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Reefworks
05-03-07, 12:37
Hi folks, there are several new species of coral available through the Reefworks website including Pom Pom Xenia, red A. millepora, A. kirstyae and several soft corals are available again.
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Happy reefing :wave:
Dave_P
09-03-07, 19:59
I wish I had more room in my tank :(

Dave
Reefworks
10-03-07, 10:51
What do you mean? There is ALWAYS room for another frag, and if there isn't then you need a bigger tank!
Dave_P
10-03-07, 14:40
What do you mean? There is ALWAYS room for another frag, and if there isn't then you need a bigger tank!

Not in my tank it's full :( I will have to get rid of something.

Bigger tank now that's an idea ;) I am sure you will be getting an order at the end of the year.

Actually there's one thing I have been meaning to ask you. I bought a monti. capitata off you a while back. It arrived white with blue polyps, it's turned a bright lime green in my tank and is growing quite vigorously. Now I have read that green tends to be a stress colour in SPSs. But I don't think it is stressed due to the vigorous growth. It's been like this for 5-6 months now.

I quite like the colour, so it is not an issue. But I am just curious to hear what your thoughts are.

Dave
jacksok
11-03-07, 06:48
Actually there's one thing I have been meaning to ask you. I bought a monti. capitata off you a while back. It arrived white with blue polyps, it's turned a bright lime green in my tank and is growing quite vigorously. Now I have read that green tends to be a stress colour in SPSs. But I don't think it is stressed due to the vigorous growth. It's been like this for 5-6 months now.

I quite like the colour, so it is not an issue. But I am just curious to hear what your thoughts are.

Dave
FWIW mine have been happy and green like yours sound.

http://thereef.info/montipora_capitata-20051112.jpg

HTH

Keith
Dave_P
11-03-07, 10:02
snap! :laugh:
Reefworks
11-03-07, 13:35
I love this coral! In fact it is one of my favourites but for some reason does not seem to be that popular, maybe it is the picture I have on the web.
This coral can grow under surprising low light conditions - and fast! Under lower light to moderate lighting I have found that a green colour develops, if you put it under very high light intensity (like directly under a 250w and high up) then the tuberculae (the bumps on it) become more prominant and develop into a creamy colour with a little green (like seen on the website), under lower lighting the green develops and the tuberculae are less prominant. The shape that your colony is developing is normal and I don't think the color is due to it being stressed.
Happy reefing
Clayton
Dave_P
12-03-07, 10:08
I also think it's a great coral, like I say the bright lime green is a fantastic colour! Took a while to start growing, but now it's really motoring.

Interesting what you say about the lighting. I have positioned high up under 250W 10K Reeflux. But I did have egg crate installed (to stop fish carpet surfing) over the tank, so the egg crate was obviously blocking the light.

I haven't added any fish for ages, so the likely hood of one jumping now is minimal. A couple of weeks ago I removed the egg crate and raised my lights. Over the next month I will be lowering my lights again.

It will be interesting to see how this coral develops.

Dave