Bali aquacultured lets see'em

[Acro]

Hey Guys,

I swear I started a thread with this subject before. For the life of me I can't find it. Anyways lets get another one going. I know there has been a good deal of these Bali pieces coming into B.C so lets see them in your tanks. Here's my two favorite.

Here's a pic of this one I got in June.
http://members.shaw.ca/jcross2/june6_002.JPG

And now in December
http://members.shaw.ca/jcross2/dec0404_016_copi.JPG

This one in October
http://members.shaw.ca/jcross2/Oct2204_021_copy.JPG

And now in December
http://members.shaw.ca/jcross2/dec0404_003_copy.JPG

Ok Guys now don't be shy lets see them.

[AJ_77]

Well, if I had some... where is your tutorial on top-down shooting, BTW? :biggrin:

Very interested to see this thread progress. :cool:

[StirCrazy]

well lets see in the first pic there are 2, left and right sides of the bucket, I got thoes two in may.
http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/tankwrek/bucket1.jpg

In this one to the top left is a beautiful Bali deep water acro that I got a month or two bwfor the others.
http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/tankwrek/bucket2.jpg

(got to get some pics of the new ones though) :neutral:

Steve

[albert_dao]

well lets see in the first pic there are 2, left and right sides of the bucket, I got thoes two in may.
http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/tankwrek/bucket1.jpg

In this one to the top left is a beautiful Bali deep water acro that I got a month or two bwfor the others.
http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/tankwrek/bucket2.jpg

(got to get some pics of the new ones though) :neutral:

Steve

... I'm not sure whether to shake my head or laugh...

[StirCrazy]

... I'm not sure whether to shake my head or laugh...

Niether am I man, Niether am I :confused:

Steve

[Aquattro]

Me, I'm laughing. I cried when I saw (and smelled) the bucket. Are you fragging any of those Steve?? :razz:

[AJ_77]

Yeah, no... I'm not fond of those pics at all. :neutral:

[Aquattro]

Agreed. Let's try to keep this in the spirit in which Jamie intended. Live bali frags only for the rest of the thread, k?

[Scavenger]

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/815balifrag.jpg

Not nearly as brown in real life. More a honey blonde ale colour, with blue tips like the bags under your eyes the morning after too many honey blonde ales. :lol:

[sumpfinfishe]

Great pieces there Jamie :biggrin:
I really like the second piece, so much in fact that I guess I couldn't supply enough Stella's to get a frag of that one eh :mrgreen:
Where are you getting these exotic acro's from?
LFS or your buddies down south?

[Aquattro]

Rich, these are all pieces available at most of the western Canadian LFS. They all come in from the same supplier, so there is no secret source. Hidden Reef gets large orders in over that side of the water.

[albert_dao]

Well, there's always my pink peice:

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Acros/PinkB.jpg

[Acro]

Alan, Well, if I had some Well thats an easy one...Get some. :)
where is your tutorial on top-down shooting, BTW? Hold on tight. :lol:

Steve, well aren't you a party pooper. :cry:
(got to get some pics of the new ones though) Why don't you do that. Corals always look better with some tissue on them. :cool:

Scavenger,honey blonde ale MMMMMM honey blonde ale, now you got my attention. :lol:

Rich, I guess I couldn't supply enough Stella's to get a frag of that one eh
Oh I'm sure you could. Like Brad said about the where from question. Those pieces posted are from Hidden Reef. I believe they got a good price on them right now too.

albert, Thanks for playing. Nice piece, there is a nice selection of milli type pieces in these bali orders.

Now lets see some more.

[StirCrazy]

Why don't you do that. Corals always look better with some tissue on them. :cool:

I'll try tonight, was pulling algae for 2 hours last night :rolleyes: I hate new tanks :mrgreen: but if I can squeeze my head in the top of my stand I will try get some top down ones..

Steve

[AJ_77]

Steve, you had some great tissue-covered shots if I remember... still got 'em? :biggrin:

[StirCrazy]

Steve, you had some great tissue-covered shots if I remember... still got 'em? :biggrin:

ya these corals have been in my tank for about a week since the pic were taken (maybe two) and I took them the day after I got them.

If you look in the dead middle of the pink Milli (last pic) you will see the reason it has no polyp extension. the bad type of acro crab and since its removal the coral has been happy as a clam.

http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/newbegining/27nov04/blueacro.jpg

http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/newbegining/27nov04/greenacro.jpg

http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/newbegining/27nov04/pinkmilli.jpg

Steve

[StirCrazy]

Ok here are the same corals just over a week laiter, but from a top down view.. Jamie how the heck do you get nice top down photos of blue corals? :eek:

http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/newbegining/8dec04/greenacro.jpg

http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/newbegining/8dec04/pinkmilli.jpg

http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/newbegining/8dec04/blueacro.jpg

Steve

[AJ_77]

Now those are some nice pics... :mrgreen:

Your other "devastation" photos just made me sad. :cry:

[Acro]

