who has the biggest sps colony

[rogerwilco357]

who here on Reef Central has the largest sps colony? who you? post a pic please lets see the fruits of your labor.

 

[dvanacker]

probably CWARD's millepora or deepsea (??) I think it is has a few HUGE efflo's.

CWARD's tank is not up anymore from my understanding so probably those efflo's are the biggest I've seen on this board lately. THere is probably some people with big montis though.

 

[Litter Box]

While mine is certainly not the biggest, I have a "Supernatural Montipora" (encrusting) that I have in the center of my tank. It is about 1/2 the size of a basketball. I have had it for years growing from a frag the size of a quarter.

I plopped it on a rock and it took over the rock by itself with no competition. It survived a tank crash and it is obvious based on the size versus all of my other corals.

I'll get a pic up tonight.
Jason

 

[rogerwilco357]

pics

pics

post some pics i have no mother colonies so I would like to see what they look like or what is considered amongst fellow reefers to be a mother colony. thanks guys

 

[Litter Box]

Better late than never I guess.

You can judge the size by the Vortechs on the back glass.

The second is a closeup.

 

[rogerwilco357]

huge

huge

wow that is huge how long did it take to grow out?

 

[Litter Box]

Ummm? Maybe 5-6 years? It may have been longer. I can't really remember, but around that timeframe. It started out as a frag the size of a quarter when I got it.

It survived a move to countless tanks, two tank crashes. One crash was renovating my family room and I pretty much wiped out most of my SPS with drywall dust. This coral is bulletproof. I have also fragged it a number of times over the years as it ran out of rock to grow on long ago.

 

[jd474]

Well since you asked for big, and not pretty, this is 'Big Ugly' (b/c it's big, and it's ugly):

A. microphthalma

probably a full meter across, and 18 - 20" tall. and before anyone gives any guff, it's 7' from the lights, that's why it's brown.

 

[Litter Box]

Ugly or not, that's incredible! :thumbsup:

 

[Jadams]

Holy colony batman!

 

[ingtar_shinowa]

JD i love it! how the heck do you keep flow inside that critter!

 

[twiggyb]

Break me off a piece of that big ac' bar! No, for real though That's huge!

 

[rogerwilco357]

wow

wow

Well since you asked for big, and not pretty, this is 'Big Ugly' (b/c it's big, and it's ugly):

A. microphthalma

probably a full meter across, and 18 - 20" tall. and before anyone gives any guff, it's 7' from the lights, that's why it's brown.

don't think i have ever seen an ugly coral they amaze me how they grow and the grand design of their display is mind bending that is a prime example huge and beautiful . jmho

 

[Litter Box]

JD,

Can you post a picture from the front of your tank? That thing must cast an enormous shadow.

 

[aquasport24]

jd,

can you post a picture from the front of your tank? That thing must cast an enormous shadow.

+1

 

[Bayliner]

you have it 7 feet from the lights ?

 

[Litter Box]

you have it 7 feet from the lights ?

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Judging by JD's picture, signature and avatar, it looks like he may be a curator at a private marine world/aquarium.

So, there may not be a shadow at all on this one.

Anywho, that is still freakin' huge!

 

[jd474]

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Judging by JD's picture, signature and avatar, it looks like he may be a curator at a private marine world/aquarium.

So, there may not be a shadow at all on this one.

Anywho, that is still freakin' huge!

Not the curator, but I do have some large coral exhibits, and no, no shadows :thumbsup:

 

[ogre1231]

This one isn't in my tank, but it's just down the road at one of my local dive spots

 

[glaukos]

wow!
where do you live?