I have to reboot about every three years and I am going to document this time. In about May, I took out all of my large SPS and started over with frags from .5 to 1.5 inches, or so. I removed some colonies the size of dinner plates, cantaloupes and stags that were 12 by 16 inches. I left the clams and some of my slower growing frags. Some of the old colonies started to grow again from the base.
After spending about a month getting rid of some algae, apitasia and sponge that was hidden deep beneath colonies, I mounted some stuff in June and some has really taken off and some is going slower.
These photos are under 14k Phoenix on m80 with no supplemental lighting and no editing. This is the way that they came out of my phone - for better or worse.
I got a waterproof iPhone case just for this and I don't have a lot of good photos from before. Here is an example of what I took out...
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Here are some of the new ones.
RR Pink Cadillac
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BC Skinny Love - Yes, this is the real color
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JKR Rainbow
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AV99 Orange Crush
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RR Wolverine - this is more purple and yellow in real life
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My Two Blue Squamosas - my pride and joys... the little one is about three inches if you need some scale
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BC Set for Stun - this one is more teal in real life and is one of the nicest pieces
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ORA Pearlberry - did not mean to take this one out, but another colony fell on it and destroyed it![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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RMF Red Gecko - might be worst photo of them all, this one is more white and red but will show growth I guess
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Efflo
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JF Homewrecker
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Westside Rainbow Tort
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Tyree Superman
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Fast Growing Deepwater
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BC Space Laser
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Electric Red Millepora -this one shines and really is this red in real life without any tricks
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...more to come.
After spending about a month getting rid of some algae, apitasia and sponge that was hidden deep beneath colonies, I mounted some stuff in June and some has really taken off and some is going slower.
These photos are under 14k Phoenix on m80 with no supplemental lighting and no editing. This is the way that they came out of my phone - for better or worse.
I got a waterproof iPhone case just for this and I don't have a lot of good photos from before. Here is an example of what I took out...
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Here are some of the new ones.
RR Pink Cadillac
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BC Skinny Love - Yes, this is the real color
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JKR Rainbow
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AV99 Orange Crush
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RR Wolverine - this is more purple and yellow in real life
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My Two Blue Squamosas - my pride and joys... the little one is about three inches if you need some scale
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BC Set for Stun - this one is more teal in real life and is one of the nicest pieces
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ORA Pearlberry - did not mean to take this one out, but another colony fell on it and destroyed it
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RMF Red Gecko - might be worst photo of them all, this one is more white and red but will show growth I guess
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Efflo
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JF Homewrecker
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Westside Rainbow Tort
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Tyree Superman
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Fast Growing Deepwater
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BC Space Laser
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Electric Red Millepora -this one shines and really is this red in real life without any tricks
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...more to come.