Don't thrash that Browned out SPS

[Kataro]

Just wanted to share one of my SPS that is on the road of recovery :spin3:

Got this acro from a fella reefer about 7-8 months ago.... stayed browned out for a good 6 months! Was Gonna toss it out when I was throwing out most of my Browned SPS but decided not to. Now he's looking good! :celeb1:

2-3 months ago

now! (Only the tip so far... but it shows it's potential ^^)

I'd Like to see your ugly duckling SPS that turned into a swan too! post em!

 

[daks]

This one was barely recognizable as a live coral, about half the skeleton was exposed with coraline growing on it and it was a horrible brown color, only blue was on a couple small spots. I was new to SPS when I first got it and figured it would be a good one to practice "reviving" a sick SPS with.

 

[cwegescheide]

Oh definatley!! I never throw out a brown or any coral that has any sign of life. I've had a few that looked horrible only to recover after 3 to 4 mos time. Most of my corals look terrible after spending 6weeks in my QT. They snap out of it in time if they have a good environment.

 

[Frick]

Is that my Ausi blue polyp that you got from me? Cut those brown tips off. You will get results with that as well.

 

[Kataro]

Frick - Nope =( That one passed away sadly. Idk what happened to it

 

[Briddle3]

If it was mine i would cut the good part off and re glue it

 

[ksc]

This was a $20 brown special-

 

[MammothReefer]

I never throw out brown sps, I used to try to nab up as much as I could on the cheap. They never import in brown sps so you never know what you might end up with.

 

[ksc]

before, about a month ago-

 

[fcmatt]

just out of curiosity... you do not actually mean throw living brown coral in the trash?

if so.. why not cart it down to the LFS and give it to them for free?

perhaps i am not used to the lingo around here.. by throwing out...

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i also am a bargain hunter and snap up frags that are not on plugs, browned out, and otherwise
need work.

 

[Kataro]

That's a nice piece Ksc!

 

[allsps40]

I got a really dark brown frag, first sps in my current tank. It has turned out to be a great looking sps.
Here is a pic from when I got it. Its in the upper left of the tank.

Here it is a few months later, getting lighter

A few more months, getting nice white tips.

Around 1 year

Here it is today

Kind of cool to see a frag change so much. Browned sps amlost always turn into something nice.

 

[Toadally]

very nice....

 

[chadfarmer]

. Now he's looking good! :celeb1:

2-3 months ago

!

thats a lot of flat worms

 

[Kataro]

Chadfarmer - That's nothing ^^, it used to cover my entire rocks. It's dying back now though. usually 30% of my front glass is cover w/ em.

 

[Frick]

This was a $20 brown special-

Very nice score! Talk bout polishing a turd. You can find some very unique diamonds in the rough at the brown bin at the LFS.