Insane Color LPS

[ipluu]

Hi,

I just want to share a few pics of insane LPS from Aquatic Galllery in Milpitas. My jaw dropped to the ground when I saw these coral in their display tank. The store owner, Dr. Le, was nice to allow me setting up special lighting and a station to fully capture the details and color pigments from their collection. There are many other colonies with insane color that I never seen anywhere else, but time was limited. So here they are:

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http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/444662713_HzU6d-L.jpg
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http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/444662725_PZCpN-L.jpg
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http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/444662647_T3e4c-L.jpg
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http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/444662282_R3e5d-L.jpg
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http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/444662213_ZCM7z-L.jpg
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http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/444662241_To9zd-L.jpg
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http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/444663004_uQmav-L.jpg
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http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/444662979_UkzAV-L.jpg

[aentrop]

WOW!

[mkbtank]

Wow Wow!

[jbriddle]

Very nice!!!!!!!!!

[cdipasquale]

those colors are sick!

[OARrocks]

You've got to be kidding me.

[tonggao]

I must go to AG again soon.

[roblack]

Hey, you should be posting those in the Crazy Colors LPS thread! :D Very nice pics.

[Pazazz]

Great pics!

[ipluu]

Thanks guys.

[ipluu]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14034634#post14034634 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tonggao
I must go to AG again soon.

They were lauching a new online website for their insane LPS collection when I was over there. I bought the AG OMG and DoomsDay chalice from them and I could not be any happier. The AG OMG looks much better in person than those pics in their website and it is potentially a Water Melon killer.

[andrewkw]

While all these pieces look amazing its important to remember they are hardly under 20k bulbs. If you put enough fiji purple and actnic bulbs you can get crazy colours with lots of corals. That's not to say these aren't nicer then a lot of what you find but the WOW effect won't be there unless you have a crazy bulb combination too.

For lps that rely more on feeding then light it might not be the worst thing to have a really really blue tank.

[AndyH5512]

What is the website's address? Thanks.

[ipluu]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14035874#post14035874 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by AndyH5512
What is the website's address? Thanks.

www.aquaticgallerylive.com

Don't break your wallet while you there. :-)

[microbubbles]

that chalice is crazy

[Henryreef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14036237#post14036237 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ipluu
www.aquaticgallerylive.com

Don't break your wallet while you there. :-)


Wow amazing stuff, but if I went shopping my wallet would have a hole burnt through it completely ;)

[fnvarner]

these are the most beautiful pieces ive seen i think im in love

[Acan Lord8]

they all looked like color bubble gum to me, are they edible!

[colorfan45]

Nice corals but, glad someone else feels the same as me. Put enough blue/actinic and you could make a turd have colors.:)

[GoingPostal]

They may be nice but it's mostly the blue lighting, also a lot of mislabeled corals there.

[xxtriggermanxx]

Did you see the green button polyps price per polyp! I scape these things off my glass and give them to a buddy to feed his angels.
http://www.aquaticgallerylive.com/oscs/product_info.php?cPath=29&products_id=148

[groovemcfly]

Dang, are these prices for real? 1/2" frags for 300 buckz.

[GoingPostal]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14055055#post14055055 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by xxtriggermanxx
Did you see the green button polyps price per polyp! I scape these things off my glass and give them to a buddy to feed his angels.
http://www.aquaticgallerylive.com/oscs/product_info.php?cPath=29&products_id=148


LOL. I chop them off with scissors and throw them out to stop the mad growth of those green palys. I hope people aren't buying these for that price.

[cphelps]

Is that the original colors? I'm amazed but that evil little guy on my shoulder keeps yelling in my ear that the colors are photoshoped. :-) Please tell me it isn't true. :-)
Great photos by the way, what kind of macro lens are you using?

[BucNtears]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14054641#post14054641 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by colorfan45
Nice corals but, glad someone else feels the same as me. Put enough blue/actinic and you could make a turd have colors.:)

I believe this post says it all...

[myzislow]

I've been there recently and their brain corals are really that insane; some of the nicest I've ever seen, same thing with hat yuma. The "OMG" chalice on the other hand was nothing exceptional and I really cannot believe they are asking that much for it, especially being that it's a recent import and hasn't even been in their store for longer then a month. Same with the doomsday chalice. cool pics!

[ipluu]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14055936#post14055936 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cphelps
Is that the original colors? I'm amazed but that evil little guy on my shoulder keeps yelling in my ear that the colors are photoshoped. :-) Please tell me it isn't true. :-)
Great photos by the way, what kind of macro lens are you using?

There is no actinic supplement used in my pictures. They are both 20K 250W MH. I used the brand new one off the shelf as main light and found the oldest 20K in their store (14K) to fill in some shadow. Colors were personally enhanced in PP for visual appearance. You are interested in how they looks like under 250W 20K bulb, you can visit their site for their straight-out-of-camera pictures with real colors.

