Little Brown nubs

[pickupman66]

The Underrated thread got me to reminiscing about corals past. one of my Favorites was this mystery nub I got from a local reefer. It the size of my thumb and all brown. we had no clue what it was.

Here it is shortly after i got it. it had started to grow some tips and a tiny bit of color. this was July 2011.

2 years later I had this

 

[ngoodermuth]

I have a couple of these now. Bargain bin frags :)

They are just starting to get a little color now. In a few months I'll have to do some comparison pics.

 

[Tahoe61]

Classic Red Planet story. Got the frag for 15 bucks and did not know it was an RP.



Lindsey that looks like a Valida.

 

[pickupman66]

Lindsey that looks like a Valida.

I sort of figured it was once it colored up. that is one thing I LOVE about Acropora, they can go from a brown little blob to something very pretty. I had many do that in my tank over the years.

 

[pickupman66]

Here is another that started as nothing special. I had no clue what it was. Wish i still had it.

July 2011

September 2013. it was this glorious green table