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[sly fox]

any pics of your frags?
thanks

[DrMark]

Here are some pics of the frags. I also sent them to Tom at Aquaholics and he was concerned that they have not colored up much. He has offered to reship. I will give it another week or so.
mark

[DrMark]

sunset monti was not part of it.
I put the frags in one of those 10 hole "frag rack", worked well.
Once other tank, 115gal SPS, is up and running, I will have an additional true 20"x 20" frag tank.
mark

[Jonthefishguy]

Mark, those frags look very fresh. Did you place them on the plugs or did he. They dont look like they have had a chance to grow on the reef plugs. If thats the case and he reships, ask him for frags that have established on the reef plugs. As a precaution, never buy a frag that is less that 4 weeks old. This gives the coral a chance to recover and establish on the plug.

[sly fox]

they do look fresh..

[DrMark]

most of them are pretty freshly cut, a couple have encrusted the plug top.
mark

[sly fox]

how did they turn out?

[DrMark]

I will say that Tom has fantastic customer service and is a very nice man.
The colors did not turn out like his. He felt it was my bulbs, I use 400 watt Hamilton 14000K SE MH x 2 on that tank. He even sent me a free used XM 20000K to try. Bulb was way to blue for my taste. So, I believe his colors on site are accurate, I dont think I gave enough time with the XM bulb to see the corals color up.
The Tommy Knockers still came out vey nice, however. Alot of the others ended up brownish.
I think others here should get some and see what they do under different lights, I hope that happens. I am going to move a few into my new SPS tank and see what they do there.
mark

[Bill S]

Mark, you want to try one of my Helios 400w SE 20Ks? They aren't as blue as the XMs, and I have a spare.

[princer7]

Mark, what were you using as lables (blue) in the pictures?