new acro's (pics

[btwk12]

got 2 new acro's today, will get pic's up tommorow. i am slowly but surely going to make my 100 gal into sps dominant tank. the top is already pretty well stocked with sps. but i do wish that i wouldnt have put the monti digita's in there, i just don't care for them that much. but it's a lil late for that they are quickly spreading across my lr. and when my 30 gal cube gets a lil more established i will be transfering all my lps that arent too attatched to my lr to my30 gal. so that should pretty much stock the cube. it's a lot more work keeping salinity stable in this little tank than i thought it would be. i already have some xenia and some shrooms and some trumpet corals in the 30 and they are doin great. i dont really like the color the mh's put off, or the heat. so im thinking about getting some supplemental led's to clip on the side of the tank to give it some better color.

 

[btldreef]

Can't wait to see pics.

 

[btwk12]

they are both bright purple with green tips. im not good at taking pics, but the first 1 has already started showing it's tentacles but the second one has not opened up as much. (just a lil on the tips) i made the second one my new center peice and i will be taking my duncan colony to the 30 here shortly

 

[1guydude]

hmmm looks like some birdsnests or somethin to me! kool man! Can we get a pic of the tank tommorow when the lights are on...i wanna see ur new center piece

 

[nikesb]

def not a birdsnest (seriatopora sp.). its def an acro (acropora sp.) but cant identify which one exactly unless i had a closer pic of the corallite

 

[1guydude]

oppppp my bad....for some reason i didnt think acros branched and fanned out like that. Kinda thought they were more like sea fans or gorgangions...(sp i know)

 

[btwk12]

the actinics were on in the pics i just cant take good pics. i will take some more today with the daylight cycle on. since i got my new tunze's i cant keep no sand at all on the front of my tank, and thats with them as low as they will go!!! i found every empty shell and lr rubble i had and placed it in the front of the tank on top of the sand , but it blows the sand right out from under neath them. im thinking about getting a small bag of crushed coral to throw in the front and mix it in. any ideas?

 

[btwk12]

i think the top one is a subulata (not 100%) and i dont remember what the other is. i got them cuz they were bright purple, and i needed some purple. i got them at the divers den
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Originally Posted by nikeSB http:///forum/thread/385892/new-acro-s-pics#post_3386672
def not a birdsnest (seriatopora sp.). its def an acro (acropora sp.) but cant identify which one exactly unless i had a closer pic of the corallite

 

[1snapple]

I'm not sure what it is but it's cool, nice find. FTS time

 

[1guydude]

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i got them cuz they were bright purple
lol i know wat u mean sometimes i lean more towards buying something if its a color i dont have in my tanks....cant wait for the FTS

 

[btwk12]

 

[btwk12]

im not very good at takin pics but thats what i came up with those are after i took my monster duncan colony (25+ heads) and put it in the 30 cube

 

[btldreef]

The tank is really looking great!

 

[kiefers]

yes..... what she said! Love the acro too. We have a couple and I love it when look fuzzy and go with the flow. Nice piece you have there!

 

[btwk12]

got 5 new acro's today as follows, 3'' fire and ice acro, 3''x3'' bright pink mille, 3'' green beret acro, orange sherbert acro frag, and another blueish green acro. plus they gave me a free peice of green digita (it was broke in 4 peices but it was free) so i made 2 small frags out of it. will post some pics tommorow if i get time