Day - Night

[noskimmer]

A couple of pic's of two different corals, day and night.

Day

Night

The night is F3.2 13 Sec exposure on iso50.
another

This one is the same, but 15 sec exposure, almost completely dark. I used a spot light to focus without startling the coral, and hopefully not retracting it's polyps.

A different coral, a free bee on some live rock I got

Night..

This one I had to guess the exposure, ended up being 20.4 sec's @ F3.2 iso 50. Polyp extension is quite good.

I am putting together a new sump, which my wife and I designed from scratch. It has just come back from the tank makers, it should support both my tanks. I'll post picks soon.

 

[Germanman]

very cool pics! they look awsome!

 

[WeeNe858]

how come they bloom at night?

 

[Mgamer20o0]

great salty pics.

 

[noskimmer]

weenee858,

dunno really, they sometimes anticipate the lights going out as well, or when there is lots of food about.

I guess some polyps extend at night, because thats when they feed and if you shine a torch all the pods will follow the light.

I have another coral, a rescue job, which I thought wasn't going to make it and during the day it just looks boring, but at night it is a different creature??

 

[Rbishop]

Very nice!

 

[noskimmer]

just took some pic's of the new sump http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105248
and a few of my tanks.

 

[Germanman]

how come they bloom at night?

safer to feed at night...just natural instincts.most LPS corals will let out their sweeper tentacles at night to feed or they will sometimes use them to fight off intruding corals.

 

[jm1212]

awesome shots.

i wouldnt have the patientce to wait for them to come out! LOL!

 

[H3D]

AWESOME PICS! :dance: