Green: Show it off - Page 3

Palting · 03/28/2013, 11:58 AM

Found a few of my older photos not too bad to share.

A photo of hungry candycane:

Under actinics:

Blastomussa:

Palting · 03/28/2013, 12:08 PM

And, just for kicks and so that GHA photo is not lonely, here's a caulerpa forest in the refugium

SushiGirl · 03/28/2013, 03:55 PM

Wow, that's a lot of caulerpa!

Palting, the frogspawn is awesome. It started out as one little head when my boyfriend bought it and it has 4 mouths now, 3 heads. It's really doing well & is the favorite hangout of the 2 female sexy shrimp. The male hangs out by himself in the branching bubble coral LOL.

Jesse, thanks. I love those zoas, they're absolutely tiny & I'm so excited they're growing now! When only the blue LEDs are on, they look exactly like tiny yellow stars under the light, and when you look closely at them they have a 3D quality to them too, the yellow stars looking like they're going deep into the zoa. It's almost like the rest of the zoa is clear or something.

These are my favorite zoas ever, they're in the 55. Unfortunately they struggle, then come back, then struggle, then come back. Right now they're struggling again. It seems they're only happy on the frag rack in direct blasting flow from the powerhead. I want to move them to the 20L, but they have 2 different kinds of hydroids & 2 different kinds of algae on them.

SushiGirl · 03/28/2013, 04:01 PM

Chalice that's supposed to be yellowish brown but turned bright green in our tank. I think it's starting to turn back a little. It's the most expensive coral in the tank. An hour after we bought it at a swap, it was made LE by Tyree, so I guess that means it's more expensive than what we paid now LOL.

Psammocora

kzoo · 03/28/2013, 04:38 PM

sirreal63 · 03/28/2013, 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drae

If you still have any of that left, you need a better tank because you have been slacking.

SushiGirl · 03/28/2013, 06:00 PM

Some weird algae growing in my fuge.

Zoas taking over everything in the 55.

Misled · 03/28/2013, 06:04 PM

Sushi, looks like Codium.

SushiGirl · 03/28/2013, 06:11 PM

Cool, thanks. A small piece came in chaeto we don't even have anymore, it just keeps becoming a bigger tangle. It doesn't have a stem, it just has tons of tangled branches & floats around.

EllieSuz · 03/28/2013, 06:32 PM

Here's another one. I've got more green stuff than anything else.

SushiGirl · 03/28/2013, 06:35 PM

My tank is full of green stuff LOL.

Encrusting Horn Coral

Trumpet

greech · 03/28/2013, 07:55 PM

If anyone knows what this is, I would appreciate the ID

Twwety · 03/28/2013, 07:58 PM

A few of my greenies

SushiGirl · 03/28/2013, 08:36 PM

Galaxea

GSP

More zoas

Stusdesktop · 03/29/2013, 10:57 AM

DSCF0031 by Em & Stu, on Flickr

tektite · 03/29/2013, 11:02 AM

Palting · 03/29/2013, 12:29 PM

Ooops.

Palting · 03/29/2013, 12:55 PM

I definitely do not have your expertise in photography. Guess Ihave tolearn to white balance.

Acropora millepora

Acropora yongei

Mystery acro, I just call it turquoise acro:

The brain!

SushiGirl · 03/29/2013, 01:42 PM

Your pics look great to me! I don't keep my tank blue, there's enough of that before & after the main lights are on. I always use the flash & if I need to adjust white balance I do it with a pic program. Since we turned the whites down in the 20L, I've taken to turning them back up to take pics & back down when I'm done & then I don't have to do much in editing.

Misled · 03/29/2013, 02:10 PM

I use flashes also. White balance doesn't create a problem that way.

steely185 · 03/29/2013, 02:23 PM

Misled · 03/29/2013, 02:35 PM

Nice clams Dan!!!!

mr_bigl · 03/29/2013, 03:15 PM

uploadfromtaptalk1364591728101.jpg w/ blue and white led.

