100 gallons Acros tank

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Some daylight pictures.

Tgc Ball Buster


Tgc Jojo rainbow


Honestly, despite the hype and advertising, I feel like nothing special about these corals.

Rr Dream Catcher. This one look like wwc budgie smuggler. Bright pink tips and polyps. Super super cool acro!


BkChem Wetdream. Another unique acro. Its not really look like in the pic. For some reason I have hard time capture the real color of blue corals.
This one has blue coralline with yellow polyps.


BkChem Nightmare. I dont know how this gonna develops but suppose to be a good one.


Cookie Monster, I forgot from whom.


CC voodoo magic


RR Mardi Gras


TGC Megatron





Pink cadillac.


Diabolic Pacman


Original CherryBomb: CG Cherry Bomb




RRC wolverines


Arc Fireworks


TSA Princess Peach


The pink/red develop more and more as it grow. Meanwhile the base is still green/yellow. Its super cool to see completely two different colors on the same acro.

 

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Hey @V what kind of camera are you using ? Any Lens Filters etc ? Great Pics i always like looking at your Pics
 

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Hey @V what kind of camera are you using ? Any Lens Filters etc ? Great Pics i always like looking at your Pics
Those were taken using Nikon D500 with Tamron 90mm 1:1 macro lens.
The last pictures with white on so no filter, the one under pure blue/actinic were using orange filter.
 

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Those were taken using Nikon D500 with Tamron 90mm 1:1 macro lens.
The last pictures with white on so no filter, the one under pure blue/actinic were using orange filter.
Wow! Thanks for the info. Always great photos on your posts..
 

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Some normal light shots:
Zs paradise from Matt


Rr Dream catcher


Jf Burning Banana


Tsa Princess Peach. Man, this one so bright! I cant even take pic under blue light since it will look unreal!


Ck Fraggle Rock


Now, some actinic shots. Some people says that blue light shot are not real, not normal.
In my systems, I have blue light for 7 hours whenever daylight only 6 hours, so I think its safe to say my corals normally look like that!
In my pictures I always try to mimic what I see in real life.


Tgc Inner core


One of the coolest acro in this system.


Jf Griswold


Bkchem Wetdream. My favorite now!


My heart drop a beat...
 

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Those were taken using Nikon D500 with Tamron 90mm 1:1 macro lens.
The last pictures with white on so no filter, the one under pure blue/actinic were using orange filter.
Nice camera!

Which orange filter are you using? I recently got a D300 and a Nikkor 105mm F/2.8 that Im learning to use. So far my best results have been with a 10,000 WB setting. Oddly enough, that WB works better than setting custom with a calibrated gray card. Go figure.


I tried a #16 yellow-orange and it just makes everything look orange. Perhaps Ill try to set custom WB with it on.
 

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Picked up this three pieces last weekend. I have to say, truly unique gems.
This one, it has rainbow polyps plus pink coralline if coloring up correctly.


I never seen a tenuis that has purple/violet color like this piece. Not saying yellow polyps.


This one is bright yellow.
 

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Sweet Jesus, those are insane! I can't wait to see them grow into colonies.
Meanwhile, some frags growing/encrusting nicely. Again, actinic shots.
Wwc Culture Shocker


RRC Original Jawdropper. 3 polyps, but they face the other way so no polyps on this pic.


TDF acro


Please dont laugh at my Angry Bird. I dont know why its so green instead of blue. ??


RRC Pretty in Pink


TGC Ball Buster



RR Lady in Pink. The color shift differently as the frag in my 45 gallons.


Here is the frag on my 45 gallons


CG Cherry Bomb. FYI, CG Cherry Bomb is the first and original Cherry Bomb tenuis on the market..



TGC Megatron. This is not ordinary yellow, this acro has a blind your eyes if stare too hard yellow!


RRC Mardi Gras


Unknown tenuis


Tsa Princess Peach under blue



Compare with more white:


Tgc Inferno



Another crazy tenuis
 

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The return pump problem really hit me hard. Thats one NCE (near crash experience). Lost a couple frags, a couple half dead, water quality went down hill.
But since it fixed, everything seem making a come back. Polyps start coming out and water quality improve. Even the snails are happy, they spawn!
Enough words, here are some updates pictures. The pics are mixed of 20k and blue shots. Some acros only look good on blue so please dont expect me to shot then under normal light, as well as some acro look so weird, unrealistic under pure blue so 20k it is.
Try my best to show the pics as my eyes seeing them in person.

Three months since I have this acro, no more doubt it is indeed a black acro. Very unique.
Pic under 20k.


Compare when I first got it.

Next to it is the rr firecrackers mini colony I obtain recently by a trade (thanks tqui)
Also under 20k


Give it a little more blue and it glows!


Also from a recent trade: RMF Psycoberry. Not fully color up yet but I can see potential. Love the rainbow polyps!



MattV Rebel. Also a new acro. Having the old school look. Super fuzzy with tiny little polyps. Look better in 20k, not glowing in blue.


Back from the death: Vivid Confetti. I was so close to remove this frag because I was certain that its gone. But today I notice the polyps are out again! Yay!


Easier to notice life come back under blue:


Beautiful as usual: RRC Pretty in Pink



A little dull in coloration, but I like the color theme. Goldish with purple/pink tips and polyps.
 

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Who knows this little guy can turn into a beautiful beast! Patient is paying off.


 
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Wow! I was not planning for acros in my tank but now i might just have a few. You have some insane colors on those frags! Cant wait to see them as colonies!!
 
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