NOw thats the spirit Steve. :cool: I really like the first one in your top down shots. Steve for the most part getting good shots of blue/purple colored corals isn't the easiest and perhaps the hardest. You just have to play with angles and setting. Also shutting off the actinic lighting helps. For the life of me I can't get a good top down shot of my Cali Tort it's just too purple for the camera to get a clear shot even with the actinics off. Just when I think I got it and it looks good in the LCD I bring it up on the PC and nope it sucks. One of these days I'll get it.
Delete X 100 = 1 saved

[StirCrazy]

ya I will have to try it with the actinics off. I took about 50 pics of it and every one was crap LOL

Steve

[Samw]

Got this one back in May. Unfortunately, it suffered some tissue loss during the time when I lost about 70% of my Acros. Luckily this survived. It has potential but it is currently under my center brace right now and not receiving a whole lot of light.

This picture is from May.

http://www.hyperdream.com/~samw/reef/Coral/Acropora/LightBlueGreen/img_6100_std.jpg

[EmilyB]

oooh oooh I think I have one.....do I ? Albert ? Kari ? The purple/now solid blue one?

Okay that's it. I need a camera back. :neutral:

[kari]

Deb, you picked up at least three when I seen you in the store. I'd post a Bali pic but I've only tried to get one 80 times so far.

[Delphinus]

oooh oooh I think I have one.....do I ?

Deb's getting excited over a fuzzy stick !!!!! :razz: I thought I'd never see the day. :lol: :wink:

[Canadian Man]

oooh oooh I think I have one.....do I ?

Deb's getting excited over a fuzzy stick !!!!! :razz: I thought I'd never see the day. :lol: :wink:

:eek: Mee too! :eek:

[EmilyB]

Well I can't keep any decent backdrop with my butterflys... :razz: :lol:

[Acro]

Sam, Yeah that is a nice one, when the orders come in it certainly is an eye catcher. I believe that one is being marketed as A. elseyi.

Deb's getting excited over a fuzzy stick
Thay all come around eventually :biggrin:

[sumpfinfishe]

After seeing this post I picked up a stocking stuffer for myself today while I was xmas shopping. I'm still waiting for the PM though as to how many Stella's I need to bring out for a tiny frag of that second colony :mrgreen:

http://members.shaw.ca/sumpfinfishe/images/yellowacroc.jpg

[Acro]

Hey Rich, Holy blue light :eek: As for a frag you might be better off asking after a few beers. :lol:

[sumpfinfishe]

Yeah that is pretty blue alright :rolleyes: that's cause I didn't get home til late and it was even later when realized I should take a shot of the new piece. I will try to get one today now that the daylight tubes are on :biggrin:

Hey Jamie, did you change your email address?
And like I said, you name the time and I will bring the keg's :mrgreen:

[Acro]

Rich, I did change my addy some time ago. If you have jcross1@shaw.ca then yeah I changed it. I wanted something different and put my creative mind to work and came up with jcross2@shaw.ca :razz: Kidding aside I used to have high speed then I down graded to the light speed and couldn't keep the same addy.

There sure isn't many pics being posted in this thread. I'm sure there has to be more of us that have gotten some of the Bali's. So get out the camera's and lets see them. :cool:

[sumpfinfishe]

Well here it is under the daylight tube, now you guy's might be
able to see what I took a picture of in my previous reply to this thread :razz: :biggrin:
Gotta get me a better macro camera one of these days!

http://members.shaw.ca/sumpfinfishe/images/yellowacrod.jpg

[EmilyB]

I thought I posted this but Brad says I was dreaming....

http://www.members.shaw.ca/bhadford1/Firstpic.jpg

[StirCrazy]

well went out on tuesday and bought a new Bali coral. not much to look at right now but I have a hunch it is going to turn out real nice.

http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/24dec04/newballi.jpg

Steve

[Acro]

Well figured I'd better give an update on the ones that I didn't think were picture worthy. (for those that havn't seen the update on Rc)

When I first got it back in November
http://members.shaw.ca/jcross2/nov2504_004.JPG

As of yesterday. I know it's even hard for me to believe this is the same coral.
http://members.shaw.ca/jcross2/jan1105_001.JPG

Another from back in November.
http://members.shaw.ca/jcross2/nov2504_003.JPG

Again as of yesterday.
http://members.shaw.ca/jcross2/jan1105_013.JPG

As well an update on the Monti.
http://members.shaw.ca/jcross2/jan1105_007.JPG

[sumpfinfishe]

:cool:
that monti gets a big wow factor :exclaim:

[AJ_77]

As of yesterday. I know it's even hard for me to believe this is the same coral.
I kinda like the "before" shot on that first one. :biggrin: I guess you never know what they're gonna do...

[Acro]

Rich, I get the feeling you like that Monti. :biggrin:

Alan, I would tend to agree with you as far as close up shots go. Over time as it grows and finished the color transformation I believe the new look will be better as far as a full picture is concerned. What I'm saying is when viewing the tank as a whole, I believe the new look will stand out more. At least thats what I'm hoping for. :razz:

[Rus]

hey Jamie , nice pics , is that second one down a piece of a table acro ? just wondering if that's from Mike's ? how's the tank coming ?


