The Official "Full Spectrum SPS Stunners" Thread/Database

[Perry]

Hi Nate,
This is the truest rendention of PL I have grown personally.

This is 8-10" under 10xt5 with 4xB+, 2xP+, 4xABS and 2xOrphek OR390 Blue Act LED

 

[Mellotang]

Grown under good ol 65k

 

[VintageReefer]

What we need from you!

1) Pics of your favorite (s) SPS that look best under 10k Kelvin or "full spectrum" lighting.

See below

One pic of a frag and one pic of the grown out colony.

Can be someone else's photo but get permission from the creator to post!!

Posted a few pics of my own

2) The genius and species of the coral

Acropora millepora

3) Trade Name & Lineage (ORA, Tyree, Battle Corals, etc). Write out the acronym if you know it!

Sunrise millepora

4) Aliases (some same corals are sold with different trade names. Post those names here, so others know what's what)

You tell me lol I’m looking for another just like this

5) Light + Flow Requirements (hi, med, low)

High light high flow

6) Growth rate (fast, moderate, slow)

For me this was fast

7) Your lighting details for the coral in your photo (be specific!)

In these photos there is 2x250w Phoenix 14k halides + 2 t5 coral+ and 2 t5 blue+
There are no filters, lenses, or editing. In the pre-led days you could just take a picture and it would come out very close to real life

I don’t have pics on this phone of when I first got it but I have some earlier ones and growth shots. It took about a year to go from a frag to the first pic, then over the next 9 months this grew rapidly into a monster colony

October 2012

December 2012

Jan 2013 (blue shot cause why not )

July 2013

This was very green in blue lighting, but in full spectrum under halides only, the yellow base really came out contrasting the green polyps.

 

[naterealbig]

Do you consider T5 Coral+ & Blue plus combo as 10k? 10k as defined by our eyes is more yellow than that combo.

Agreed on all fronts here, thanks for calling this out. The intent to put together a reference for hobbyists who want to obtain corals that look great without trick lighting. My fault for seemingly 'locking' in the 10,000 K color temperature...

Same with running most LED brands at 100% to create full spectrum.

We are aligned... I've kept salt water aquariums since '92 and reefs since '05 so I understand (and have utilized) most pre-LED tech (prior owner of ATI 10-bulb, Giesemann Spectra & Infiniti, Viper, PFO, Son Agro, XM, (and my personal favorite) Sfiligoi XR models) between then and now. Funny how the shift slowly creeps up on you; I run my Radions at all channels 100%, and while I consider this white, it is 12k K at best. (I would run the freshwater Kessils or Radions, but there is no UV or near UV channels on them). Either way; a slight, but definitely not an oversight.

I'm suggesting maybe you should widen that range a bit to 10-14k or so.

Agreed. Although I propose to open it up both ways, as I think this also would miss the corals looking great in the sub-10k K arena (thank you @Mellotang). I've updated the parameter from '10K' to "~ 6.5k - 14k K" which I think gives a better/more realistic spread and still fulfills the original vision.