Piper27
I love bengals
Here are some of the corals I am keeping in my 40 breeder. Its basically all wild corals, some I have had for years and years, while some in the tank are pretty new. Basically all pictured have been with me for a long time though. I just had to post some shots since we got a new macro lense. Its not the best, especially because I shot freehanded but I think they turned out pretty good. Once I play around with white ballance more things will be easier.
I get the most satisfaction out of growing wild corals. Sometimes you don't know what its going to be or what color its going to be. The below piece I got as a small green wild aussie "frag", now look at it. This is why I love wild and mariculture corals! Enjoy and please let me know what you think. I do not have people over to see my tank so this is how I get to share.
Now this is a rainbow! Its a wild aussie piece and its my favorite for sure. Not sure what the species is but the base of this nub is almost one inch thick. If you have an idea of what this is please speak up. The pink tips didn't show to well under the light I photographed under but its good enough.
Good old maricultured tricolor
Aussie pink acro, also not sure of the species but its my second favorite. It was a little hard for me to get the color with the camera since its so bright.
Another nice aussie piece. Might be a plana, I love the white branches and gold polyps on the end of the branches. Nice solid blue tips too.
Here is another shot of the above coral
Prizm acro, another wild one I have had for years. Very similar color pattern compared to the bad azz at the bottom but a totaly different growth pattern. The growth always seems to branch off at the same angle when growing off the main branch. I call it prizm acro because when I ran 10k halides it had neon blue tips and yellowish branches with green at the base. I love this thing. Its crazy how acros can change color so dramatically given the right conditions!
This was just a few polyps that hitchhiked on the side of a mariculture plug, now they are branching out nice after encrusting for a year. The branches are really skinny and I am not familiar with whatever species it is, the growth doesnt look like its a nana or validia which is what I thought it would be.
I think this is a monticulosa, which I LOVE.
I get the most satisfaction out of growing wild corals. Sometimes you don't know what its going to be or what color its going to be. The below piece I got as a small green wild aussie "frag", now look at it. This is why I love wild and mariculture corals! Enjoy and please let me know what you think. I do not have people over to see my tank so this is how I get to share.
Now this is a rainbow! Its a wild aussie piece and its my favorite for sure. Not sure what the species is but the base of this nub is almost one inch thick. If you have an idea of what this is please speak up. The pink tips didn't show to well under the light I photographed under but its good enough.
Good old maricultured tricolor
Aussie pink acro, also not sure of the species but its my second favorite. It was a little hard for me to get the color with the camera since its so bright.
Another nice aussie piece. Might be a plana, I love the white branches and gold polyps on the end of the branches. Nice solid blue tips too.
Here is another shot of the above coral
Prizm acro, another wild one I have had for years. Very similar color pattern compared to the bad azz at the bottom but a totaly different growth pattern. The growth always seems to branch off at the same angle when growing off the main branch. I call it prizm acro because when I ran 10k halides it had neon blue tips and yellowish branches with green at the base. I love this thing. Its crazy how acros can change color so dramatically given the right conditions!
This was just a few polyps that hitchhiked on the side of a mariculture plug, now they are branching out nice after encrusting for a year. The branches are really skinny and I am not familiar with whatever species it is, the growth doesnt look like its a nana or validia which is what I thought it would be.
I think this is a monticulosa, which I LOVE.
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