what colors are?!?

MarvinsReef · Feb 16, 2011

what colors are the most abundant and least common in the SPS world?

Just Clownin Around · Feb 16, 2011

MarvinsReef said:
what colors are the most abundant and least common in the SPS world?

True pinks. Not bleached out reds. But I think that's true for allot of corals

dougers31 · Feb 16, 2011

Most common, maybe green or brown. Least common, black...jk, I would have to say pink as well.

MarvinsReef · Feb 16, 2011

where does yellow or yellow'ish rank? aka Pink lemonade color

Emoney · Feb 16, 2011

I wouldhave to say Green also is very common, But bright Yellows, and Hot pinks are kinda rare..I have a Hot pink Milli that everyone local say's " i need that"..lol..

MarvinsReef · Feb 16, 2011

is this considered red, faded red, or pink? I know for sure it's not hot pink. :hammer: I lost the colony of this a while back. I'm glad a piece of it broke off.

gar732 · Feb 16, 2011

I haven't seen too many bright orange sticks. The only thing I can think of is the sunset monti and maybe the sunset millie.

sportzfish · Feb 16, 2011

Purple and green are commonplace.

MarvinsReef · Feb 16, 2011

sportzfish said:
Purple and green are commonplace.

hmmmm... what's unique about the Purple Monster then? is it just the most purple SPS? growth pattern?

extremehobbyist · Feb 16, 2011

+1 on bright orange if i could find a bright orange acro i would mess myself

MarvinsReef · Feb 17, 2011

extremehobbyist said:
+1 on bright orange if i could find a bright orange acro i would mess myself

hmmm... that would be a cool acro. :bigsmile:

therman · Feb 17, 2011

In acros, bright yellow (not pale green) is almost nonexistent. Pink lemonade and some millepora come close. Orange is also very rare, but maybe a few milles have it. Montipora have a lot of the colors that Acropora are missing, and vice versa.

I disagree with bright pinks, there are a lot of hot pink milleporas and some tables out there. I guess outside of Montis, Stylos, Seriatopora, A. millepora, and Pocciliopora pink is rare ;P

Deep red is pretty rare.

aquascaper82 · Feb 17, 2011

the forest fire digi is orange =) i have a few of them in my tank. is it rare...? cuz someone gave it to me...

akabryanhall · Feb 17, 2011

As far as acros go, Orange would have to be the rarest. Montis of course come in every color in the rainbow. Green is the most abundant for sure!

extremehobbyist · Feb 17, 2011

aquascaper82 said:
the forest fire digi is orange =) i have a few of them in my tank. is it rare...? cuz someone gave it to me...

well the forest fire digi is not bright orange nor is it a acro

MarvinsReef · Feb 17, 2011

so, really to have diversity in colors, you have to mix and match different kinds of SPS. not just acros or montis, etc....

here's my plan of attack:

for orange, red, & pink -- will use montis, millies, & birdsnest
for blue, purple, & green -- will use acros
for yellow -- Pink lemonade only?

does that pretty much cover most of the colors? :wink:

Hi Salenity · Feb 17, 2011

Acro's with red polips are hard to find and brown Acro's are hard to sell! LOL

Emoney · Feb 17, 2011

pic of my Watermellon milli...No photoshop..just cropped..looks much nicer in person

MarvinsReef · Feb 17, 2011

that's another question I had. is there a lot of Rainbow type SPS besides the Rainbow monti that has multiple color (3-5) on them?

Jcr's Reef · Feb 17, 2011

MarvinsReef said:
that's another question I had. is there a lot of Rainbow type SPS besides the Rainbow monti that has multiple color (3-5) on them?

If there is someone is holding back. An SPS with more than 2 colors are hard to find IMO.....How about a gray SPS! A light gray one with bright blue tips would look cool!!