Sent from Da Bolt!

SushiGirl · 03/29/2013, 03:24 PM

Jesse, have you tried using the flash with only the blue lights on? You get a good color pop but it still is lit up. I've done that a few times. The only thing is you have to do it right after the whites go out or everything starts to close up LOL. I'll look for one of my pics & post it in a bit.

johnike · 03/29/2013, 03:48 PM

03/28/2013, 11:58 AM	#51
Palting Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,912	Found a few of my older photos not too bad to share. A photo of hungry candycane: Under actinics: Blastomussa: __________________ Anything I post is just an opinion. One of many in this hobby. Believe and follow at your own risk of rapid and complete annihilation of all life in your tank :) Current Tank Info: Incept 3/2010, 150 RR, 50g sump, 20g fuge, 150w 15K MH x3, T5 actinics x8, moonlight LED x6, 1400gph return, Koralia 1400 x4, 300 g skimmer, 4 tangs, 2 mandarins, 2 perc, 6 line, 3 cardinals, 2 firefish, SPS, LPS, zoas, palys, shrooms, clam

03/28/2013, 12:08 PM	#52
Palting Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,912	And, just for kicks and so that GHA photo is not lonely, here's a caulerpa forest in the refugium __________________ Anything I post is just an opinion. One of many in this hobby. Believe and follow at your own risk of rapid and complete annihilation of all life in your tank :) Current Tank Info: Incept 3/2010, 150 RR, 50g sump, 20g fuge, 150w 15K MH x3, T5 actinics x8, moonlight LED x6, 1400gph return, Koralia 1400 x4, 300 g skimmer, 4 tangs, 2 mandarins, 2 perc, 6 line, 3 cardinals, 2 firefish, SPS, LPS, zoas, palys, shrooms, clam

03/28/2013, 03:55 PM	#53
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Wow, that's a lot of caulerpa! Palting, the frogspawn is awesome. It started out as one little head when my boyfriend bought it and it has 4 mouths now, 3 heads. It's really doing well & is the favorite hangout of the 2 female sexy shrimp. The male hangs out by himself in the branching bubble coral LOL. Jesse, thanks. I love those zoas, they're absolutely tiny & I'm so excited they're growing now! When only the blue LEDs are on, they look exactly like tiny yellow stars under the light, and when you look closely at them they have a 3D quality to them too, the yellow stars looking like they're going deep into the zoa. It's almost like the rest of the zoa is clear or something. These are my favorite zoas ever, they're in the 55. Unfortunately they struggle, then come back, then struggle, then come back. Right now they're struggling again. It seems they're only happy on the frag rack in direct blasting flow from the powerhead. I want to move them to the 20L, but they have 2 different kinds of hydroids & 2 different kinds of algae on them. __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

03/28/2013, 04:01 PM	#54
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Chalice that's supposed to be yellowish brown but turned bright green in our tank. I think it's starting to turn back a little. It's the most expensive coral in the tank. An hour after we bought it at a swap, it was made LE by Tyree, so I guess that means it's more expensive than what we paid now LOL. Psammocora __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

03/28/2013, 06:00 PM	#57
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Some weird algae growing in my fuge. Zoas taking over everything in the 55. __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

03/28/2013, 04:38 PM	#55
kzoo Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 589

03/28/2013, 06:04 PM	#58
Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	Sushi, looks like Codium. __________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together.

03/28/2013, 06:11 PM	#59
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Cool, thanks. A small piece came in chaeto we don't even have anymore, it just keeps becoming a bigger tangle. It doesn't have a stem, it just has tons of tangled branches & floats around. __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

03/28/2013, 06:32 PM	#60
EllieSuz Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 3,858	Here's another one. I've got more green stuff than anything else. __________________ "You can't learn this hobby one question at a time." (Mr. Tuskfish) Eileen Current Tank Info: I'm out of the hobby, but used to have a60 gal. reef, refugium in sump, Internal Mag 9 return, SC 302 skimmer, two Maxi-Jet 1200's modded, four bulb T5 Lighting, Reefkeeper Lite Controller with three PC4's, Little Fishes GFO reactor.

