right for WD?

Good chance. Why do you ask? Are you concerned it's not?

AwildcatsZ · Jul 1, 2017

What is the success of growing these under LED only? I run AI Hydra 26HD and have been pondering getting a WD. I have been growing other "cheaper" acros successfully but never seem to see anyone grow these under LED. Thoughts?

danreefman · Jul 1, 2017

Mine looks awesome under ap700

Ghxst · Jul 1, 2017

the growth looks strange, extra space between base and edge and whitish new growth but color on the edge. So I was just asking if it looks like normal WD.

It's also funny that all I see is green and the camera picks up the "color"

Ibn · Jul 1, 2017

AwildcatsZ said:
What is the success of growing these under LED only? I run AI Hydra 26HD and have been pondering getting a WD. I have been growing other "cheaper" acros successfully but never seem to see anyone grow these under LED. Thoughts?

Mine is currently under LED only. Same company that makes your light, but even older (AI Vega Color). It's getting 480 PAR where it's sitting.

kennedpa · Jul 1, 2017

Ghxst said:
the growth looks strange, extra space between base and edge and whitish new growth but color on the edge. So I was just asking if it looks like normal WD.

It's also funny that all I see is green and the camera picks up the "color"

You'll see that most tenuis look like that when they lay down a base. I would say that's spot on.

Ghxst · Jul 1, 2017

I've had a mixed Reef for 6 years and salt tanks for 15, this is my first "fancy" named sps. I have max par of 400 so we will see how this turns out! Can't wait

rlangley1977 · Jul 1, 2017

I've been trying to find a piece of wd for some time now...

ajcanale · Jul 1, 2017

AwildcatsZ said:
What is the success of growing these under LED only? I run AI Hydra 26HD and have been pondering getting a WD. I have been growing other "cheaper" acros successfully but never seem to see anyone grow these under LED. Thoughts?

It has definitely been done, but with mixed results in terms of color. I saw a post recently of one grown out under radion g4 (pros i think) and it looked outstanding. I think its crucial to have the actinic/uv/purple specrums to help pull out the pinks. It really seems to thrive under high par too. I grew mine out under T5, and moved it under radion g2 pros and it seems to have developed even more pink.

AwildcatsZ · Jul 1, 2017

ajcanale said:
It has definitely been done, but with mixed results in terms of color. I saw a post recently of one grown out under radion g4 (pros i think) and it looked outstanding. I think its crucial to have the actinic/uv/purple specrums to help pull out the pinks. It really seems to thrive under high par too. I grew mine out under T5, and moved it under radion g2 pros and it seems to have developed even more pink.

It would be placed at the very top of my rock work where it would also receive plenty of flow. The colors were of my main concern. I've seen some beautiful frags turn not so nice and then I've also had some not so nice frags turn into beauties! Hearing you've seen more pinks with the LED lighting sounds promising.

Out of curiosity, how low of PAR has the WD been successful? I also have a space in the mid range of my tank I considered placing.

Dizzzy1209 · Jul 1, 2017

One of the WD frags I cut of my colony.
Under royal blues.

ajcanale · Jul 1, 2017

AwildcatsZ said:
It would be placed at the very top of my rock work where it would also receive plenty of flow. The colors were of my main concern. I've seen some beautiful frags turn not so nice and then I've also had some not so nice frags turn into beauties! Hearing you've seen more pinks with the LED lighting sounds promising.

Out of curiosity, how low of PAR has the WD been successful? I also have a space in the mid range of my tank I considered placing.

I'd like to reiterate that I am not speaking for LED in general rather fixtures with UV/purple spectrum's, specifically Radion Pro's.