Coral of the Week: Garf Bonsai SPS

[revhtree]

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Please share your photos and the best environment that you have found that keeps this coral healthy and colorful!

 

[swissgaurd]

beutiful rev
good pick
ive got one as well
tring different spots in my tank with led lighting to get the true purple

vic

 

[BarbH]

Beautiful looking coral, really like the contrast of the green and the purple

 

[revsgirl]

Yes! Beautiful! Anyone got pics of their own?

 

[dsmhero]

I was told this is one...

It is an old picture and it has grown nicely but has lost a lot of its purple. I would be curious as to where everyone is placing theirs.

 

[cdness]

I miss my Garf Bonsai...

 

[bige]

I want one. They are so nice looking.

 

[Loki]

They look really good! I'm just starting to like SPS and this is one I like

 

[prsnlty]

I've been wanting one of these very badly BUT I won't get one until I'm pretty sure it will survive in my tank. So I'm watching this thread

 

[rossco]

Lineaged Garf Bonzai via Atlantis. Placement is right in the middle and midway down in my 210 under 400 watts of Sunbrite LED's. Strong flow.

The neon green between the branches is a branching Psammocora right behind it.

 

[AJreefs]

I've been wanting one of these very badly BUT I won't get one until I'm pretty sure it will survive in my tank. So I'm watching this thread

I am having the same dilemna; Its hard not to want to jump right in to the nicer looking sps but rather sticking to the hardier stuff to start off with.

Thos are some Great looking Garf Bonsai's

 

[larryl]

A definate must have for every tank!

 

[zemuss]

what type of care do these need? Light, Flow, etc..

 

[prsnlty]

I am having the same dilemna; Its hard not to want to jump right in to the nicer looking sps but rather sticking to the hardier stuff to start off with.

Thos are some Great looking Garf Bonsai's

I figure if I can't keep a Powder Blue Tang from sickness and my HA problem under control (my biggest problems) and keep everything stable, maybe by Christmas I can do some SPS shopping This one is at the top of my list!

 

[shred5]

One of my favorites.. Also one of the most counterfeited corals out there. I can believe how many Garf bonsais I see out there that are not.

This coral also seems to do well under lesser light than most other sps corals. Garf has grows them with vho's.

It is also an old coral and been around forever:

http://www.garf.org/SPS3SHOW/SPSSHOW3/pages/4bon.htm

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[J Rog]

I have had one for a while. A couple of months ago I had some what of a tank crash and lost about 5 sps.. But this one held in there and is maing a strong recovery! Most of the color is coming back and fast! In the middle of the frag all the flesh was gone but is growing back fast. in a couple of months it should be fully recovered and a decent size. i have it in strong flow on the top of my reef under 2 X 250MH and reefbrite LED's. This one is by far one of my favs and so glad it is coming back strong! BTW i got it at WWC probably around 8 months ago give or take...

 

[sirevans reef]

Those look really cool. The Garf Bonsai just made my top 10 want list!:roll:

 

[zemuss]

Anyone willing to frag there bonsai? I am very interested in a Frag.

 

[brahm]

Mine is brown never had much luck holding colour w/it but still one of my favorites. Finally getting some purple highlights back though.

 

[reefrf]

Here's some growth pictures of mine. I bought this approximitely 3 years ago as a frag. Now it measure about 12" across & 2" deep on the canopy.