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Frags
To begin with a few frags that have gone the whole ordeal (2-3 years where other corals wouldn't last more than 10 days in the tank) with browning or lack of PE or growth. and have just started coloring up and showing some growth. Was a great feeling when I saw these small, insignificant frags come back to life, Color up and grow.
Couple of pocilloporas:
Green and pink (so far brownish) poci with a digitata that has just recovered it's green.
Green and Red Monti.
We didn't get green montis frequently here in 2009-2010. And this green and the red one were in my old tank and distributed heavily in Lebanon, Saudi and Dubai... till they became Maroun Red and Green Montis
Recovered a couple of frags from couple of reefers from saudi and UAE (as most others had lost them) and they were infected with Nudis, So they spent 3 months in Quarantine with weekly dips till they were clean and made it back to the DT.
Ponape Birdnest
Starting to recover its color and get growth tips.
Pavona
ORA Green Birdnest
Couple more frags that were thought dead and I was about to take out from the tank when I sensed a slimy feel to them and left in. They're making a great comeback:
Myagi tort:
This one was fully brown and looks totally dry and dead. its now nearly back to it's amazing dark blue.
Ora Green Birdnest
Red digitata after 3 years looking brown with no growth or pe. In front of it a green tabling accro frag.
Frags
To begin with a few frags that have gone the whole ordeal (2-3 years where other corals wouldn't last more than 10 days in the tank) with browning or lack of PE or growth. and have just started coloring up and showing some growth. Was a great feeling when I saw these small, insignificant frags come back to life, Color up and grow.
Couple of pocilloporas:
Green and pink (so far brownish) poci with a digitata that has just recovered it's green.
Green and Red Monti.
We didn't get green montis frequently here in 2009-2010. And this green and the red one were in my old tank and distributed heavily in Lebanon, Saudi and Dubai... till they became Maroun Red and Green Montis
Recovered a couple of frags from couple of reefers from saudi and UAE (as most others had lost them) and they were infected with Nudis, So they spent 3 months in Quarantine with weekly dips till they were clean and made it back to the DT.
Ponape Birdnest
Starting to recover its color and get growth tips.
Pavona
ORA Green Birdnest
Couple more frags that were thought dead and I was about to take out from the tank when I sensed a slimy feel to them and left in. They're making a great comeback:
Myagi tort:
This one was fully brown and looks totally dry and dead. its now nearly back to it's amazing dark blue.
Ora Green Birdnest
Red digitata after 3 years looking brown with no growth or pe. In front of it a green tabling accro frag.
maroun.c
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Blue Oregon Tort
All dead butcouple of coralites...
Undata making a nice Come back and a setosa frag that went through some bad times in the tank always looking great.
Another Undata I was about to take out when I noticed a few living polyps which are coming back great
Purple haze also coming back.
Pink birdnest
Browned out post shipping
Another Frag that got mixed and browned out Not sure if this is a tricolor valida
Purple accro
Setosa I got from my last trip to US
Still looks like a blob from excessive fragging but this will change soon
And few nameless accros I've added. Feel free to suggest IDs.
All dead butcouple of coralites...
Undata making a nice Come back and a setosa frag that went through some bad times in the tank always looking great.
Another Undata I was about to take out when I noticed a few living polyps which are coming back great
Purple haze also coming back.
Pink birdnest
Browned out post shipping
Another Frag that got mixed and browned out Not sure if this is a tricolor valida
Purple accro
Setosa I got from my last trip to US
Still looks like a blob from excessive fragging but this will change soon
And few nameless accros I've added. Feel free to suggest IDs.
maroun.c
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This one was brown with a hint of blue. Getting bluer every day
Any id on this one it’s a nice green with a light pink and white near the growth tips
My clam collection has been reduced to the follwoing two and I'm on the look for a few more interesting specimens to add.
And finally my blue Linkia at 2 yrs mark
Hussain Ali
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Nice fish and coral collection Maroun
maroun.c
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Couple of sad updates
Had this copperhand since 12 months and was the perfect citizen, Adapted to eating frozen quite fast, had it's 2-3 rounds with prazi while in Quarantine, Ate tubeworms and Aptasia in the introduction tank and when it went up to the tank it eliminated a nasty infection of Tubeworms I had and then shifted to Aptasias and took them all out. After that it kept eating frozen. During that time the stomach remained pinched and it never fattened up although it was eating well and I was soaking foods in Vitamins. I resorted to hand feeding and a couple of feeding methods in the video below to make sure it was getting a good amount of food daily. Despite all that it didn't fatten up and I lost it 2 weeks back.
