ORA german green with blue polyps

[teen]

i just picked up this ORA german green with blue polyps. the polyps are a much deeper blue than the pics show.

anybody have pics of their frags or colonies? and whats the placement like in your tank? light/ placement/ flow?

[Paulairduck]

that is one of my favorite corals, even though the pick does not show the true beauty.

[slojmn]

Here is mine from about 6 months ago...it is a lot bigger now . I keep it up fairly high off to the side.

[IPT]

That's insane. Can't wait to get one. What kind of shape do they take as they grow? ie, bushy, stag like, branched?

[teen]

awesome pic slojmn. hows the growth? fast, slow?

[slojmn]

Originally posted by teen
awesome pic slojmn. hows the growth? fast, slow?

Thanks . I'd say moderate growth overall. The growth pattern is branching with a leaning towards bushy.

[racerw]

Here is picture of mine from about 3 months ago.
The colors are brighter now this was when it was settling into a new tank upgrade
I have mine up high in the tank, w/good random flow seems to be a good grower.

Nice picture Alicia

[mr pink floyd]

bad pic, taken high up under a 150watt phoenix bulb, not sure why it came out so blue, my camera has an auto- white balance, colors are about the same though




i actually got it for $5, when it looked like this, and brought it back to looking good in about 2 weeks!:

[surfnvb7]

[SDguy]

Mine's polyps aren't terribly purple right now

[teen]

nice pics guys.

surfnvb7, thats some crazy PE.

[surfnvb7]

Originally posted by teen
nice pics guys.

surfnvb7, thats some crazy PE.

i never really thought anything of it........but compared to the other pics....i guess you are right.

here's some older pics

[SDguy]

Yeah, now that I look at mine, it does really get a lot of PE....

[twon8]

not the best pic, and it hasn't been in good lighting till i moved it here, so the colors arent' the best; it is coloring up more now

[twon8]

here is a pic from feb\

[belgian_waffleman]

It's kept about 10" from the surface.

The 250W MH is about 12" above the surface.

Waffleman

[teen]

i have some prime real estate about 12" under a 250w bulb. i have a few other corals that need to go up into the rock work, so im not really sure where this ones going yet. it seems like you guys are all saying up towards the top though.

[SDguy]

Mine stays darker green when lower down.

[ConcreteReefer]

I was told this was an ORA german green when I got it a year ago (it was free, so i didn't care).. It was a 1" frag and has grown like crazy since then-

[shelburn61]

Originally posted by SDguy
Mine stays darker green when lower down.

Has this been most peoples' experience? I think I need to move mine down...

SDguy,
Mine looks like your picture above. Where is yours placed?

[SDguy]

Mine's super high up. I just ran out of room, at the time, lower down. I always said I would put piece lower again, once it grew to fraggable size, but it hasn't grown terribly fast for me

[flyyyguy]

ill add my little nub.......high light, high flow

defintely one of my favorites and looking forward to it growing.......I actually like it so much i have one growing in each tank

[twon8]

got a good top down shot tonight; i'll take another in a week or so to see any color changes, as i'm confident it will shift somewhat. it has been in medium lighting, and i just replaced an 19 month old aquaconnect 14k above it with reeflux 12k. i'm going back to the aquaconnects, just thought i would run this in the meantime as i had it lying around.


this pic was taken on 10/29/06, so just short of a year ago

[kirstenk]

[LobsterOfJustice]

Anyone have an idea on the species of this piece?

Not that it matters, I still want one.