ut6 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 (edited) After seeing the coolest fish thread I thought it would be cool to start the coral version. Lets see some pictures of your favorite/coolest coral you have ever had. I would like to see some sps and lps both! Crazy colors, body or behavior whatever you have. Edited February 18, 2012 by ut6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hydro Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Hard to pick a single favorite. One of my fav's is my pink rhizo. The pictures of it are while fully expanded but it can draw in to almost nothing. They are supposed to be non-photosynthetic so I feed it mysid shrimp every few days. It will draw in food with its tentacles just like a nem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizardx322 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 That's hard I think mine is one of these 3 red dragon ,strawberry shortcake , hawkins blue enchinata Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannerfish Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Hmmm...impossible to pick just one. I really like my duncan frag, its grown 3 new baby polyps that I fed today for the first time looks like its got a few more starting to pop out too! My green staghorn has been keeping me happy lately, lots of new growth and its turned a deep forest green-teal color. I love my sour apple birdsnest too, super fuzzy looking with all the PE. Also got 2 new hydnophora frags a few weeks ago, they look super happy and fleshy with the little polyps showing... and so far I haven't seen any flesh eating sweepers come out lol! I was scared to get them but they were real pretty, glad I did now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Well, the first one that pops into my head is the Sinularia foliata I've got. Not the prettiest but rare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ut6 Posted February 19, 2012 Author Share Posted February 19, 2012 That almost looks like a massive colony of leathers or something...can you give more details?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ut6 Posted February 19, 2012 Author Share Posted February 19, 2012 Hydro I know you have more than one to show us, lets see them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 That almost looks like a massive colony of leathers or something...can you give more details?? I love being asked to brag Yeah, it's one single colony of Palau Green Finger (most are familiar with the Nephthia sp.) and is one of the octocorals or soft corals. The picture is of a colony one of my clients donated in 2003. The original frag was purchased from Aquadome in 1997 for about a $1.00 (parent died of brown jelly infection). Research done in 2008 by L. P. van Ofwegen identified 15 new species ( http://dpc.uba.uva.n...03a51;view=text ). Lab work done last year by Michael P. Janes of Aquatouch identified our coral as S. foliata. As I understand It's currently only known from one location in Palau and is not being exported. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ut6 Posted February 19, 2012 Author Share Posted February 19, 2012 Wow thats crazy! Do you have any other pictures of it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Yup. It's growth form is highly variable and influenced by water flow. This colony you can see the denser and fuller polyp extension on the back top side where it gets direct flow from a pump but lower down and to the front where the water is calmer it has more expansion spreading the polyps farther apart and has more of a draping growth form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ut6 Posted February 19, 2012 Author Share Posted February 19, 2012 So since it was worth a dollar when you got it you would be willing to make frags for a dollar each right? You get your money back and more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 . . . and I'm still braging . . . http://www.austinreefclub.com/topic/19671-woo-hoooo/page__p__138726__hl__timfish__fromsearch__1#entry138726 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Hey everybody lets see some more cool pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannerfish Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 wow thats pretty neat! that colony is HUGE! i have a frag of what is supposed to be a palau green nepthia, how do you really know? any way to tell other than genetic testing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbnj Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 My Rainbow Stylophora.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teresa Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 My favorite by far - Indo Lace Gorgorian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ut6 Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 Teresa, I have heard those are very hard to keep. Do you believe this to be true? What kind of special care does it take? just curious as far as flow, food, and or lighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teresa Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Its the only nps that is still alive and thriving in my tank. To be honest I'm not sure why. I feed the tank rotifers and copepods daily. I'm still experimenting with flow cause its in my seahorse tank so I don't want the flow too high, but algae builds without enough flow. I'm also thinking of making a continuous feeder using a wine bottle chiller. I'm hoping this will let me keep the other corals that have since died (orange tree, for example). Not sure why the Indo lace has done well, but I'm very happy about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizardx322 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 here is a pic of my strawberry shortcake it is still coloring up more each day. sorry for bad pics dont have a great camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innate1 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I don't have any pictures or the zoas anymore but they had an orange body and white skirts. I would love to find them again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSH Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Kinda hard to pick one. Currently my fav is Plum Crazy (Strawberry Shortcake is pictured next to it) -Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 My Rainbow Stylophora.... This is a real pretty stylopora, are you taking frags off it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinB Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 My Rainbow Stylophora.... This is a real pretty stylopora, are you taking frags off it? +1...gorgeous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbnj Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 If I cut a frag for everyone's who's asked for one, I'd have nothing left! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Yeah I know how that goes! Where did you get it from, was it local? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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