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Love spiny oysters, got any pics of those, particularly showing their mantles?!

Good eye. Thorny oysters for the win! When I saw this guy I couldn't pass it up.
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Do you think the tissue has a "mouth" and tentacles? Like, unless there is a polyp (however small), it will not develop into a an "adult" polyp?
The ones growing, with magnifying glass, you can see a mouth, no tentacles yet. 6 months ago had yellow sun cup polyps growing in different DT. Some dots flat looking for now.
 

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The NPS corner has reached maximum capacity!! I wanted to share my experience with my favorite coral that I've been growing for 3+ years. I started with a single colony, pictured in the bottom left here, and propagate by collecting propagules or encrusted tissue from adult colonies. I do feed mysis everyday, but they are worth it!
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If you can spy the tiniest polyps below (2-4 mm across), these are the newest babies at 2-3 months old.
After a year, they grow to an inch across, have 3 or 4 full sized polyps, and look like a frag of a parent. Vivid colors may not appear until the 2nd or 3rd year.
The growth rate of these corals is on another level compared to my photosynthetics!


Amazing, thanks for the share
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One of my oldest frags below is now just as big as the parent. Roughly 3 years of encrusting growth.
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This piece started from a propagule roughly 2 years ago. Notice the yellow tissue in the background without a polyp, it will develop babies within weeks!
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I was fortunate enough to meet with Tennyson in Maryland and buy some of his sun corals and a trumpet. Very nice healthy pieces! He also was a wealth of information for the care of these corals and others! Thanks again Tennyson!
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So glad to hear it!! Hope they are doing well, was a pleasure to talk with you about coral!
 

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