FarmerTy Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 Tricolor valida PC rainbow coloring up Teal blue mariculture Miyagi tort ORA hawkins echinata Yellow scroll coral... gorgeous Pearlberry 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JoseZ Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Thweeeet good stuff! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha D. Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 I thought I had had a Tri Color Valida but I'm thinking it looks like your Miyagi Tort. They look similar but the polyps are different colors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 Post a picture and I'll tell you. [emoji2] I wouldn't use the Miyagi tort picture I have up as a basis for comparison. Once grown out, the colony looks a lot different in growth form than a valida... even thickness of branches is very different between the two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 If it's the same valida I saw before in your tank, then it's a purple valida... especially if you got if from Niko's, then it's actually my old purple valida I sold them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha D. Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Haha I don't think you've ever seen my tank with a living coral in it! It still has some coloring up to do to look like what it used to look like. It was green and purple base with green polyps.I did get it from Niko's but I remember them saying it came in as a mariculture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 If it's the same one I'm thinking of, it's a valida. The branches are a lot thinner than the miyagi tort. If you saw my tort in person, you'd see what I'm talking about. The branches are much thicker than a valida even though in the picture, it looks about the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 The mariculture I saw in their tank, I thought it to be a valida or a delsawii. Do either one of these look like yours? http://www.baliaquarium.net/1-22-15/gallery/acropora-delsawii-pink/purple.html http://www.baliaquarium.net/1-120-105/gallery/acropora-valida-lavender.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha D. Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) Thanks, I appreciate the links. I'm not sure it looks like either one of those. It could be that the frag is still too small. Here is a picture. Is it yours? Edited April 30, 2015 by Sascha D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 No, that's definitely the mariculture in their display tank. I have my suspicions that it is a delsawii. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 Somehow my zoa collection in the display tank is slowly migrating to the sump... This guy has been questioned as a possible suspect... [emoji15] 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpb Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 That teal/blue mariculture is probably my favorite of your new aquisitions. At least in its current state. When pearlberry reaches optimum coloring, I've yet to see any acropora with more desirable color rendering than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 That teal/blue mariculture is probably my favorite of your new aquisitions. At least in its current state. When pearlberry reaches optimum coloring, I've yet to see any acropora with more desirable color rendering than that. I feel ya... the color is even better in person. I sure hope the teal stays and I'm beginning to get my hopes up as it's been that way since I acquired it. The rest of my maricultures seem like they are coloring up well and so I anticipate that this one, which has been in my system longer, is at its final color morph. If so, that'd be awesome! I'll have to ID it later once the branches grow out a little bit. It's too hard to tell right now. I agree with you... nothing I've ever seen has beat the color rendering of a full-grown and colored colony of pearlberry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 FTV Video update: Sorry, been awhile since I made a video and I realized I need to tone it down on some of the flyover speeds. The cyano is almost going away completely. It's been real hard to be patient with it and not just dump some chemiclean in there. Go figure... use 0 TDS RO/DI water and cyano goes away. Quick update on corals as well. All corals growing and happy... by that I mean SPS of course. What other corals are out there? Alk has been stable since I caught the fact that the pH probe needed to be calibrated... it's been safe enough to test weekly these days. Woohoo!!! Also, the emperor has decreed several other colonies of zoas shall be banished from the display tank. Looks like he's only going to tolerate purple deaths, nuclear greens, and grande palys. I hope people are ready for a zoa explosion at C4! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Nice video. I would say the left side of the tank is just perfect for a red hyacinthus or red planet colony! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Tank is looking good bud. I agree with Jim a red planet would look great next to or in place of the purple stylo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 You can always just relocate those zoas to our display tank. We'll keep them safe from the bad Mr. Emperor. Have any pictures of said zoas? Meg probably would be interested in helping remove them from your sump with cash. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 Thanks guys. I'm looking forward to C4 so I can make those colonies on the left disappear and start aquascaping the left side of the tank and adding my maricultures and my frag rack of goodies on there. It'll be full before I know it! Here's my current red planet colony. That's all that survived the upgrade crash. It literally was 2-3 polyps so that's actually a ton of progress. I got a little while to go but those red planets grow like weeds when they are happy so I'm hoping I don't have to wait too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 You can always just relocate those zoas to our display tank. We'll keep them safe from the bad Mr. Emperor. Have any pictures of said zoas? Meg probably would be interested in helping remove them from your sump with cash. Save those cash frags Dan. I'll be fragging them up for C4.Off the top of my head: -fruit loops -cherry bombs/zombie eyes -king midas -Tubbs blue zoas -dragoneyes (gold center, green skirts, not to be confused with radioactive dragoneyes) -pretty pennies -cyan colored zoas (look like Tubbs but with cyan centers) -candy apple oranges (from ReefRaft) -blondies -bam bams -AOGS -cat eyes (one of my favorites ) -fire and ice -Sunbursts Okay, I lied. I just went over to the sump and looked so not off the top of my head. [emoji4] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardlaw Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 when did you get the leopard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 when did you get the leopard?Got it as an impulse buy from Niko's to replace my leopard wrasse that died through the QT treatment of marine velvet. It went through a freshwater dip and a quick prazipro session before going in. Mandarins, leopard wrasses, and potentially another regal will be bypassed for QT as I feel like they all don't do well in QT. The rest get to hang out in this! [emoji2] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha D. Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 The tank looks great! I actually watched the whole thing, very rare for me. I don't QT any wrasses and I've never lost one due to disease, listlessness or not accepting food. Leopards are especially sensitive. Yours looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 I'm going to keep pushing the limit on the length of videos... I'll slowly condition you to watch 20 min reef tank videos without batting an eyelash. Agreed on the leopard wrasses, however, personally I will still QT the other wrasses, like the fairy wrasses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sethsolomon Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Awesome Ty! Leopard wrasses are epic! I have 4 leopards myself. I love them and have never had a problem with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 When did you get that linkia Ty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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