Through the Looking Glass
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watchguy123
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I need those Floyd'sGorgeous shots. Just beautiful.
Thank you, the Floyd's are pretty brightly colored gems indeed
Thank you
I think that red one is pretty cool too
My tank is filling in. But it is a big tank 180 gallons and it takes a while to get the growth where tank shots actually look cool. Eventually, it will fill in.
Reef Raft Canada Orange Passion under blue leds
Blueberry Wine
Below is a pretty cool contrast in lighting, Blue led's make for some exciting pop in colors:
Z''s Red Hornet
Z's Red Hornet--under blue leds
Arkayology
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Awesome shots!
tmantaylor18
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I don't think I've seen better colors than you have.
reefmutt
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watchguy123
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Z is perhaps the best reefer that I have seen. Truly legendary
Ya, I think it would be considered thin branched.
Z is like the most popular man in the world, plus a famous reefer. I will share the secret as long as you keep it secret, he is my 4 year old grandson. Yeah, my bad, I named some coral after him. Cool coral though Z, keep up the good work.
thank you
thank you. I have a lot of coral frags and colonies and so it seems that they hit their stride sometimes at different times. So I get to pick and choose what I am sharing. I don't share the ones struggling or the duds. Not quite that brave.
I had this growing in my display and it started encroaching on some really nice sps. I did what any reefer would, I cut out what I could and epoxied the remainder over. Don't mess with my pretty sticks. I managed to save this portion of it and it is doing so well in my frag tank. I don't know if it is the t5s over the frag tank or just good fortune but this is the best color on it that I have ever seen. When I stare into the tank it looks truly unreal/fake but its not. It looks better now in the frag tank than it probably ever did in my display. Its been in the frag tank for months now but I don't really remember how long. All in all, in the hobby it doesn't get much love. Perhaps because it grows so slowly.
Darth Maul Porites.
watchguy123
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Love that darth maul!!
And I like Z even more, now!
Mark, what kind of lighting does your blueberry wine receive?
I have the blueberry wine up pretty high. When I got my frag, my friend's colony was pretty high in his tank and it looked great.
I usually place a frag where it makes me happy. The only exception is if I am told it's truly a low light
reefmutt
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Thanks Mark. I'm relocating a frag to full light. My colony is doing well in a slightly out of full light spot but I want to see what it'll do in a bright spot..
I usually do the same.. frags go where I want a specific colour or where I have space but sometimes, if I know for sure the lighting requirements, I'll act accordingly.
I usually do the same.. frags go where I want a specific colour or where I have space but sometimes, if I know for sure the lighting requirements, I'll act accordingly.
watchguy123
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Returning home tonite after a three plus week absence.
Hopefully my corals will have survived my absence. The fish are being fed daily by someone and the ato is being replenished as needed. No one at home though really understands coral so I don't exactly know what I'll find. Being away from home is always challenging. I had a great trip but I am missing that darn tank and its inhabitants. I guess that's a sign of a crazy reefer, getting homesick for the reef tank.
Hopefully my corals will have survived my absence. The fish are being fed daily by someone and the ato is being replenished as needed. No one at home though really understands coral so I don't exactly know what I'll find. Being away from home is always challenging. I had a great trip but I am missing that darn tank and its inhabitants. I guess that's a sign of a crazy reefer, getting homesick for the reef tank.
watchguy123
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Well the display is great, surprisingly no issues on my return from vacation. I finally decided to pull out one of my colonies because it got too big, Wet Thumbs Mother of Pearl, and donated it to one of my LFS. That gave me room to relocate my Purple Monster which was stuck behind a large colony of JF Flame. Now I can get better pictures of the Purple Monster. There are a few abrasions to the purple Monster from me yanking on it to get it out, but nothing that a little bit of time will resolve. Lighting for the picture is Metal halides and t5's.
Purple Monster
reefmutt
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Well the display is great, surprisingly no issues on my return from vacation. I finally decided to pull out one of my colonies because it got too big, Wet Thumbs Mother of Pearl, and donated it to one of my LFS. That gave me room to relocate my Purple Monster which was stuck behind a large colony of JF Flame. Now I can get better pictures of the Purple Monster. There are a few abrasions to the purple Monster from me yanking on it to get it out, but nothing that a little bit of time will resolve. Lighting for the picture is Metal halides and t5's.
Purple Monster
I am totally in love...
Pm... will you marry me??
watchguy123
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I have adored your photos and acros for many years. We need to touch base and see who is the oldest between us.
Purple Monster is amazing because, well because it is so darn pretty for just a single colored coral. Plus it has amazing history in the hobby. I love it as well.
A while back I was able to get two frags of Reef Raft Canada Wolverine. One took off and the other was a little slower to grow. Surprisingly the fast grower, RTN'd on me. I was able to save a small portion of it, placed it in my frag tank and it survived. I then placed it back in the exact spot and it is doing quite well. It is not real big yet, but it certainly seems happy and thriving.
I don't see RTN too often but if you have enough SPS it seems that you ultimately will see it now and again. I still find it strange that this frag started to RTN and the small portion that didn't is now thriving back in its old spot. The other frag that was the slow grower, is still doing well.
Reef Raft Canada Wolverine
This next frag has some promise but I can't quite tell yet if it will be a beauty or not. A little more time maybe
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