Two Posts of Coral Photos

[Reinhold]

I've been doing corals for 5 months so far. I was bored with fish. I'm having a blast. Here are two sets of photos (this post and the following.)

Elegance Coral



Colt Coral (2nd generation cutting)

[Reinhold]

2nd Set of Photos

Leather Coral



Feather Duster

[reefhead]

GreaT Pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

That leather makes me want a bigger tank to house the species!

Enjoy,,
joe

[Barry N.]

Say those are some great photos.

Barry

[Rick]

Here is Ricordia

[jbjints]

Wow very healthy looking corals, great job.

Joe

[scubadude]

Reinhold

I was just curious some of those pics the corals look a tint of PINK is that the natural color of the corals or is it your lighting?
Either way they are awesome pics!

[Rick]

Talk about pink. I have so much. Its turns the water pink. Here a colt coral.

[chromis]

is the one you call an elegance coral a Catalaphyllia sp.?

[Reinhold]

scubadude: I have 2 X 65W PC 8800K bulbs and 2 X 55W PC 03 actinics. When I've taken the Colt out to frag it, it looks pink even under the desk light (Philips Soft White, 100W )

chromis: I'm embarrassed to say that I don't know what species the Elegance is. I just went by what my LFS owner told me.

Thanks for the nice comments.

[SCETT316]

Very nice pics and veeeeeerrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyy nice corals.

[chromis]

no problem reinhold, I'm pretty sure it is a Catalaphyllia sp.

[Rick]

Ok i need some help here. I got this on my live rock, all over my LR.
I have alway called it Red Polyps. What are they called.
Also i am trying out my new camera. Its a Nikon CoolPix 990.
Thanks for your help.
Rick

[PerryinCA]

Rick, those would be zoanthids. Looks like you are doing pretty good already.

-Perry

[Rick]

Perry,
Thanks for the help!
Rick

[Tcook]

Reinhold,
Those are great looking corals. The pics are amazingly clear. What camera are you using. Tripod?

Since colts are being posted here's a pic of mine:

[Reinhold]

Tcook:

Beautiful corals and beautiful picture!

I shot mine with a Nikon CoolPix 990 and a monopod. My tank lighting is only PC lighting, so the exposures are somewhat long. I shot them on full auto with no manual adejustments for white balance, etc.

I wish my sand was as clean as yours. I've got alot of Red Slime in the sand. I'm thinking about buying a Queen Conch to eat it all.