Show Us Your Best Coral!

[Alexraptor]

You just want to show off your absolutely amazing and well-grown out tank!


Though wow, 18 years! That's some dedication! How long did it take for that monti to grow out?

Aw shucks, you got me!

For the monti your looking at about 6 years of growth, not counting parts I've pruned off for one reason or another, which probably accounts for a quarter of the total biomass.

 

[Aquariumaddictuk]

Large Bleeding apple scoly & Bugatti chalice for me.both cost more than I ever planned on spending on corals but they catch my eye everytime I walk past the tank

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Large Bleeding apple scoly & Bugatti chalice for me.both cost more than I ever planned on spending on corals but they catch my eye everytime I walk past the tank

Scoly!?! Looks like a rock flower nem! That's one happy scoly right there, how did you get that much of a feeding response

 

[Aquariumaddictuk]

Scoly!?! Looks like a rock flower nem! That's one happy scoly right there, how did you get that much of a feeding response

Aquavitro fuel.i target feed 1ml into it & the feeding response is instant.then feed a little chopped mysis & reef roids

 

[Kasrift]

This is a super bright Goni!

 

[Pod_01]

From my LPS I like this one:

Keeps on growing and is very tolerant to my experiments (ie: mistakes).

 

[Notsolostfish]

Nothing too fancy, Just started 200G first coral duncan my favorite coral handsdown.

 

[cilyjr]

2 of the happier lps I have
Dragon soul euphyllia
Space invader pectina

 

[hexcolor reef]

Aquavitro fuel.i target feed 1ml into it & the feeding response is instant.then feed a little chopped mysis & reef roids

I was using polyplab for that but it stopped working after a couple doses.
I’ll have to look up what you mentioned above and try that. I love feeding my scoly and acantho coral.

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

My milka Stylo. It’s lil over 3yrs from a wee frag. Faster growing and just appreciate the color and growth pattern.

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

2 of the happier lps I have
Dragon soul euphyllia
Space invader pectina

That's a happy pectinia! what's your secret?

 

[i cant think]

Are these on magnetic frag plugs? Will they base out on a back wall?

So my Montipora is on a plastic ‘clip’ (I’ve forgotten the name of it) that I just stick on the backwall.

And my Astreopora is just glued to the side wall and has begun to encrust onto the wall.

 

[i cant think]

You got to feed those angels some sponge in their diet then they leave the corals alone.

They get a varied diet which does include sponge, they also have sponges in the tank to just munch on throughout the day - I have two mother colonies in the sump that love to send babies into the main display.

 

[maroun.c]

Best Corals would have been a better choice as its hard to puck a favourite

Although it might be common in the US the blue oregon tort is my favourite as its nearly non existing here abd I was lucky to score a frag kn a trip to the US years back. Lost it down to a tiny spot that survived at one time. Then that tiny frag (spot) went disappearing while I was on travel and wife found it few days back riding on an urchin. Its officially the slowest coral so took years to regrow to the beauty of a colony. The color abd velvety texture is second to no other coral IMHO
It is the showstopper of the tank and sits in the top front in the middle of the tank where it gets the flow light visibily and attention it deserves

 

[Aquariumaddictuk]

I was using polyplab for that but it stopped working after a couple doses.
I’ll have to look up what you mentioned above and try that. I love feeding my scoly and acantho coral.

I use roids more for phosphate dosing now to be honest.one salifert measuring spoon daily seems to be my sweet spot.once or twice a week I'll mix in with the mysis and spot feed chalice & scoly.the fuel does seem to trigger the feeding response well before hand but I only use a third of the stated weekly dose or it dusts up the glass majorly

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Just got a time-lapse of my lobo feeding, taken over a 15 min period!

 

[i cant think]

I have 4 although I’ll class two as 1 (I only fragged it about 20 minutes ago).
First up, hammers. Specifically;
My Orange Hammer which is my most expensive coral I’ve ever gotten at £255 ($320).

And my Bicolour Hammer which was brought as a 2 head frag that was on deaths door 18 months ago. It’s now gotten 15 heads and continues to split.

And number 3 (3&4) is my Chilli Coral. I’ve had a nub for ~7 years (it was a frag but then declined and became a nub about a year ago). And finally found a gorgeous colony a month or so ago.
Well, tonight I fragged it and have 2 colonies and one nub!

I woke up early enough to get a photo of the large piece out and open, I did give it a quick broadcast feed and he ate

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

I woke up early enough to get a photo of the large piece out and open, I did give it a quick broadcast feed and he ate

Wow, why did I think that was a leather at first. Did you say that was an astreopora? Never heard of them but that's beautiful!

 

[Reeflix]

WOW! I will post my favs later today, but i have a really nice zoa, (of course after being told the name multiple times i still cant remember lol) but the zoa looks like a lot like yellow brick road zoa. Also have a really nice joker torch, and a HUGE florida ricordia mush. i have a alvepora that is really nice, gets like 2-3 polyp extension, not really happy with me now.

 

[Vivid Creative Aquatics]

One of my favorites - got this years ago when it was just about 5 ot 6 heads. Now its more than 8in across on the long end.