Russ

[Rus]

by the way ... when do i get to come by and check it out , i had a few ideas i wanted to check with you as well !!


Russ

[Acro]

Hey Rus, Thanks Yeah that one is table forming. I just didn't have a place to put it so I had to put it vertical. I'm sure I'll soon have more then enough room to put it how it should go. Thats if it doesn't grow to fast and start tabling out the way it's sitting now. :) Hey if your free today your welcome to stop by as I'll just be tinkering with the new room. Give me a shout. Still have my #?

Also yeah the are from Mike @ Hidden Reef I picked that one out at like 3:00am :eek:

[StirCrazy]

Well here are some progression pics. Just as a note there are no actinic on in the "now" pics. On of my VHO burnt out (finally after 3 years) so I have it off right now till I get new bulbs, so the pics are pure 10000K MH coloring.

when I got it
http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/newbegining/27nov04/blueacro.jpg

6 weeks laiter
http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/newbegining/15jan05/blueacro2.jpg

when I got it
http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/newbegining/27nov04/greenacro.jpg

6 weeks laiter
http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/newbegining/15jan05/greenacro2.jpg

when I got it
http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/newbegining/27nov04/pinkmilli.jpg

6 weeks laiter
http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/newbegining/15jan05/pinkmilli2.jpg



when I got it
http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/24dec04/newballi.jpg


3 weeks later, looks like my risk paid off.
http://members.shaw.ca/crystalk/newbegining/15jan05/newbali2.jpg

Steve

[Acro]

Hey Looks good Steve. :biggrin: Glad to see things are back to "normal"

[IslandReefer]

I was a little thick about uploading pics (Thanks Brad) :rolleyes: ....so these pictures are from the 2nd week in Dec., the fist day home from Safari.
All three have improved and I will post some "after" pics soon.
Hope you like them...the bulbus acro is about my 2nd favorite coral...(next to Jamie's bubblegum acro:mrgreen: )

Blue Acro

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/811Blue-acro-200k.jpg

Bulbous Tri-color Acro

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/811bloated-acro-200k.jpg

Purple Tri-color Acro

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/811Tricolor-200k.jpg

Purple close-up

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/811Tricolor-close-up-200k.jpg

wow only 4 edits :eek:

[Acro]

Hey John, NIce stuff. Looks like there just may be enough people on the island to buy up those Bali's after all. :biggrin: I like the tricolor best myself.

P.S I don't recall all the pieces you grabbed but I was sure you bought a Cali Tort. You like the bubblegum over that? hmmm Just goes to show we all have our own unique tastes. I always like to ask people that come over which one is their favorite and I pretty much always get a different answer. Which is intresting and a neat game to play. :razz: Warning do not play this game with non-reefers or you may end up with an assualt charge. For some reason they always pick out something you wish wasn't in there and you've been trying everything to get it out. :lol:

[Willito]

I play that game myself and I agree it's a neat little game until someone points out the little aptasia colony. :biggrin: Getting different insights from people does re-assure my taste buds from time to time.

[StirCrazy]

Hey Looks good Steve. :biggrin: Glad to see things are back to "normal"

ya getting there anyways hehe, hows the new tank coming along? I need to get over to the main land for a visit one of these months.

Steve

[Acro]

Hey Steve,

Yeah the new tanks coming along slowly. I just put up the tank wall this past weekend as well change the entrance way around abit. So now it's on to the electrical end of things. I'd expect it to still to be a few months till I get water in it. Every project reqiures so much thought and even then I'm sure I'll make a few mistakes. :)

[Acro]

I know this is a bit of a hi-jack but after I replied to Steve I thought I'd throw this out there. If there is any electricians out here in the lower mainland that have Will work for frags policies shot me an email. :smile:

[sumpfinfishe]

Is a forklift operator close enough :mrgreen: :razz:

[props]

heres 1 i just picked up few days ago.. a lil too impatient on acclimating still fresh off from the lfs on this photo

http://members.shaw.ca/jcaramat/newpics/unknowntooearlytotell.jpg

[wayner]

I picked up a Bali Acro a week ago of Humilus, just arrived that day at the LFS, it's mostly brown right now with green polyps, any of you guys picked up one of these before & got some nice color change from it over a period of time.?

I've had it at the botom of my tank for the past week & will move it up mid-way this week-end, very thick branched so will try to create some good flow around it, particularly the base.

[Samw]

Got these 2 today at great prices. Jamie, thanks for ID'ing my other Acro in this thread. Any idea on these?

http://www.hyperdream.com/~samw/reef/Coral/Acropora/New/img_7275_crop_std.jpg

http://www.hyperdream.com/~samw/reef/Coral/Acropora/New/img_7274_crop_std.jpg

http://www.hyperdream.com/~samw/reef/Coral/Acropora/New/img_7277_std.jpg