mpruitt307
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14265347#post14265347 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JB NY
Lets see your BIG colonies!
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MikePowell
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Take the pics out of this thread and then read some of the posts!! LOL
fishysteve
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The slimer is about 16" -18"across.
RockyMtnReef
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I would say it is about 12" across right now. This photo is a few months old and under 10K lighting so the colors arent that great. It does a lot better under 20K
Here is one I kinda like from the bottom up. Also a little old. This coral grows like crazy. At least 1/2" per month.
Here is one I kinda like from the bottom up. Also a little old. This coral grows like crazy. At least 1/2" per month.
250G
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Interesting thread. I have always wondered how large to let colonies get.
Sure they are nice, but I also really like the variety SPS have to offer. I have a couple colonies now that are about 1'x'1' in size or larger, and the take up alot of space. Before I made some changes, I had some SPS 24" tall.
Sure they are nice, but I also really like the variety SPS have to offer. I have a couple colonies now that are about 1'x'1' in size or larger, and the take up alot of space. Before I made some changes, I had some SPS 24" tall.
sigster500
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A few from some reefers i know including one of mine own.
Deepsea2005
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Interesting thread.
Here is my Purple Efflo
Khanh,
Here is my Purple Efflo
Khanh,
LobsterOfJustice
Recovering Detritophobe
I hear ya about the variety, but honestly if these sticks would grow faster, I'd love to have a tank with maybe 3 colonies. (and an attached frag tank with 100s of little 1" LE frags
)There is an LFS where I used to live, had a display around 800 gallons, every single SPS in there was 18"-24". Seeing that tank was life-changing. It's then that the corals become more than a backdrop and actually add dimension to the tank. Seeing fish swim in and out of the branches was priceless.
dvanacker
DID I SOUNDS SMRT??
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14276004#post14276004 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by LobsterOfJustice
I hear ya about the variety, but honestly if these sticks would grow faster, I'd love to have a tank with maybe 3 colonies. (and an attached frag tank with 100s of little 1" LE frags
There is an LFS where I used to live, had a display around 800 gallons, every single SPS in there was 18"-24". Seeing that tank was life-changing. It's then that the corals become more than a backdrop and actually add dimension to the tank. Seeing fish swim in and out of the branches was priceless.
anybody can buy a ton of sticks and place close together but when you have BIG colonies that where grown by you well to me that is a true reefer and shows that you have been successful, not only in the short term but also long term (which is not easy).
LobsterOfJustice
Recovering Detritophobe
agreed... now I think all the TOTMs are beautiful, but some of them just look like the owner went out and bought 100 maricultured minicolonies - that takes money, not time, dedication, effort, or skill. But I love seeing huge mature healthy colonies!
Jeremy Blaze
Former Reef Addict
I am pretty sure totm have to be set up for a certian amount of time. At least it used to be, I remeber skipper telling me they looked for tanks that are at least a couple years old.
Nice big colonies guys!
Nice big colonies guys!
revaltion131
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Deepsea, that efflo is a beast. What's the rough diameter?
Underwaterparadise
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Great thread!! Seeing Large SPS colonies in an aquarium is really what got me to appreciate them more and not be such an LPS junkie.
Deepsea2005
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Thanks Underwaterparadise
It is about 20" diameter.
Khanh,
It is about 20" diameter.
Khanh,
