Large SPS photos

[9501gle]

Post a pic of your largest sps colony. Seems we dont see to many really large sps.

 

[9501gle]

Cmon I know some of you have some huge sps colonies. I wanna see what I've got to look foward to. Also tell how old they are. Mine are babies, only 9 mos.

 

[ricks]

Here are a couple the system was about 2 years old..

Happy Reefing

 

[eskymick]

Acropora Nana. I just measured this one the other day. It's 15" across.

 

[runningstix]

HOLY AWESOMENESS RICKS!!!!!

 

[Bonebrake]

$20 per 1" frag off that bad boy = $$CHA CHING$$

:lol:

 

[stunreefer]

Take a look at this months TOTM....HOLY LARGE COLONIES!!!

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-08/totm/index.php

 

[ejpreefer]

What sort of lighting do you have? That is a great tank, hope mine looks like that someday.

 

[spleify]

Awesome tank ricks, really beautiful peices.]

Thanks for sharing.

Spleify

 

[ricks]

Thanks all....

Lots of work, lots of money...

Lighting:

(6) 400 watt Radium 20K halides on PFO HQI's

(4) 160 watt VHO actinic

(4) 96 watt PC's 50-50

Happy Reefing

 

[jake23]

awesome clam very large

 

[heartbreak7]

It's awesome to see some tanks with large colonies. It seems like these days people just try to jam as many "rare" frags in their tanks as possible, fragging them before they even get to 3 or 4 inches.

Great pictures

 

[9501gle]

Wow, now thats what I'm talkin about. The tank was only 2 years old. Wow. I hope I can find a way to get that kinda growth. Tell us your secret rick.

Acropora Nana, always wondered what the name was for that coral. Hope mine looks like that in a couple years. Thanks mick for sharing.

Anybody out there gonna take a swing at those 2.

 

[ricks]

Here are a couple of shots right after I upgrade from a 280 to the 500. You can get a better look at the 2 years of growth. Notice the difference in the clam size. Now he has almost out grown the tank...

Happy Reefing

 

[stunreefer]

WOW, ricks, thats some intense growth there, especially the clam!

 

[PnoyReefeR]

Not my tank but the Tank I visited last week

 

[9501gle]

Rick, how old was the 280.

 

[zachtos]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13103476#post13103476 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ricks
Thanks all....

Lots of work, lots of money...

Lighting:

(6) 400 watt Radium 20K halides on PFO HQI's

(4) 160 watt VHO actinic

(4) 96 watt PC's 50-50

Happy Reefing

That electric bill would make me cringe... I need a better job, or a wife with one.

I too am curios of that tank's age, or the average age of your frags?

 

[ricks]

Not to mention.

(1) Hammerhead

(4) Iwaki's 100's

(2) Iwaki 70's

(6) Tunze 6201's

1HP PC chiller

(3) dosing pumps, ETC, ETC..

Electricity runs around 400.00 a month for the system alone.

Happy Reefing

 

[phenom5]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13109089#post13109089 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reeferpnoy
Not my tank but the Tank I visited last week

:eek1: :eek1: :eek1:

Wow, that's a sweet tank. Is that someone on RC's tank? Need more info, need more pics.