Darth Maul Porites?

[therman]

Does anyone else have this who is doing well with it? I've had my frag for probably 6 months now, and so far it has just turned a pale lavender and very very very slowly receded. I've tried high light, low light, high flow, low flow, and nothing seems to work.

Any tips would be much appreciated! Thanks!

 

[epleeds]

i had mine under T5 and it did the same thing. I have found it only works well under halides and sold it to a reefer with MH.

 

[purplereef]

Tim, I tried to get a piece of it from a dealer in Michigan and he told me his colony was very near death. I was unable to get a frag. I hope you can get it to turn around and start growing again. It's a very rare piece for sure.

 

[wonrib00]

I have had mine since May and have had it under T5 the whole time. I get great PE at night, decent during the day, great color. Frag was ~1/2" and is now about 2". I have it under low end bulbs IMO (UV lighting) with powerbrites, med flow (on the tail end of an MP20). I will post a pic after the lights come on.

 

[fcmatt]

i am sort of amazed there is actually a porite that is difficult to keep!
never saw that color of porite before and agree it it very unusual and neat.

 

[wonrib00]

Here is a pic from when I first got it:

and a few minutes ago:

 

[sweet ride]

okay I have the yellow one, and now I have to find one of those here!!!!

very nice, thanks for sharing!!!

 

[purplereef]

Great job wonrib00! You managed to grow a very difficult coral out to a nice size. Keep up the great work.

 

[wonrib00]

Thanks, everyone, will do.

sweet ride: The yellow one you have, is it a branching or a encrusting? I have the branching, but I have never seen an encrusting type.