New acro colony from LFS w/ Pics!

This is the colony i picked up since it came with an acro crab. Its kinda brown/blue/purple with white/yellow polyps but if I can make him happy im thinking it will have blue tips with a purple body and yellow polyps. I hope so sounds like a winner. I Am thinking it was a maricultured coral due to the acro crab but it might have been aquacultured. It is seated on a large dome frag disk and I know the LFS orders most its corals from ORA.

 

Great looking colony, enjoy watching it color up.

 

Nice i hope it does color up the way u said

 

nice can't wait to see what it ends up looking like.

 

Im gonna get new bulbs and have my ATO and auto doser so color should be alot eaier to maintain. I was thinking of going 3 ATI Blue + and a GE 6500? Anyone got a better plan from me cause im clueless

 

Congrats! Enjoy it and your new little crab friend! Can't wait to see what it looks like after it's colored up.

 

Thanks KC, I couldn't get a good pic of my crab either!!!! My wife thinks its really cool too!

 

Thats a fair sized frag Ingtar Shinowa

I reckon your right on the purple / blue combo or it may have bright purple tips as one of mine coloured up in that way



Steve

 

Thanks Steve, it ended up being $60 but its 4-5 inches AND it had a crab. The Polyp contrast makes the difference in the end. I won't buy the other one there though they have a goniopra labled 'Red Jewel Gonniopra' that I kinda want to nab even though its pretty pricey at $65

 

Also Im having a heck of a time getting blues out of my SPS, i mean they are coming along over the past 6-8 weeks but I wonder if supplimentaion is needed or just higher PAR/ new bulbs