http://vid1188.photobucket.com/albu...perband Butterfly feeding/CBB feeding cup.mp4
http://vid1188.photobucket.com/albu...os/Coperband Butterfly feeding/CBB Feeder.mp4
http://vid1188.photobucket.com/albu...erband Butterfly feeding/CBB hand feeding.mp4
Had this copperhand since 12 months and was the perfect citizen, Adapted to eating frozen quite fast, had it's 2-3 rounds with prazi while in Quarantine, Ate tubeworms and Aptasia in the introduction tank and when it went up to the tank it eliminated a nasty infection of Tubeworms I had and then shifted to Aptasias and took them all out. After that it kept eating frozen. During that time the stomach remained pinched and it never fattened up although it was eating well and I was soaking foods in Vitamins. I resorted to hand feeding and a couple of feeding methods in the video below to make sure it was getting a good amount of food daily. Despite all that it didn't fatten up and I lost it 2 weeks back.
http://vid1188.photobucket.com/albu...perband Butterfly feeding/CBB feeding cup.mp4
http://vid1188.photobucket.com/albu...os/Coperband Butterfly feeding/CBB Feeder.mp4
http://vid1188.photobucket.com/albu...erband Butterfly feeding/CBB hand feeding.mp4
maroun.c
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To make it worse last week my 16 years old maroon clown female developed a swollen belly and stopped eating. Not sure if its some intestinal blockage or some growth that blocked her at this age… unfortunately it only lasted 5-6 days. Was a nasty feeling to net the fish out while the male was still at her side and attacking the net to defend her. Some pictures of it throughout the years.
1999
2008
1st attempt to pair her in 2008: failed and make was nearly shredded
Another attempt in 2009
Success
and one last picture in 2010 before she went with her mate to a Cube setup for her and the male as them as they became too agressive.
1999
2008
1st attempt to pair her in 2008: failed and make was nearly shredded
Another attempt in 2009
Success
and one last picture in 2010 before she went with her mate to a Cube setup for her and the male as them as they became too agressive.
maroun.c
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2 weeks late end of year update.
in the last 2-3 months continued to add more corals, tried to add mini colonies or tiny frags except in the places where the corals had enough space to grow without space issues with other ones next to them. This will allow me to shape the frags as they grow into the shape I have in mind for the tank, might turn out to be only wishful thinking though
Tabling Accro
Chillipepper Monti
Couple of Superman montis,
This one came from Dubai
and this tiny piece recovered from a piece I got from US a long time ago.
Green forest Digitata hope it recovers its colors
a Nice dark pink birdnest I had in my tank 5 years back which I recovered from a Friends tank.
Whats supposed to grow in a nice blue Stag
in the last 2-3 months continued to add more corals, tried to add mini colonies or tiny frags except in the places where the corals had enough space to grow without space issues with other ones next to them. This will allow me to shape the frags as they grow into the shape I have in mind for the tank, might turn out to be only wishful thinking though
Tabling Accro
Chillipepper Monti
Couple of Superman montis,
This one came from Dubai
and this tiny piece recovered from a piece I got from US a long time ago.
Green forest Digitata hope it recovers its colors
a Nice dark pink birdnest I had in my tank 5 years back which I recovered from a Friends tank.
Whats supposed to grow in a nice blue Stag
maroun.c
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a mystic monti I got and my SSC fell on, it burned all of it except for this tiny nub and now it looks like its starting to grow
Tyree undata to add tot he Undata collection
Montipora spongoides
Orange monti with green polyps (still need to ID)
Jedi Mind Trick Monti
Green Slimer doing much better than it looks in the photo. its on the back side pretty low and want to grow it upwards from behind all the rockwork. Will take a few years though!!!
Yellowish with dark blue polyps accro, Awaiting polyps and colors!
soft skinned accro frag
and a soft skinned accro
Tyree undata to add tot he Undata collection
Montipora spongoides
Orange monti with green polyps (still need to ID)
Jedi Mind Trick Monti
Green Slimer doing much better than it looks in the photo. its on the back side pretty low and want to grow it upwards from behind all the rockwork. Will take a few years though!!!
Yellowish with dark blue polyps accro, Awaiting polyps and colors!
soft skinned accro frag
and a soft skinned accro
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Hussain Ali
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Looking nice Maroun
maroun.c
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Miilipora additions, these were recently added and waiting for the colors to come back:
pink blue tipped milli
Pink milli
Acropora plana
This was a larg size colony. it RTND in quarantine overnight and lost 75% of it. I fragged a few pieces that made it and this one remained on the RTNing colony and made it as well.
Caroliniana?
Strawberry shortcake from an Aussy shipment in Dubai. colored up nicely and encrusting and growing faster than expected.
Purple frag saved froma friends RTNing colony
another purple accro that came in brown placed a frag in DT and the rest in Frag tank and its coloring up nice
Pockerstar monti saved from a Colony infested with monti Nudis at an LFS.
pink blue tipped milli
Pink milli
Acropora plana
This was a larg size colony. it RTND in quarantine overnight and lost 75% of it. I fragged a few pieces that made it and this one remained on the RTNing colony and made it as well.
Caroliniana?
Strawberry shortcake from an Aussy shipment in Dubai. colored up nicely and encrusting and growing faster than expected.
Purple frag saved froma friends RTNing colony
another purple accro that came in brown placed a frag in DT and the rest in Frag tank and its coloring up nice
Pockerstar monti saved from a Colony infested with monti Nudis at an LFS.
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