Massive red dragon colony...check it out

[SchnitzelReef]

So I sold my red dragon and bubble gum digi colonies, and today I took them out of the tank. It was insane how big the red dragon was. Check out these pics.

This was the biggest piece I could get to fit out of the tank. Everything else cane out as mini colonies.

Another big chunk

Bubble gum digi

The red dragon base. As the top grew bigger and denser, the base would die little at a time.

All red dragon base

The orange bucket was all red dragon. The small white bucket was the big red dragon piece and it wouldn’t fit in the bucket.

The bigger white bucket was bubblegum digi

My tank looks way different now with them gone. I’m removing the starburst monti next. This will give me some more room for new frags. It took about 4 hours to cut out both colonies. It was like doing surgery, I didn’t want to destroy other corals taking them out. It was tough.

 

[SeaDweller]

Awesome

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

So I sold my red dragon and bubble gum digi colonies, and today I took them out of the tank. It was insane how big the red dragon was. Check out these pics.

This was the biggest piece I could get to fit out of the tank. Everything else cane out as mini colonies.

Another big chunk

Bubble gum digi

The red dragon base. As the top grew bigger and denser, the base would die little at a time.

All red dragon base

The orange bucket was all red dragon. The small white bucket was the big red dragon piece and it wouldn’t fit in the bucket.

The bigger white bucket was bubblegum digi

My tank looks way different now with them gone. I’m removing the starburst monti next. This will give me some more room for new frags. It took about 4 hours to cut out both colonies. It was like doing surgery, I didn’t want to destroy other corals taking them out. It was tough.

Amazing !!, comrade

 

[Jmareef1022]

4 hours! ............sounds like fun.

 

[Justfebreezeit]

That's huge. Did you grow it from a frag and how long?

 

[WWIII]

Amazing man! Love your tank and can't wait to see some updated shots with these pieces cleared out and some new frags in place!

 

[SchnitzelReef]

That's huge. Did you grow it from a frag and how long?

This colony was about 3 years old. Started from a 1”-2” frag.

I actually found the original frag plug when I removed all of the dead base.

 

[SchnitzelReef]

4 hours! ............sounds like fun.

That included mixing salt water. Cleaning up etc. but ya it was a pain in the aaass. I gotta rip out the starburst monti colony this week and I’m not looking forward to that.

 

[SchnitzelReef]

 

[Justfebreezeit]

This colony was about 3 years old. Started from a 1”-2” frag.

I actually found the original frag plug when I removed all of the dead base.

Very cool find! Thats awesome growth congrats!

 

[Jmareef1022]

Honestly I find stuff like this very relaxing.

 

[andrewkw]

Amazing growth in 3 years. I see you are throwing the dead parts away, did you consider using it as calcium reactor media?

 

[Alfrareef]

Amazing! That’s a lot of Calcium!!! [emoji41]

 

[Osaurus]

I'm very envious - such a beautiful colony. Great job!