03/28/2013, 06:35 PM	#61
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	My tank is full of green stuff LOL. Encrusting Horn Coral Trumpet __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

03/28/2013, 07:55 PM	#62
greech Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 3,133	If anyone knows what this is, I would appreciate the ID __________________ ~Graham Current Tank Info: Tank: 40 breeder; 20H sump w/SWC 120; Sicce 3.0 return; Vortech MP-10; Sundial T5, DIY Actinic LED (3W Cree). Livestock: Pair of Black & Whites; Midas Blenny; Firefish; Yasha/pistol; Black Leopard Wrasse; LPS and SPS

03/28/2013, 07:58 PM	#63
Twwety Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: MN Posts: 76	A few of my greenies

03/28/2013, 08:36 PM	#64
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Galaxea GSP More zoas __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

03/29/2013, 10:57 AM	#65
Stusdesktop Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Rochester NY Posts: 192	DSCF0031 by Em & Stu, on Flickr __________________ Pro Lurker, occasional poster Current Tank Info: 90g LPS dominated

03/29/2013, 11:02 AM	#66
tektite I never finish anyth Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,120	__________________ No trees were harmed in the sending of this message; however, a significant number of electrons were slightly inconvenienced.

03/29/2013, 12:29 PM	#67
Palting Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,912	Ooops. __________________ Anything I post is just an opinion. One of many in this hobby. Believe and follow at your own risk of rapid and complete annihilation of all life in your tank :) Current Tank Info: Incept 3/2010, 150 RR, 50g sump, 20g fuge, 150w 15K MH x3, T5 actinics x8, moonlight LED x6, 1400gph return, Koralia 1400 x4, 300 g skimmer, 4 tangs, 2 mandarins, 2 perc, 6 line, 3 cardinals, 2 firefish, SPS, LPS, zoas, palys, shrooms, clam

03/29/2013, 12:55 PM	#68
Palting Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,912	I definitely do not have your expertise in photography. Guess Ihave tolearn to white balance. Acropora millepora Acropora yongei Mystery acro, I just call it turquoise acro: The brain! __________________ Anything I post is just an opinion. One of many in this hobby. Believe and follow at your own risk of rapid and complete annihilation of all life in your tank :) Current Tank Info: Incept 3/2010, 150 RR, 50g sump, 20g fuge, 150w 15K MH x3, T5 actinics x8, moonlight LED x6, 1400gph return, Koralia 1400 x4, 300 g skimmer, 4 tangs, 2 mandarins, 2 perc, 6 line, 3 cardinals, 2 firefish, SPS, LPS, zoas, palys, shrooms, clam

03/29/2013, 01:42 PM	#69
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Your pics look great to me! I don't keep my tank blue, there's enough of that before & after the main lights are on. I always use the flash & if I need to adjust white balance I do it with a pic program. Since we turned the whites down in the 20L, I've taken to turning them back up to take pics & back down when I'm done & then I don't have to do much in editing. __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

03/29/2013, 02:10 PM	#70
Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	I use flashes also. White balance doesn't create a problem that way. __________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together.

03/29/2013, 02:23 PM	#71
steely185 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 1,011	__________________ Dan

03/29/2013, 02:35 PM	#72
Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	Nice clams Dan!!!! __________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together.

03/29/2013, 03:15 PM	#73
mr_bigl Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 91342 Sylmar,Ca Posts: 435	uploadfromtaptalk1364591728101.jpg w/ blue and white led. Sent from Da Bolt!

03/29/2013, 03:24 PM	#74
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Jesse, have you tried using the flash with only the blue lights on? You get a good color pop but it still is lit up. I've done that a few times. The only thing is you have to do it right after the whites go out or everything starts to close up LOL. I'll look for one of my pics & post it in a bit. __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

03/29/2013, 03:48 PM	#75
johnike Moved On Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bureau County Illinois Posts: 5,406