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Old 11/19/2005, 07:42 PM
joetbs joetbs is offline
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Originally posted by MarLooney
I know it's an LPS but i think more of the SPS guys are the ones buying Bali Aquacultured pieces so i thought i'd post here. I said high light because the guy i bought my frag from had it right under a 400W MH and his colony is about 6 or 7 inches grown from a small frag. i also disagree that the light colored piece is really stressed. that's just how they're coming in. that's why i started this thread to see how they colored in ppl's tanks. nice piece BTW reefnroll.
They are looking like this because of how they are grown. They are fragged and left in a lagoon with high light & alot of current that acropora prefer. Most cyphastrea comes from 20+ feet down. Especially red/pink is a bit deeper.

In time they should get more flesh as bec described.

joe