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[lastlight]

Thanks everyone!

Anyone else notice that certain corals look way more colorful depending on which end of the tank you're looking into? Must have to do with angles of light hitting corals but my corals all look brighter looking into the ends of the tank. My bulbs are positioned so the end of the bulb faces the front of the tank and maybe that has something to do with it?

[lorenz0]

really digging that one from salty nuts. I think its a tenius

[kien]

Your salty nuts are my favourite Brett!

[Dez]

The saltynuts look best from the top, so blue. We can rename it the blue nut acro

[Delphinus]

Oh dear... I always thought blue nuts weren't all that good but what do I know.

[lastlight]

The growth looks really purple in my tank actually. The rest of the coral is nothing to write home about so I'm hoping it's always got mad growth!

[chris121277]

Not sure if I missed it somewhere in here, but what model of SWC skimmer are you running?

[Dez]

Originally Posted by lastlight

The growth looks really purple in my tank actually. The rest of the coral is nothing to write home about so I'm hoping it's always got mad growth!

You're right Brett. I just couldn't pass up the blue nut name. Purple nut just isn't the same. In my tank the colony is about 8" tall and only the top 1 1/2 is always purple. The rest of the coral is kind of tan/brown cause it grew sort of like an upside down cone so the parts underneath the growth don't see any light. We have to start coming up with underwater lighting to light corals from below . Maybe when I'm in Calgary between Christmas and New Year I'll invite myself over to see your tank in person.

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by chris121277

Not sure if I missed it somewhere in here, but what model of SWC skimmer are you running?

SWC Extreme 160. Cheap and awesome!

Originally Posted by Dez

You're right Brett. I just couldn't pass up the blue nut name. Purple nut just isn't the same. In my tank the colony is about 8" tall and only the top 1 1/2 is always purple. The rest of the coral is kind of tan/brown cause it grew sort of like an upside down cone so the parts underneath the growth don't see any light. We have to start coming up with underwater lighting to light corals from below . Maybe when I'm in Calgary between Christmas and New Year I'll invite myself over to see your tank in person.

Mine is pretty much a little bouquet on top of the stem so I'm wondering if the top gets too large if the base can support it. There is one branch coming out the bottom and I hope I see more to balance it out.

We'd love to have you guys over for a visit. If there's a possibility let us know so we can actually arrange for dinner or lunch or whatever you guys can manage =)

[riceboy]

wow your growth is fantastic, and the colors are unreal. can i ask, are you using np pellets or zeo or vodka dosing, or anything else?