Corailline's JBJ 28 gal. Acropora polyps.

Two months growth for both the no name mille and the Cali tort. I love blue colors and the blue and purple of the Cali tort is nice.

 

Wow. That's really cool. Your corals really thrive.

 

Looks great, I like the random clown picture...

 

I really love the color of that tort!

 

Just curious, but do you take any of the close-up shots with a flash, or is the light that bright? The reason I ask, is that in the close-ups, the algae is a very bright green, which usually shows up more with a flash. Makes the background look much more green than it actually is.

 

Thank you, I like growth shots because watching acropora really is like waiting for a pot to boil.

Thank, you. I love that shot, because it reminds of the cover to "The Reef Aquarium Volumn II".

I really wish the true blue and green could be seen.

 

Yes I do use a flash for many shots. The algae you see is because I removed some rock work to drill plugs or change out pieces that have pest growing on them. The rock still has not had a chance to regrow the purple coralline. And I have a good deal of the film algae because the snails, limpets and stomatellia love to eat it. Very small amount of bubble algae but a ton of film algae. Perhaps no skimmer plays a part in that as well.

 

lol, not saying that algae is bad, it just shows up more with a flash. A little algae is good. You can get more detail if you lower the ISO as low as it will go, and don't use a flash. ;D

 

Oh yeah not a bad thing at all. Unfortunately the camera is such that I have only high ISO and auto ISO, I wish I had a camera that had the ability to leave the lens open longer, but no go. And it is probably a good thing, as I would take so many pictures. I love macro images.

 

Me too Cheryl. Close ups are cool.8)