New meteor shower

[GratefulReef]

man thats sweet!!!!

 

[kingfisher62]

Thanks!

 

[Dexters Reef]

Nice growth shots! Looking good! I just got a rainbow encrusting monti and cant wait for it to get this size! Its awesome how yours encrusted down from the original rock

 

[kingfisher62]

Thanks Dexters reef!

Well, I could not wait , I fragged a little piece.

 

[Motish]

Amazing! Any special details about the way you fraged it?

 

[kingfisher62]

I just cut a little piece with a bone cutter and super glued it to a piece of reef rock.

 

[danielp]

Great looking coral, congrats!

 

[kingfisher62]

Thanks, seems pretty hardy too!

 

[jg93]

I moved mine from one tank to another about 6 months ago. The rock it was originally on stayed in the tank and is now covered - the exact same colors.

In the new tank I burned mine very badly with my LEDs. It still hasn't recovered (the blue turned pink and the mouths stopped opening.) So I'd say no to the high light. Mind you, it did fine for about a month, but once the teal 'skin' started sloughing off it didn't stop until I hid it in the shade in the bottom.

I just picked up a piece that is green with bright orange mouths. I love this coral, definitely on the top of my LPS list.

 

[reefmatenate]

this coral is simply stunning my friend... hows about a full tank shot?

 

[kingfisher62]

Thanks ! Here ya go!

 

[Mussin]

I just picked one of these up as well.. Love the color.

 

[kingfisher62]

Nice!
Is it mounted yet?

 

[Mussin]

Nice!
Is it mounted yet?

Not really, why?

 

[kingfisher62]

Mounting them to a rock allows them to start spreading/encrusting over the rock a lot quicker then just placing it on a rock. Did you see my picks on the first page?

 

[kingfisher62]

Update! the rock is nearly completely covered even underneath!

 

[aries426]

Once you mount them and they start to encrust they can take off like crazy!

 

[ReeferBatman]

I have 216W of T5's on a standard 55G and I think I am going to have to keep him in the shadows for now and slowly pull him out!

Nice, I run 216 watts t5 as well + LED blues. I keep my meteor shower about half way up, slanted (less light than flat). Seems to enjoy. Check out my video of the thing eating!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8xX9NdleAg

I find mine has a growth spurt after water changes.

Out of curiosity, what bulbs do you run?

 

[kingfisher62]

I use coralife bulbs , two 10K and two actinic.
Cool video!

 

[ErryDayImReefin]

These guys grow very rapid. I love them and have a few different varieties of colors. They will grow on anything in any crevice, very thinly, which is cool because you can literally let them grow on anything and it will take the exact shape of exactly what it's growing on.