Wayne's 225

[lastlight]

looks like you're not using your DIY lights any longer? Are those Vegas?

[mseepman]

Interesting on the Strawberry Shortcake..three of us in the Okanagan split a good sized chunk between us and all of us found that high light and high flow is the only way to make this not go pale and stop growing.

[tang daddy]

Thanks for the response Wayne, I thought it was ssc but just wanted to confirm... Did you aquire the colony or frag and grew it out?

Would you say it's a fast grower.... I recently aquired a frag and have mine roasting on the frag rack but kinda unimpressed with colour as its pale ATM, it's fully encrusted now I may try to move mine lower to see if it improves.

[waynemah]

Originally Posted by tang daddy

Thanks for the response Wayne, I thought it was ssc but just wanted to confirm... Did you aquire the colony or frag and grew it out?

Would you say it's a fast grower.... I recently aquired a frag and have mine roasting on the frag rack but kinda unimpressed with colour as its pale ATM, it's fully encrusted now I may try to move mine lower to see if it improves.

I purchased it as a colony, but has significantly increased in size since I bought it (about 1/3). It came out of a halide tank and was pale white with pink tips.

For the past year I had an orange spotted rabbit fish that really enjoyed growth tips and zoas. The SSC was the only SPS he left alone, so it grew faster than my other corals lol.

[tang daddy]

Well since you have LEDs it would make sense that it likes lower, I forgot that when I first wrote my response, mine is under t5 and has good green but when I referred to pale it was the tips, they aren't exactly red.... More of a pastel pink hue. Maybe some more time suntanning may help it colour up.

[waynemah]

Originally Posted by mseepman

Interesting on the Strawberry Shortcake..three of us in the Okanagan split a good sized chunk between us and all of us found that high light and high flow is the only way to make this not go pale and stop growing.

Are yours under LED or other? I gave a frag to a friend with halides and it reacted better up high... Mine lost the green base up high and turned more white/pink.

[mseepman]

Originally Posted by waynemah

Are yours under LED or other? I gave a frag to a friend with halides and it reacted better up high... Mine lost the green base up high and turned more white/pink.

Mine is under my DIY LED fixture. The other two people also have LED, one uses D120s and the other uses a Sunbrite.

[waynemah]

Originally Posted by mseepman

Mine is under my DIY LED fixture. The other two people also have LED, one uses D120s and the other uses a Sunbrite.

There are so many different variables with our systems. It sounds like you found the solution to keeping yours happy and that's all that matters. I've had the same Red Planet in my tank for a long time now and it wont grow or color up like when I first got it. No clue what changed, but it did.

[mseepman]

Well your tank is looking beautiful...looking forward to more pictures.

[waynemah]

I'm starting to think I need a macro lense and tripod. Maybe one of those under water bags for top down?





New additions: The blue one is pretty epic.