Encrusting coral for a rock

[muggle0981]

Got a rock i wanna encrust midway up in my mixed reef

Whats your go to coral

Chalice
Cyphastrea

Others


Almost picked this up last night

But thought think it thru

 

[Usarmy227]

My war coral is growing fast in high light. But I honestly love chalices now. My space invader is a fast growing chalices but my Crayola meltdown is going super slow!! I’ll post a picture of the war coral in a few. War coral is not very expensive either.

 

[KrisReef]

Got a rock i wanna encrust midway up in my mixed reef

Whats your go to coral

Chalice
Cyphastrea

Others


Almost picked this up last night

But thought think it thru

Not to bash the new owners of AquaSD, they have been working hard to get their game back together, but these images (ultra closeups) don’t show what a coral will look like once it encrusts the rock you are asking about. It’s difficult to know what you want or like, but if you can find a way to look at colonies in tanks that may help you know what you’re looking for?

It might be perfect, but you might have to set up a phone on a stand and look at the image from 20 feet away to decide if it’s going to work

 

[BonnieB]

This encrustor guy has been in my tank for 3 months now and about 1/4-1/2 inch growth around the base. Slow enough for me to know where to put him in the big tank without bothering everyone or taking over but still nice growth ( I put it in an island to stay to see how it would grow!).

 

[Usarmy227]

Here is my space invader

May 2025- 1” plug


Now- 4” plug 3 months of growth.

 

[Usarmy227]

Here is my War coral right now just don’t have a picture of when I first bought it.

 

[TX_REEF]

I'm a big fan of montipora for encrusting. I got a reverse superman frag as a freebie at a frag swap, and it colored up gorgeously and spreads quite aggressively (as SPS go)

 

[muggle0981]

Not to bash the new owners of AquaSD, they have been working hard to get their game back together, but these images (ultra closeups) don’t show what a coral will look like once it encrusts the rock you are asking about. It’s difficult to know what you want or like, but if you can find a way to look at colonies in tanks that may help you know what you’re looking for?

It might be perfect, but you might have to set up a phone on a stand and look at the image from 20 feet away to decide if it’s going to work

My lfs had some frags of these

 

[1112-425XL]

Both of these started out the size of a nickel. Some kind of entrusting montipora. Aboutv4 years of growth