My Staghorn Acropora

[Charles Poole]

I have not been able to positively identify this Acropora sp. coral as of yet, but have come to a close ID with Acropora cervicornis. It is fairly light tolerant, needing 45+ watts per square foot to grow, and more to grow really fast. Tolerant of most water quality parameters, except extreme temperature changes.

With maintained alkalinity and calcium levels, this coral can be fragged over and over and over again.

http://hometown.aol.com/crlkeep/images/myreef002.jpg

[latazyo]

I"m guessing you meant 4.5w/g, as if it would matter

[Charles Poole]

Actually I meant watts per square foot. I will explain.

Going by gallonage is not even remotely acurate in my experience. I work in the industry, and as such, I have seen so many different tanks of the same size with completely different demensions. This makes the watt/gal rating extremely unreliable.

I have found that by judging wattage by surface area to be a little more reliable. I should have explained that the rating I mentioned above was for tanks up to 20" tall. This is just a personal way of looking at the lighting aspect of reefs, but has proved to be a more accurate way of getting the intensities that I desire.

Thank you for pointing out my error, I edited the above post and corrected it.

[latazyo]

good, I understand what you mean and was wondering why you used w/g...no sweat, just didn't want a newcomer to come in and think you needed 4500 watts over a 100g tank

[Charles Poole]

No problem. Although I wish I had reef tank that required 4500 watts of lighting. Hmmmmmmmmmm!!!!! To dream.............. :)

[Sandman12]

hmmm fragged over and over A? hook me up lol

milkmanf12@aol.com

[Zack]

me first hahahahaha

[Paidbychrist0825]

i really like that color, but it doesnt match the acropora cervicornis pics ive seen. hey no fair, i have dibs from the other site, itsmine!!!lol just kiddin, i wont be ready forr corals for a while, my parents have decided qwe are moving( sorry crlkeep, i was looking forward to that frag, but i cant have it yet :cry: ) i will let everyone know when i have stuff set up, but i am learning, so ill help when i can

[Paidbychrist0825]

o i just thought of something: is thaty pretty blue glow on you LR from your lights or the camera flash?

[Charles Poole]

The color of the coral in the picture is not the way it actually looks. It is a darker brown will green fluorescent hues. It is the lights on the tank that make that blue color. I haven't taken a picture yet that looked like my tank does to the human eye. I think it has something to due with the intensity and spectrum of the bulbs in the tank.

Anyone hav a real good digital camera and live anywhere near North East Ohio? I could really use the help getting some pics until I can get a good camera of my own. The one I have now is more of a web cam than anything.

[Aquatic Realms]

Check your White Balance for your digital camera if it has one. If it does, simply take something that is basically PURE white and under the current light conditions set your white balance to reflect the true hue.

[Charles Poole]

Unfortunately my current camera doesn't do anything other than take pictures. No zoom, or any other functions. Although I have had the use of other camera's, and could have used the info. on the white balance before I'm sure.

Thanks for the info. I am sure it will come in good use in the near future. Much appreciated. :)

[Zack]

Aquatic Realms

what do you use for a camera?

[Aquatic Realms]

I use:

Cannon EOS A2 SLR (7 frams per second) (1/8000 sec. shutter speed) the works...cost over $3,500 for the body, a 28-80 w/ macro and a 500 Zoom.

Sony Digital 717 (5 Mega Pix) (10x Digital Zoom) VERY good and HIGH quality macro! Great night framing or shooting.