The Official "Full Spectrum SPS Stunners" Thread/Database

[bubbgee]

Great idea on the google doc w/ built-in links. I'm a wiz w/ Excel - is the gdocs interface a quick learn? Some help would be great. Anything you send my way I'll make sure to post the appropriate credit. Gimme a few to catch up with updating the picbase w/ new pics. Takes longer than you'd think, by the time you make cross-board changes to the spreadsheet, convert to image, and upload/reupload here

Sounds good. Let me see what I can do.

 

[bobnicaragua]

Banana Hammock:

 

[bubbgee]

Another no name

Looks like POTO's afterburner..

 

[SamMule]

What is that second one!? Spath? Absolute fire!

 

[RussiReef]

Perhaps one of the most beautiful, hard-to-keep acros in the lineup! Excellent specimen, and another coral I was really hoping to see pop up. Thanks so much for sharing this photo.

Any notes on the coral species or the lighting in the photo?

Not sure of the species, but experts say acropora loripes

I kept mine under 400-450 par and pretty strong flow.
Pick was taken under 14-16k LED light

 

[Lionfish hunter]

Bali green slimer is hard to beat. Needs no blue lighting to look fantastic. One of the fastest and most hardy acros. If I could only have one coral in my tank, it’s a no brainer. Also purple stylo in full spectrum is hard to beat. Also very fast growing and hardy. High flow and light.

 

[Lionfish hunter]

Also green and red montis are awesome in full spectrum. This one was bought from tsa as a normal monti but I saw a spec of red in it. Compared it to nuclear fusion frags they had listed for 50 times more money and came to the conclusion it was mislabeled. 2 years later it didn’t disappoint.

 

[Tahoe61]

ORA Red Planet 2013. Phoenix 250 watts MH.

 

[djf91]

Here’s what is probably Acropora secale or valida. This is from a frag off a wild colony my LFS got in. It sits about 8 inches under an overdriven 400 watt Radium metal halide. I would say the spectrum is around 14k.

 

[djf91]

Here’s an old favorite of mine. Fernando D'Amora's reef back in the 2000’s. This is 250 watt XM 10k bulbs.

 

[naterealbig]

I don’t have lineage on the blue stag. Might have been ora. All my pics are from 2012-2014

Sorry - forgot to ask - can I get your notes on lighting for your pics?

 

[VintageReefer]

Sorry - forgot to ask - can I get your notes on lighting for your pics?

They are all using 2x250 DE Phoenix 14k halides and 4 t5ho (2 blue + and 2 coral +)

Some photos are halide + t5. Some are halide only. Should be easy to tell

 

[naterealbig]

Update: Added the following to the picbase & poll! Thank you @VintageReefer for your beautiful photos and sharing this info!

1. ORA Ponape Birdsnest
2. Strawberry Mille
3. ORA Blue Stag
4. ORA Green Slimer

 

[Poseidon03]

If I only had a name...

Pic no filter under modified AB+ (33% non-blues)

It is truly this bright and you can see the Coraline in the pic for saturation reference, lol

 

[billyocean]

What is that second one!? Spath? Absolute fire!

Sbb double rainbow mille from a couple years ago

 

[spsick]

Nobody has come with a nice Strawberry Shortcake colony which surprises me

 

[VintageReefer]

Nobody has come with a nice Strawberry Shortcake colony which surprises me

Not quite a colony lol

 

[billyocean]

Nobody has come with a nice Strawberry Shortcake colony which surprises me

Heres one. My 2nd one is different but I have to kill flow to get a pic of it because it sits high

 

[djf91]

@Big E you should post a pic of your old Aussie ice fire colony. One of my favorite of all time.

 

[naterealbig]

@Big E you should post a pic of your old Aussie ice fire colony. One of my favorite of all time.

Agreed!