Doug's Reef and Fish Page
Acro Growth Pictures
Feb. 1999
Dec. 1999
April 2000
Dec. 2000
Notice how large the branches of the coral were after coming from the LFS with MH lights. The tank this coral is in at this time was my 75g with 440w of VHO lights.
Notice how the branches are now thinner after 6 months under 440 watts of VHO light.
Here is the same coral when I moved it to my 90g tank. I broke many of the branches moving it but as you can see the base is still fairly thin as compared to when I first got it. Lighting at this time was 550 watts of VHO.
This picture was taken a short time before the coral died. It was doing well but it along with a few other SPS bleached overnight and died. I suspect RTN but I cannot be certain. The lighting at this time was 2x250 watt Iwasaki MH bulbs with 2x110 watt VHO actinics.