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Here is a shot of another coral that is displaying some reasonable polyp extension these days
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...nsionmacro.jpg

Wow that is some sweet polyp extension and a great shot . Is that a tenius.

Wow...

"reasonable polyp extension" ???? that is excellent!! Very very nice!!

My first guess was that too but the coralites are more spread out than any tenuis I've seen so I don't think so unless it's due to reticulate evolution. I have been having some dificulty with the id on this one since even when I "turkey baste" it the polyps won't go in much so it's hard to tell what the actual skeletal structure is like. Interestingly enough it does have a serial # and date on the bottom of it's base from when it was maricultured but I doubt I will be able to trace it. Even if I could they would likely just say that it is an acropora of some kind. I will do some research when I get some time and I will get a positive id.

I didn't know maricultured pieces had serial #'s. That's wild. I've never seen it. Where does it show up, is it engraved or is it a tag?

How long have you been using reefresh now?

Yeah me neither, I discovered it by accident the other day when I was pulling a snail off that had attached on the underside making it tip. It is a tag that was glued on. The date is 17/12/06 so I assume that is when they put the frag back into the ocean to grow out. I need to check my other pieces to see if they have it too. Tony check the maricultured pieces you just got a while back, A.hoksemai & A.abrotanoides, they have the same kind of base and are likely from the same original supplier.
I started using reef-resh in Jan 07.

Do you attribute your overal coral health in part to Reef-fresh? I'm just considering some changes, and have been looking into this.

I can't say for certain, but if it ain't broke don't fix it. I am positive that if I had not been using it when I had my skimmer breakdown, about 8 weeks, and then with my DW leak incident most of my sps would have died.

I think I notice a pronounced difference in the pictures you post now and the pictures you used to post about a year ago and before. Mind you, I suspect you either have a better camera, or you got eye surgery, because the focus is also much better nowadays. :p :p :p

Who makes Reef-resh again? Poylp labs?

Yep. The nice thing about it is it seems to have a lower startup cost than some of the others and you don't seem to need a reactor. Although maybe the ongoing costs are more, I don't know. I have to admit I'm thinking about starting it now, espescially seeing the difference in Greg's corals.

I'll tell you one thing though, one thing that has me looking at Reefresh over the others is the lack of a reactor means one "kit" would be good for multiple tanks..

A year ago all I had for a digital camera was my video cam so I used it to take stills. Last Christmas I got a Sony cyber-shot 8.1 MP with a macro setting so since then my picture quality has definately gotten better.
It is about the same monthly cost as zeovit but without the initial reactor cost. Dosing twice a day is a pain in the neck so I am hoping to automate it one of these days. It is said to increase PE but in my opinion it really depends a lot on the coral. Some do a lot- some do a little.

Okay, I've looked it up and believe with a 95% probability the above coral is Acropora aculeus.

Just for fun here's a few more daytime PE shots.
Acropora tortousa, aka "cali tort"- aka" ORA tort" frag bought last Dec.
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...04tortfrag.jpg

seriatopora caliendrum
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...birdsnest1.jpg

April 07
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ptricolour.jpg

Same piece in October 07
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...reenpolyps.jpg
Here's another before & after.....April 07 A. tenuis frag acquired in Jan 07
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...nknownacro.jpg

October 07 (Mr. Shag)
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2.../atenuis11.jpg

Yes Catherine it is Polyp labs

nice job, I could only wish, that seriatopora caliendrum has amazing color

hmm i might look into using reef-resh as well