can i see a large colony pic of the ora red planet

[stevejrnc]

seen alot of frags recently in friends tanks and in stores
plus online pics of frags haven't been able to see this piece as a large colony
would like to come up with a plan for placement thats why i need the pic

 

[TheMikey]

It's hard to say how a colony will grow from a frag because it's dependent on lighting, flow, and placement in the aquarium. I doubt that two frags would grow the same in different tanks, regardless of similarities in equipment.

Most large, SPS dominated tanks have their colonies grow and interlock with eachother creatig a more natural aquascape.

 

[stevejrnc]

but since the red planet is a tabling acro im trying to see what it looks like when encrusted and tabling
do you have one mike

 

[tripnbili]

I saw a nice colony today in a show tank at a LFS in Charlotte, NC

It covered like a circle on the rock (maybe a circle with 6" diameter) and then grew up about 3" and then out like a tree in the African planes....if that makes any sense...

It took up about 1 cubic foot

 

[stevejrnc]

what shop was it im going to Charlotte soon

 

[tripnbili]

"Fintastic" google it...it's really easy to find and some great stuff too

They have some other nice ORA frags...they're not on ORA plugs, as they've grown out mother colonies and cut their own frags

 

[BlueFaceAngel]

[violation]...

 

[seminolecpa]

there is a pic of the mother colony in this thread as well as some other good ones.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1579687&page=6

 

[rigleautomotive]

seen alot of frags recently in friends tanks and in stores
plus online pics of frags haven't been able to see this piece as a large colony
would like to come up with a plan for placement thats why i need the pic

Frag to colony pics

 

[gatorchem]

I borrowed...lol! this pic from local reefer I know really well. He grew it from a small frag.

 

[scrapz]

it's a mini colony. I had to chop off half

 

[64Ivy]

Top Down. Approx 14" in length, taken a few months back.

Profile.

 

[tate1]

That is a HUGE red planet. Hope mine looks that good some day.

 

[stevejrnc]

Oh my I am more excited then ever to see this grow
sup Chad

 

[JSeymour]

Frag to colony pics

How long did this take?

 

[Stanley-Reefer]

Yep, the one at fins in the solana under a phoenix is very large, very green, and very red!

 

[rigleautomotive]

How long did this take?

About 18 months

 

[gatorchem]

Oh my I am more excited then ever to see this grow
sup Chad

Don't tell Keith I stole his pic..lol! Do you have a frag now in your tank?

 

[stevejrnc]

yes i do all my time in the hobby i have done a good job not to catch the sps fever
ive done very well with my high end le type lps
until i went to riches place to get that 10 for $100 which included the red planet
as soon as i noticed them color up i have been thinking about sps every minute of the day and night

 

[seminolecpa]

late Apr 09

Sept 09

mid nov 09

Have fragged it a bunch and moved it way out of the light to get more of the green color. this has in turn slowed the growth rate down significantly. It grew like a weed when i had it up higher in the light but alos turned almost all red and pink.


early May 10