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Unread 05/22/2017, 06:33 AM   #201
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My 2nd gen huge toadstool sold his mom she was the size of a basketball

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Unread 05/22/2017, 09:26 AM   #202
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^^^NICE!^^^ That's a beast.


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Unread 05/22/2017, 09:35 AM   #203
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That is huge. I can't wait till my toadstool get huge. Mine is only about the size of a golf ball right now. How long did it take for yours to get that big?

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Unread 05/23/2017, 09:24 AM   #204
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I have a couple sweet ones in here.




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Unread 05/23/2017, 06:49 PM   #205
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@Mark9 Awesome brother! Nice work.


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Unread 05/23/2017, 08:07 PM   #206
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I have a couple sweet ones in here.

It's so green! I think I have the same toadstool as you but mine is about the size of a half dollar

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Unread 05/23/2017, 08:08 PM   #207
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Is that a green kena tree??

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Unread 05/23/2017, 08:50 PM   #208
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Looks like sinularia or nepthea. Not confident.

Lots of red undertones too. A Christmas tank!


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Unread 05/25/2017, 01:53 PM   #209
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That is huge. I can't wait till my toadstool get huge. Mine is only about the size of a golf ball right now. How long did it take for yours to get that big?

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The key is the base if its on a small base it will stay small took about a yr. Not on here very often my brother has one from the same mother coral and his is the size of a tennis ball he has it on a small base. Mine and his were the same size and when he comes over hes amazed but i still concluded that its the base that gives them the go ahead to get huge

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Unread 05/25/2017, 02:01 PM   #210
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The key is the base if its on a small base it will stay small took about a yr. Not on here very often my brother has one from the same mother coral and his is the size of a tennis ball he has it on a small base. Mine and his were the same size and when he comes over hes amazed but i still concluded that its the base that gives them the go ahead to get huge

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Kinda like a tree. The bigger the base the more the branches grow. I'm hoping mine starts to grow more since I've started to feed reef roids to all my corals now.

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Unread 05/26/2017, 07:13 AM   #211
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Is that a green kena tree??

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It is a sinularia, grows like a weed, you can see all the places i've cut it.

I do have a nepthea, it can be seen behind the torch at 5 o'clock.

Funny thing is, at this distance they look the same.
Close up you can easily see they look totally different.


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Unread 05/26/2017, 07:15 AM   #212
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@Mark9 Awesome brother! Nice work.
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Unread 05/26/2017, 07:50 PM   #213
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Mother toadstool

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Unread 05/26/2017, 08:23 PM   #214
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Haha holy crap this huge!

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Unread 06/09/2017, 08:48 PM   #215
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Show us your Sweetest Soft Corals!

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I really love the look and balance of this tank. Very pleasing to the eye. Well done!


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Unread 06/10/2017, 02:37 AM   #216
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Had these for 4 years started off 2 inches now dinner plate size my first ever coral was the green devil's hand love it and just keeps growing 😎

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Unread 06/10/2017, 06:57 AM   #217
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Had these for 4 years started off 2 inches now dinner plate size my first ever coral was the green devil's hand love it and just keeps growing 😎

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Woah the color on that leather is incredible. The purple with the green polyps looks so nice.

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Unread 06/11/2017, 05:42 AM   #218
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Unread 06/11/2017, 07:43 AM   #219
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From 2 favorites from my old 75. Green Nepthea and Pink Sinularia. Both grew so darn fast I would frag 1 finger and they would be this big again in 18 months. Bill, who got me into reefing- had the mother sinularia in his 180 that was 36" across. Ahh those were the days. Not sure I even knew the importance of Alkalinity at this point.







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Unread 06/11/2017, 11:05 AM   #220
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Gorgeous. Just noticed that HUGE clam in there, too! Bravo good sir!


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Unread 06/15/2017, 05:53 PM   #221
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Can someone explain to me how to upload pics? Ive tried and all Im getting is boxes with x's in them


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Unread 06/16/2017, 05:50 AM   #222
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Well let me jump in in this one.


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Unread 06/16/2017, 11:40 AM   #223
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Can someone explain to me how to upload pics? Ive tried and all Im getting is boxes with x's in them
I've been on here for 15 years and still can't post pics lol. I don't know why they make it so difficult as it's simple on other sites.


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Unread 06/24/2017, 09:11 PM   #224
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What would you guys say is the max size for soft corals?

It sounds like expecting a colony to grow larger than 36" (base depending) is reasonable.


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Unread 08/04/2017, 05:51 PM   #225
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Here are a few of mine. I have too many Kenyas, those all came from the same frag my buddy gave me 4 years ago to get started.


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