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12/09/2013, 08:58 PM | #101 | |
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Well done, sir. I'll have to head to a LFS to pick one up!
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12/14/2013, 12:23 PM | #102 |
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I was pretty excited to see a large article on NPS coral in the Reef Hobbiest magazine and i just now realized that your the one that wrote it. Great work! Your coral all look nice and healthy.
I agree 100% with you on the subject of the black sun coral (Tubastraea micranthus). I have some that i got in pretty good condition and it really needed some encouragement to get it to start feeding at first. Once i got it on my regular feeding schedule it seems to be fine with being feed the same as other sun coral. On the subject of your spawning coral. Do you use any kind of moon lighting? I have not been able to get my coral to spawn as of yet but that is the ultimate compliment a captive coral can give you. Great job! |
12/15/2013, 04:32 PM | #103 |
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Trichome - thanks. I follow your thread for updates!
I have a T5 that has moonlights and I control my A360 to have "moonlighting" (lowest intensity and 20K spectrum). However, the spawning occurs in the evening before lights out (go figure). I also noticed that after the spawning the same coral grew like 5 more heads - not sure if the events are related. I'll post some pic's when I get a chance. |
12/30/2013, 01:23 PM | #104 |
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Fistula IMG_1484 IMG_1464 Dendro sporting new heads! IMG_1466 IMG_1465 (sorry for the distortion but I took this from an angle to get the view of the heads) IMG_1506 Micranthus sporting a new head IMG_1446 Not a sun but I figured I sneak it in - recent acquisition gorgst1 IMG_1518 IMG_1486 FTS - right side with frag rack framed out. IMG_1416 |
12/30/2013, 08:42 PM | #105 |
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Looks really nice! Love your OS tang as well. How tall is your tank?
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12/31/2013, 07:32 AM | #106 |
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thanks, the OS tang is one of my favorites - eats right out of my hands and lets me pet him during feeding.
The tank is 30 inches tall - bit of a maintenance hassle. |
01/02/2014, 11:55 PM | #107 |
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Hey Noy
I'm missing more and more feedings with my large sun coral and as such they dont open on a regular schedule as I once had them trained. More high maintenance now priming them to open with a squirt, then wait....and when they finally open, I have to fight off the tangs and shrimp. Wanna trade? I think we're local to each other. I'm just east of Scarborough in Pickering.
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If the are true flos, be patient, I've heard they can take a long time to colour up. I'd like to see the pics when you have them.
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Shots of the Efflo - the polyps are a light green shade - the picture doesn't show the tabling growth real well but there is about 2 inches of grown on that colony IMG_1569 2nd colony hidden behind other corals - hard to photo because of its orientation IMG_1570 |
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Looks like there is a lot of potential there! I wouldn't say they are brown, look pink really. Are they both the same species of efflo, or are they different?
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same species - I picked up both just because they are supposedly on the more difficult side (RTN insurance I guess).
The LFS told me when they first got it I had a blue tinge to it - we'll see where things go. BTW - did you sell that crazy prostata to a reef shop in Mississauga - could have sworn I seen it last weekend. |
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hey noy, looking good!
going away for a while, but hoping you might have fragged your suncoral by the time i get back! |
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Woooow, awesome! O_O
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Latest Rescue Project
These started out as having very little skin left sitting at the bottom of a frag tank in a LFS. I noticed they were branching dendros and even though the LFS owner agreed they had at best a week or so life left at their present state - I still had to haggle to get any kind of discount. After a couple of months the colour came back and I actually recently started to get regular polyp extension and regular feeding. These are 3 separate (small) colonies. IMG_1728 IMG_1730 IMG_1729 IMG_1708 This one has even grown some new heads! IMG_1710 |
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Here's mine.
Living in a 12g nano. They come out everyday at 4:30 for feeding.
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Thanks Noy, It is making a comeback after not eating for 3 months. Thought for sure I was going to lose it, but it has been doing great the last 2 months. BTW, Yours are awesome
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03/27/2014, 10:59 PM | #125 |
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Wow.. Amazing pictures everyone!!!
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