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Blue-Light Corals During the Day, Night and Blue-Light

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cfbaBlue Light Coral 1 Day 457x305 Blue Light Corals During the Day, Night and Blue LightGood morning all, as promised I have three photos showing the same little coral under three different lighting circumstances. The top photo shows our little coral during the day “closed for business” in what I call the “sleeping stage”. The middle photo is the same coral late at night photographed under plain o’l white light produced by an ordinary strobe. Now you can see it’s “open for business” with polyps extended and feeding on passing plankton. The last photo is again the same exact coral late at night under blue-light, pretty cool right?? From what we are seeing here in Curacao, the smaller the corals the more beautiful the colors are, this little treasure here is only about the size of a dime. MOREMore:

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