Show your Steve Elias Stag plz

nava405 · #1 01/02/2008, 05:19 PM

i got a frag from atlantis and it's been in my tank for about a month. good growth but the color look no where close to this

instead it's more green than blue...so i wonder if it's normal or what.. thankx

Atomikk · #2 01/02/2008, 06:05 PM

I hate to discourage you but it looks like the buy who was taking a picture of that coral was overusing his actinic lights. Everything in the background is blue (which is impossible to be true).

So there is a chance that you were tricked to think that it would look like that.

slobound · #3 01/02/2008, 08:02 PM

Yeah, looks like that picture is shot under 20K or heavy actinic. Here's a couple pics of my steve elias:

10K no actinic

top down - 20K no actinic

nava405 · #4 01/02/2008, 08:08 PM

that's the picture from atlantis aquarium.

mine looks more close to slobound's first pic but i'm using 20k radium. however your 2nd picture with top down looks really blue ..nice

2crazyreefers · #5 01/02/2008, 08:12 PM

Mine looks just like slobounds.

Emster · #6 01/02/2008, 08:14 PM

I can tell you from my experience with this coral is if you have any nitrates it will not get the nice blue color and will not grow fast.

Oldude · #7 01/02/2008, 08:24 PM

I've had mine for a year and it's finally starting to take off.

nava405 · #8 01/02/2008, 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Emster
I can tell you from my experience with this coral is if you have any nitrates it will not get the nice blue color and will not grow fast.

i believe if you don't have any nitrate, the coral is not going to grow. However, my tank is pretty high nitrate 5-25ppm, but i don't have any problem with color, even now this stag is not showing good color but it's growing pretty fast.

funman1 · #9 01/03/2008, 12:51 AM

Mine took about 3 months to encrust and now it's growing like a weed.
Mine is looking like slobound's first picture.

Nitrates lower than 5

Excellent blue and green coloring

nava405 · #10 01/03/2008, 02:27 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by funman1
Mine took about 3 months to encrust and now it's growing like a weed.
Mine is looking like slobound's first picture.

Nitrates lower than 5

Excellent blue and green coloring

mine encrust fast.. like after 4-6 days in my tank, it was encrusting already, and right now it's about 2.5-3" single branch.

reeferpnoy · #11 01/03/2008, 08:28 AM

Here is mine starting to color up since I stick it on my overflow..