ATL's "intense lime in the sky acropora pultra" full colony shot

Lime in the sky 2?

"2" refers to the number of pictures i had of it.

to be clear, this is not the original tyree lime in the sky. just an awesome looking acro. i don't know why ATL named it the same thing as another coral they sell. seems weird. but, i'm more interested in looks than lineage.

That is amazing. What lighting is it under?

ATL's website says they use 20k radium 400w halides overdriven on Hamilton or PFO HQI ballasts.

so, that's pretty intense lighting. i'm thinking it's more the color temperature of the bulb than the wattage that makes the colors pop. that, and the proper nutrient environment.

Awesome.

No coral looks bad under radiums with the right ballast...

if this doesn't look good under my 150w 14k halide, i think i might have to invest in a new ballast...

my 150 de 14k phoenix looks fairly close to the radium 20k IMO, but if u have a ushio (true 14,000*k) it will look brown. at least thats how my corals looked under them even w/ t5 actinics.