From browned out to a nice piece

[luke33]

I have had this guy for a good 5-6mths and it was a tiny half inch brown frag. I always thought it had potential but it has really taken me by surprise as now its a cream base with brown/tan polyps and the tips have turned yellow and now its getting some blue pe out of the tips. I think this one could turn out pretty nice. Daylight shot

 

[twilliard]

Nice!
Keep him happy and I bet it will be a nice piece :)

 

[reefwiser]

It can take that long for a browned out coral to turn around and become a nice piece.

 

[CastAway]

Good to know. I have some browned out pieces myself, and have been wondering.

 

[smh254]

That's one of the things I love about this hobby. You can go buy a bleached or browned out frag for very cheap and see what it turns into. Here are a couple that I have.

 

[luke33]

Very nice! Yep, the shortcake is one of the craziest transitions i've seen from browned out to gorgeous.

 

[smh254]

It's funny because I was talking to the guy at the LFS. Asked if he had SPS that was blue. He took me to his $5 frags and pointed this one out. It did look to have blue on the tips. This pic is from about a 2 months after I purchased it and I was very surprised at the colors that were coming out.

 

[luke33]

Purchased this as a browned out $25 mariculture but saw some potential. I didn't think it would become a red base with long green PE though : )