Green Acro Growth/Morph pics

Discussion in 'SPS Corals' started by Clonefarmer, May 16, 2011.

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  1. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    No if you don't consider the AS a daylight. I also use a Purple Plus.
     
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  3. Clonefarmer

    Clonefarmer Millepora

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    Same here, although I have no problem keeping soft coral or Macro Algae green.
     
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    Same here, just stoneys have the color loss problems with greens.
     
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    Might want to try a GE 6500k daylight bulb. Yeah, I know, most people nowadays cringe at anything less than 12000k. But the GE daylight bulb really brings out the green, yellow, and oranges in your tank. Since most people are into the really blue look (yuck), the GE daylight bulb doesn't get much recognition anymore. The Aquablue specials just don't have much in the way of green or yellow spectrum. Or at least not as much as the GE bulb.
     
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    That is true, I use the GE in my planted tank. I lost the green even when I was using the GE though. The green zoox leaves my corals I think.
     
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    odd... like all of my corals always take up tons and all kinds of shades of green
     
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    Yeah, I would like to understand it so I can stop it from happening. I had a Red Planet frag I got that I placed on the sand when I got it the next morning all of the green was gone. LPS don't hold green well either although it is better than SPS.
     
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    What are you using for lighting? Do you feed the corals?

    I'm really curious to know also.

    My Hammer keeps a nice color green, but it's a fluorescent green not the dark saturated color green like the Acro frag was originally.
     
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    Great shots Clone. I too have noticed this in my tank. Several of my green Favias have gone from green to an orange color and I can't figure out why.:confused:
     
  12. Clonefarmer

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    Thank you. I keep trying different things to improve the color. I know it can be done with T5s since there are some tanks with great color that are lit with only T5s.

    Here is a tank I found that has great colors including green that's lit with only T5.
    Advanced Aquarist's Featured Tank

    I want to get my tank looking that colorful :)