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September Eye Candy

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Some shots that I took today

None of my zoas are doing well. As you can see they are closed up. This frag got relocated by clean up crew, it hasn't been anchored down because I am trying to find their happy place.



You can also see in these images the brown algae I am dealing with, It just doesn't seem to want to go away.



This Galaxia is looking happier, it nearly parished in the temp setup


That is all I got for now.

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  1. blakew's Avatar
    Hopefully, it's just the new tank still settling in and will resolve itself soon...by the way, I really like the "strawberry" looking sps
  2. Midnight's Avatar
    Which one looks like a strawberry?
  3. blakew's Avatar
    Sorry...I thought the middle picture looked sort of strawberryish colored, but when I got home and looked at what everybody calls a "strawberry shortcake" acro, yours is different...more ORA Lavender Stag (ish) (yours may be a bit darker than the ORA Lavender Stag/depending on which monitor I use to view it)...still very nice color
  4. Midnight's Avatar
    i am pretty sure that one is a blue tortuosa, however the magenta LED's change the color a bit. I will take one with just the MH's on.
  5. blakew's Avatar
    Is my monitor off that bad or is the white balance in the pic off a little...looks like a light brownish pink on my home desktop??? Maybe I just need to recalibrate...::shrugs::
  6. NeenahFoxxe's Avatar
    I would agree it looks "strawberry" to me too... Midnight I was doing a bit of research on LED light colors and I came across an article that says the reds oranges amber colors promote algae growth. From the article "it is recommended dimming them at about 30% or not used at all. The article also states reds are somewhat beneficial. Here's the link in case you'd like to read it.

    http://www.reefs.com/blog/2012/06/04...iy-led-lights/
  7. Midnight's Avatar
    Neenah, as of today that algae is on the out and out. I am sure it was just a phase of algae that comes with new tanks. The "red" LED's that I have are not red, they are magenta. They are also mixed 1 for every five blue on my LED stunner strips, so I cannot dim them by themselves. That Tort definitely looks purple in person and on my screen with the magenta lights. I will snap a pic today under just 10k MH's to show what it really looks like under normal daylight.
  8. blakew's Avatar
    Wow funny how different light spectrums make things look so much different...be cool to see it under MH to compare the difference in colors
  9. melev's Avatar
    Glad to hear it is looking better today.
  10. michika's Avatar
    The Galaxia is beautiful!