Through the Looking Glass

[watchguy123]

A couple of different colored acros

this is a small frag that I recently got from a colleague, reef raft something--its dark green blue tips and yellow at the very tip--hope it turns out to be interesting. Next to it (on the right) is the scc planet earth.


Red convexa and it blows my mind every time. Its a beautiful red. The only issue is that when I trimmed it, it sent out crazy multibranching and I liked its previous branching pattern better. I assume the branching and fusing is a defense mechanism to make it bulkier and stronger and more resistant to storm surges or in this case, bone cutters.




And now, a couple of purple examples.

Purple stylo


Purple Monster

[dvanacker]

I love seeing your picture updates......

[javsku]

Simply awesome

[chefzif]

Great Job! keep the pics coming!

[watchguy123]

Originally Posted by dvanacker

I love seeing your picture updates......

Always flattered when you notice my pics

Originally Posted by javsku

Simply awesome

Thanks

Originally Posted by chefzif

Great Job! keep the pics coming!

I got a few more to go yet for this


Pearl of the Pacific


Palmer's Blue Millie


Paletta's Pink Tip


My oh so blue oregon tort

[watchguy123]

Wild colony that I have had for some time, orange polyps and blue tips--its crazy



Not yet famous prostrate--I let a friend talk me into fragging a piece for him. Check out all the colors in this thing.


A no namer I got from Leo Chen a while ago--I love the irridescent colors and yes, that is what it really looks like


Nick's Bubble gum Millie--as usual half the colony is happy and the other half isn't. The unhappy half can be partially seen in the background

[watchguy123]

Mr. Pacman, does not have that great body color that I've seen on some pics but maybe as it gets bigger, who knows


metallic/sapphire millie



I think this is the lightning horrid


Good ol "joe the coral"


ice fire echinata, atleast one of the many versions floating around. This is a really slow grower but has a very cool white body


A very cool acro, I am hoping these polyps turn out red which is what I am counting on.

[watchguy123]

I have four different granulosa's but I only took pictures this time of three of them. They are relatively near each other so I hope they grow into each other

[watchguy123]

Cousin of strawberry shortcake--because they kind of look just like cousins do


Glow in the dark--carolinia I believe



bubble gum millie--two different ones, just love the red with blue tips


and the second one

[Flagswipe]

I am amazed by your pictures. For me these are some of the most true to life colours I have ever seen. When I attempt to take pictures this is what I see in my mind but have a hard time capturing. Great job and look forward to more.

I have some of these pieces like convexa and the Cousin of SSC as well but do not have the same colour, you have given me something to strive for

Thanks again

Dwayne

[watchguy123]

Originally Posted by Flagswipe

I am amazed by your pictures. For me these are some of the most true to life colours I have ever seen. When I attempt to take pictures this is what I see in my mind but have a hard time capturing. Great job and look forward to more.

I have some of these pieces like convexa and the Cousin of SSC as well but do not have the same colour, you have given me something to strive for

Thanks again

Dwayne

Well I just read through your thread, Dwayne and your tank is what I would like mine to look like some day. I work on keeping the tank clean and neat but then I looked at your tank and was totally blown away. No coralline algae on the glass, sand white. And your corals are much larger colonies than mine. And your photography skills are awesome--your exposure setting looks perfect Thank you for noticing my thread and I will be following yours as well

[mylittlejade]

The tank looks amazing as always. I really like some of those no-makers you have. How's the switch in the lighting effecting everything? Pros and cons??

Bryan

[A.G]

Hey Mark,

I have been doing some research about the Mr.Pacman, I think yours is actually one of the cool deep water dragon acros.

I noticed that the metallic/sapphire millie looks different in each photo. In the first photos it was more fuzzy. Its really an awesome piece.

The two bubble gum milles are sweeeet. Which one did I get :P

Keep em coming !!

[watchguy123]

Originally Posted by mylittlejade

The tank looks amazing as always. I really like some of those no-makers you have. How's the switch in the lighting effecting everything? Pros and cons??

Bryan

Only pros really, the geissmann light fixture is tremendous. The reflectors add so much umph to the light it is extraordinary. I went from 2 to 4 t5 80 watt bulbs and just changed the ushio 250 watt 20 k metal halides to radium 250 watt 20 k. The tank is so much brighter! I have reduced the photoperiod a lot. I did have a couple colonies croak but I changed the power heads, lights and allowed my phosphates to creep up and I may have over trimmed those two colonies as well. That was pretty sad. But on the other hand, I used the opportunity to do some selective culling and replanting.

Originally Posted by A.G

Hey Mark,

I have been doing some research about the Mr.Pacman, I think yours is actually one of the cool deep water dragon acros.

I noticed that the metallic/sapphire millie looks different in each photo. In the first photos it was more fuzzy. Its really an awesome piece.

The two bubble gum milles are sweeeet. Which one did I get :P

Keep em coming !!

Lol, you got the top one and its a gorgeous colony. The metallic/ sapphire Millie is just crazy with the cool blue and green and metallic shimmer. I believe it's always pretty fuzzy unless an emerald crab has clamored by

[watchguy123]

Last of the pictures from the other day

Bright green flourescent acro


Blue tennis


Baby blue echinata in front of my bright flourescent pink millie (may move the echinata somewhere else in the tank)


And the last of the series

[dvanacker]

Always flattered when you notice my pics

Im a fan. I love your selection of corals, your reefing style and your photography. Its a pleasure seeing your updates.

Nice round of pics as always

[jason angel]

very amazing Watchguy123! As always you have provided me with my nightly SPS fix I can sleep now lol

[sahin]

Amazing colours. It's such a treat to visit your thread. I do envy your success and hope I can achieve the same. I love the colour in your Icefire and Sapphire Millepora.

Keep the photos coming. Perhaps the colours will even improve with the Radium.

[tnyr5]

Really beautiful tank, can't wait to see it in another 6 months :-).

[xxvietxjustinxx]

Mark, I need some more frags. No more brown pieces that have been at the bottom of the tank!

[JOSE CASAS]

Looking very good! Keep up the good work!

[watchguy123]

[upsetter]

Holy cannoli Mark!! Just beautiful! How many fish do u have & how often do u feed-- I see it's just flakes, pellets and fish fertilizer? What's your water change routine-- how much/often? And just for the heck of it-- what salt do u use? Thanks and please keep with the updates.

[watchguy123]

Originally Posted by upsetter

Holy cannoli Mark!! Just beautiful! How many fish do u have & how often do u feed-- I see it's just flakes, pellets and fish fertilizer? What's your water change routine-- how much/often? And just for the heck of it-- what salt do u use? Thanks and please keep with the updates.

I have a pair of percula clowns, purple tang, pacific blue tang, yellow tang, powder blue tang, Vanuatu wrasse ( exquisite coris wrasse), leopard wrasse, bipartitus wrasse, radiant wrasse, yellow coris wrasse ( not a real coris), mystery wrasse, melanarus wrasse, gray headed wrasse, majestic fox face, banana wrasse and I think that may be it. I feed New Life Spectra pellets and spirulina flakes, with very occasional frozen food(mysis).

I only change 10 gallons a week because that's all my back can handle. When I planned the tank, I did not place it where I could set up a nifty water exchange system. I am somewhat embarrassed to say that I buy both my ro/di water and salt water from two different LFS. I just did not want to buy any more electric equipment--it seems to be working out ok. I guess I really should buy an ro/di unit but it will end up in the garage and mess up my uncluttered garage. I probably should find a thread on mixing salt water!

[russeko8]

That is a very nice collection of Acros you have there