sfsuphysics
Supporting Member
A few good ideas rolling around in the official frag swap thread, but rather than gunk up that thread with what is being brought I thought it is good to have one dedicated to corals that you are bringing.
One of the comments was pictures of the full sized colonies on the container... well not having a color printer nor a laminating machine this will have to do, keep in mind this is simply my own method of listing corals, and in no way should be representative of what you do, if you just want to type stuff out that works too
In addition to my labels on the containers I'll also have a code MIKE-XXX# so if you see something that gets your fancy you can make a note of the code and simply look for that rather than the coral, as corals do have a tendency (zoas especially) to close up.
I wasn't planning on a bringing a TON of frags, however if you see something that really interests you let me know, and I can make sure to make a few extra frags of that to increase chances, either post here or PM me.
Unless noted corals are on bottom of 24" tank, 250W metal halides, and 1 T5 (either blue or actinic), minor white balancing done.
The only SPS I'm bringing, a purple stylophora : MIKE-SPS1
Two LPS (of note) that I'm bringing
Red blastomusa wellsi with green eye - MIKE-LPS1
Pink center "favia" - MIKE-LPS2
A number of zoas, this is the main reason for this list because these buggers always close up, don't ask me about names, I've seen one zoa that looked the same to me and have 4 different "names"
MIKE-ZOA1
MIKE-ZOA2 aka Pretty Pretty Princess Sparkle Zoas
MIKE-ZOA3
MIKE-ZOA4
These next two pictures are in my "junky I didn't want to crowd my main tank" tank... lit via LEDs, mostly royal blue, although I moved the whiter ones over just to show more the colors without fluorescence, there's maybe a cluster of 4 Cree LEDs run at 700mA, with 40° optics maybe 16" above them to give you an idea of lighting. FYI Royal Blue LEDs will grow that green algae in the pictures like crazy!
MIKE-ZOA5 & MIKE-ZOA6
MIKE ZOA7 & MIKE-ZOA8 Not sure if 6 & 8 are the same the centers look similar but the "Skirts" are a bit different, I think one is an "Armor of God" and the other is "Armageddon" or something equally silly, blame Norman on one of those names!
Anyways, I hope this helps some of you, and again if any of them make you drool right now, let me know and I'll make sure to make a few more frags of those.
One of the comments was pictures of the full sized colonies on the container... well not having a color printer nor a laminating machine this will have to do, keep in mind this is simply my own method of listing corals, and in no way should be representative of what you do, if you just want to type stuff out that works too
In addition to my labels on the containers I'll also have a code MIKE-XXX# so if you see something that gets your fancy you can make a note of the code and simply look for that rather than the coral, as corals do have a tendency (zoas especially) to close up.
I wasn't planning on a bringing a TON of frags, however if you see something that really interests you let me know, and I can make sure to make a few extra frags of that to increase chances, either post here or PM me.
Unless noted corals are on bottom of 24" tank, 250W metal halides, and 1 T5 (either blue or actinic), minor white balancing done.
The only SPS I'm bringing, a purple stylophora : MIKE-SPS1
Two LPS (of note) that I'm bringing
Red blastomusa wellsi with green eye - MIKE-LPS1
Pink center "favia" - MIKE-LPS2
A number of zoas, this is the main reason for this list because these buggers always close up, don't ask me about names, I've seen one zoa that looked the same to me and have 4 different "names"
MIKE-ZOA1
MIKE-ZOA2 aka Pretty Pretty Princess Sparkle Zoas
MIKE-ZOA3
MIKE-ZOA4
These next two pictures are in my "junky I didn't want to crowd my main tank" tank... lit via LEDs, mostly royal blue, although I moved the whiter ones over just to show more the colors without fluorescence, there's maybe a cluster of 4 Cree LEDs run at 700mA, with 40° optics maybe 16" above them to give you an idea of lighting. FYI Royal Blue LEDs will grow that green algae in the pictures like crazy!
MIKE-ZOA5 & MIKE-ZOA6
MIKE ZOA7 & MIKE-ZOA8 Not sure if 6 & 8 are the same the centers look similar but the "Skirts" are a bit different, I think one is an "Armor of God" and the other is "Armageddon" or something equally silly, blame Norman on one of those names!
Anyways, I hope this helps some of you, and again if any of them make you drool right now, let me know and I'll make sure to make a few more frags of those.
