“Pop” seems to be the word used to describe any visual characteristic that you wish your coral had. There is no basis in coral health. The idea seems to be magnified by looking at DSLR camera photos. I’ll paraphrase an actual thread on the topic: Zowie! Zowie! LED’s will pop your corals! The only way I can […]
Novel adaptive photosynthetic characteristics of mesophotic symbiotic microalgae within the reef-building coral, Stylophora pistillata Front. Mar. Sci., 17 October 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00195 Full article available. Photosynthetic coral reef structures extend from the shallow sundrenched waters to the dimly lit, “twilight” mesophotic depths. Corals from 3 meters and 65 meters were studied and compared for their responses […]
Innate immunity of fish (overview). Fish & Shellfish Immunology 20(2):137-51 · March 2006, Bergljot Magnadottir
DSLR Camera A type of camera used in the hobby to take unrealistically detailed pictures of corals and their aquariums. These pictures rarely look like what you’d see with your naked eyes even if no software “fakery” has been applied. (A safe assumption?) The camera can take in more light and see in much higher resolution than your eyeball […]
