Reef Pilot's Undersea Oasis

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by WarDog

I wouldn't mind getting my hands on some of that Pearl Berry once I am up and running. Just stunning!

Thanks. I was pleased this one survived OK through my tank problems.

[Reef Pilot]

Color and growth coming back now that P04 and N03 are back down to zero.

[Tn23]

Beautiful photos Walter.
Was this taken with your underwater camera?

What's the name of the 3rd sps? Thanks

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by Salty23

Beautiful photos Walter.
Was this taken with your underwater camera?

What's the name of the 3rd sps? Thanks

Yes, with my Olympus TG-2 (TG-3 is out now). If I have enough patience (rarely), can take some really sharp macro pics with it.

Haha, yeah, everyone asks about that one... Can only call it Acropora.sp for now. It is a very nice piece, though, and really deserves a designer name...

[Tn23]

Very nice. I have the same camera TG3 but have yet to try taking reef photos with it yet.

I believe that sps is called purple plasma. However I could be wrong. I have a peice as well and looks next to identical under lower nutrients.

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by Salty23

Very nice. I have the same camera TG3 but have yet to try taking reef photos with it yet.

I believe that sps is called purple plasma. However I could be wrong. I have a peice as well and looks next to identical under lower nutrients.

Yeah, nice thing with that camera, too, is that you can set your white balance by just pointing it at the sand, and save it.

I have sold a few accidental frags of it to people (maybe even you, Thomas, haha), but have never had a name. Gets more color as it matures and grows larger. It's multi colored, actually, only tips are purple. It has lime green and beige, too.

[Tn23]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

Yeah, nice thing with that camera, too, is that you can set your white balance by just pointing it at the sand, and save it.

I have sold a few accidental frags of it to people (maybe even you, Thomas, haha), but have never had a name. Gets more color as it matures and grows larger. It's multi colored, actually, only tips are purple. It has lime green and beige, too.

Wow good to know about the camera, maybe I'll try it out this week and can show you a photo of that purple plasma acro. Its similar however the tips might be slightly different. I picked it up as a Purple plasma acropora, but we will see what I get a good photo like yours. Too bad you can't make it to the frag swap.

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by Salty23

Wow good to know about the camera, maybe I'll try it out this week and can show you a photo of that purple plasma acro. Its similar however the tips might be slightly different. I picked it up as a Purple plasma acropora, but we will see what I get a good photo like yours. Too bad you can't make it to the frag swap.

Yeah, bummer,.. I missed it last time, too, when it was out there,... can't remember, but was gone somewhere again. But I was at Dave's, the last one here in Langley, and was a great turn out.

That camera has a lot of capabilities with the different scene settings and super macro mode. Also, can play with flash and exposure, too. And that manual white balance setting is great to get rid of that blue or purple hue that you get with the lights. But it takes time and patience to experiment with it, and find what works best for you. Sure is nice to just put it in the water, though. I think the TG-3 is still rated as the best camera of its type when you read the reviews.

[Tn23]

Snapped a quick shot earlier tonight, not with the TG3 but with my cell phone instead haha.

Looks similiar?

[Reef Pilot]

Yeah, definitely similar in color. Your branches look thicker, though, but with smaller tips. But could be just differences in lighting and nutrients as I know acros can really vary by tank. I will have to do some searches and see if I can get more images of the purple plasma and compare.