I am using the 60mm macro lens by Nikon.

[ipluu]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14056368#post14056368 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by myzislow
I've been there recently and their brain corals are really that insane; some of the nicest I've ever seen, same thing with hat yuma. The "OMG" chalice on the other hand was nothing exceptional and I really cannot believe they are asking that much for it, especially being that it's a recent import and hasn't even been in their store for longer then a month. Same with the doomsday chalice. cool pics!

Thanks. Are you sure you look at the right colony? It used to be in the 90g demo tank and they now moved it to the clam tank right next to it. There were 2 other ones in the SPS that looks similar. It is the kind of coral that looks way better in person. When I was there, everyone was eyeballing at it and say OMG and that is why it is call OMG. It makes my WM chalice collection look boring.

[AqUaCHiC]

Thanks for sharing!!!

[Snprhed]

I was on there looking at there big clams that they say are maximas. You can't see the shell real well, but the mantle alone does not say maxima to me. I am thinking along the lines of squamosa. Any thoughts?

[Sheol]

Yeah, I noticed all the shots were under intense Actinic lighting. Still, I've seen a couple of Trachy's as crazy in color as those two, with MINIMAL blue lights, I might add..
Also, Scolys & Favia..
The reason I love LPS corals above all others..

Matthew

[myzislow]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14061004#post14061004 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ipluu
Thanks. Are you sure you look at the right colony? It used to be in the 90g demo tank and they now moved it to the clam tank right next to it. There were 2 other ones in the SPS that looks similar. It is the kind of coral that looks way better in person. When I was there, everyone was eyeballing at it and say OMG and that is why it is call OMG. It makes my WM chalice collection look boring.

Yes I'm sure; I was personally showed the colony of OMG and doomsday by Dr. Lee. It was in the first display/for sale tank right as you walk in, the one with all the dendro frags. It was nice but nothing too crazy IMO, especially for the price. I like the pink eyed "bubble gum" chalice they had in the same tank much more, along with the bright orange/green base chalice in the same tank.

[nsxnr6]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14060997#post14060997 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ipluu
Colors were personally enhanced in PP for visual appearance. You are interested in how they looks like under 250W 20K bulb, you can visit their site for their straight-out-of-camera pictures with real colors.

I am using the 60mm macro lens by Nikon.

Isn't this a little misleading?? If a coral has "OMG" "WOW" and "jaw dropped" qualities, wouldn't it stand on it's own merit with out having you "enhance" it for "visual appearance" and not stated so until asked?

I do believe in photography, photo post editing is required most of time for such things as "enhancing visual effects" or to depict as accurately the subject the photographer saw at that time. I think in the future if you're going for the "visual effect", a statement like "does not depict actual subject" or "check out these effects i did with photoshop" would have been nice. Just my $0.02 :D

BTW... very nice lens choice!!! :)

[Vision06]

Sick corals. And nice photos.

[ipluu]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14075240#post14075240 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by nsxnr6
Isn't this a little misleading?? If a coral has "OMG" "WOW" and "jaw dropped" qualities, wouldn't it stand on it's own merit with out having you "enhance" it for "visual appearance" and not stated so until asked?

I do believe in photography, photo post editing is required most of time for such things as "enhancing visual effects" or to depict as accurately the subject the photographer saw at that time. I think in the future if you're going for the "visual effect", a statement like "does not depict actual subject" or "check out these effects i did with photoshop" would have been nice. Just my $0.02 :D

BTW... very nice lens choice!!! :)

Let me clarify this. I did not change any colors to a different ones nor add more colors to the final picture so there is no misleading here. It will be misleading if it did not have green, and I added green in PP. These corals come with those colors as you see in the final images.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14056368#post14056368 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by myzislow
I've been there recently and their brain corals are really that insane; some of the nicest I've ever seen, same thing with hat yuma. The "OMG" chalice on the other hand was nothing exceptional and I really cannot believe they are asking that much for it, especially being that it's a recent import and hasn't even been in their store for longer then a month. Same with the doomsday chalice. cool pics!

In photography, we want to make the object look best in the final image. I love both coral and photography. I took time and effort to make these images to my standard and I hope you guys enjoys them.

[nsxnr6]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14077741#post14077741 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ipluu
Let me clarify this. I did not change any colors to a different one nor add more color to the final picture so there is no misleading here. It will be misleading if it did not have green, and I added green in PP. These corals come with those colors as you see in the final images.

Sorry I must have misunderstood you when you said this:

"Colors were personally enhanced in PP for visual appearance."

and this:

"You are interested in how they looks like under 250W 20K bulb, you can visit their site for their straight-out-of-camera pictures with real colors."

leading me to think that if i wanted to see what it really looks like I should go to their site.

Thank you for the clarification.

[Dipan00]

Those are really insane!!!!