Lance's 225 gal tank - Page 92

Leah · #**911** 03-06-2011, 02:42 PM

Madly looking back to see this organ everyone is bragging about.

Skimmerking · #**912** 03-06-2011, 02:52 PM

right on Lance tank is looking great you should buy that AP 902 deltec for your tank super good skimmer man.

Lance · #**913** 03-06-2011, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by marie

It was a green pipe organ in my tank Lance so I suspect it's a good thing

Oh good. The polyps aren't actually changing colour, it's like it's slowly replacing them with shorter green polyps.

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Originally Posted by Leah

Madly looking back to see this organ everyone is bragging about.

Well Leah, it's about 18" long and 13" thick. Big enough?

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Originally Posted by asmodeus

right on Lance tank is looking great you should buy that AP 902 deltec for your tank super good skimmer man.

Thanks Mike. That skimmer is a little overkill for a 90g Mike. Be nice for the 225g though, but I'm happy with the MR-3

Lance · #**914** 03-07-2011, 12:46 AM

Marie and I were discussing the Pipe Organ a few posts back and I've taken some pics to try to explain what is happening. The longer brown polyps are being replaced by shorter green polyps. I'm not sure what is causing this and I'm also not quite sure if I like it or not. The green polyps are definitely brighter and more attractive than the brown ones but they are shorter and don't move in the flow as much. This coral is huge and looked like a large undulating mass. Now it looks like a green fuzzy basketball.

You can see the longer brownish polyps toward the bottom section of the coral and the green short polyps covering the rest.

marie · #**915** 03-07-2011, 01:27 AM

Did this start happening after you upgraded to 400W bulbs by any chance? ....It may not need as much polyp surface to get it's light needs anymore

Lance · #**916** 03-07-2011, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by marie

Did this start happening after you upgraded to 400W bulbs by any chance? ....It may not need as much polyp surface to get it's light needs anymore

I thought the same thing; it must a lighting issue. The 400W have been in for about 8 months; I first noticed this change a couple of months ago. Would it take 6 months?