let's see some non-indo lords...

[RandyO]

I guess I'll dig up some old pictures.


Here's the group of frags I got back in September 2004.

Here's a few a month after settling in. The Powder blue spotted, big polyp Acan was my favorite.

 

[RandyO]

A few shots a month later.

November 2004

I also added the two dark green lords to my collection around this time.

A month later the bottom cracked on my newly setup 150 gallon tank.


So the collection of Acans were sent off to my 40 breeder with PC lighting. They looked great under this light.

December 2004

BTW, all the larger colonies in the last pic are Indo Acanthastrea, and all were grown from 3-5 polyp frags.

 

[RandyO]

In January, I moved the collection into a 50 gallon with a single 400 watt MH 10K with 2 VHO Actinics.

January 2005

The green morph really looked great under this lighting, and started to grow.

January 05

You can see a couple new polyps on the top left of the piece.

This is the one that grew the best. I still think it's a Micro

The odd thing about the Micro is that is was solid bright red when I got it, with just some white marks in it.

Feb 05

Micro is above red arrow. My blue morph is started to get burnt by the 400 watt halide.

 

[RandyO]

March 05

I got my first frag of Orange Crush Acan from TigaBoy in a trade. He got it from Mike at The Captive Reef.

The green center red lord has also started to grow.

March 05

Here's that Micro again
March 05

March 05 Red and Green Indo Colony

 

[Quatro]

:fun4:

RandyO,

You always give the best responses, thanks a million!

 

[RandyO]

April 05 Micro pressed against the glass

 

[saltycreefer]

S ICK!!!!

 

[RandyO]

In May I finally got a new 150 gallon tank and re-set it back up.

Back in full force by June 05

Acans August 05

 

[RandyO]

This was the last of the Non-Indo frags to peel off the skeleton. This pic is from around September 2005.

I lost it around December 05



By October 05, Non-Indo lords were phasing out, and Micromussa where squeezing in.

Dec 05

I guess that's the end of the tale. Sorry if I went off track a little. It's been a while since I've seen some of those old pics.

 

[heuerfan]

Love those old pics Randy, how is the red with green center lord doing? Did it peel out on you also?

 

[divecj5]

Off track? I could simply sit here all day and just stare in amazement at those corals Randy. Simply amazing...

 

[racerw]

that red with green center lord is sweet...Do you still have it?

 

[djmuzzi]

Randy, When you say peel off the skeleton do you mean full polyp bail-out or tissue recession?

 

[MarvinsReef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8657675#post8657675 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by djmuzzi
Randy, When you say peel off the skeleton do you mean full polyp bail-out or tissue recession?

I was wondering the same thing...

Randy, thanks for the eye candy..

 

[Maximus]

I am almost positive Randy is talking about polyp bail out.

 

[djmuzzi]

I have actually had one baby do that. I wonder what causes it?

 

[Nizmo350Z]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8657860#post8657860 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Maximus
I am almost positive Randy is talking about polyp bail out.

I lost 3 frags just like that. I have pretty much one frag with about 10 polyps left, was 3 polyps when I got it. It's been over 2 years. They seems to be very slow grower or I'm not doing something right. Do you guys have the same experience?

 

[djmuzzi]

were they all non-indo?

 

[Nizmo350Z]

Yep, got them from berlinmethod.

 

[djmuzzi]

interesting....