Picture of my new acro.

[richard rendos]

One of my Walt Smith acros. This is my newest one. I got it Wednesday, but just got around to taking a pic.

 

[richard rendos]

one more shot

 

[marco333]

thats a real cool pic

 

[nate_j]

thats nice, how much was it? whats the full name?
nate_j

 

[richard rendos]

I got it at a LFS in Nashville, TN. I am not sure of the exact name...someone is borrowing my books for a few days. It cost me $50. It is about 3" across and 3" tall.

 

[nm reef]

Now thats a sight for sore eyes!!!
Very nice looking coral...I may need to add you to my "future frag selection" list!

 

[tracklighter]

Very nice Richard. I recall you saying you had replaced your lights with 20k radiums. I have been trying to find where they sell radiums. I don't even know what they look like. I feel ignorant asking this, but what do they look like? Are they tubular like fluorescents or are they shaped like MH bulbs? Do you need a special ballast for them? Let me know when you have time,
Thanks,
Tracklighter

 

[richard rendos]

The frag is Acropora cytherea.
tracklighter...the 20K radiums are MH bulbs...you can run them on any 400 watt MH ballast, but they are best run on an HQI MH ballast. I get them from http://www.reeffanatic.com
Thanks for all the nice comments.

 

[tracklighter]

Thanks Richard. Do the bulbs last as long as fluorescents? They seem to be pretty expensive, but they look GREAT.

 

[richard rendos]

10-12 months hopefully. If you had to buy 4 flourescent bulbs, it would probably be cheaper to buy the one MH bulb to get the same wattage.

 

[tracklighter]

If you had to buy 4 flourescent bulbs, it would probably be cheaper to buy the one MH bulb to get the same wattage.
Good point.

 

[nate_j]

thanks alot!

 

[twicklund]

Nice...What else do you have in there?
tw

 

[richard rendos]

Lots of SPS/zoos/mushrooms/giant sarcophyton elegans/and a couple of LPS. Thinning out almost everything now...just gonna keep the zoos/shrooms/SPS. Other stuff is going to the coral prop system soon.